Diego Laxalt
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Sebastián Laxalt Suárez | ||
| Date of birth | 7 February 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [1] | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Bologna (on loan from Internazionale) | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Defensor Sporting | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2012–2013 | Defensor Sporting | 15 | (1) |
| 2013– | Internazionale | 0 | (0) |
| 2013- | → Bologna (loan) | 8 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013– | Uruguay U20 | 12 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 April 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Diego Sebastián Laxalt Suárez (born 7 February 1993 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan footballer who currently plays as a left or attacking midfielder for Serie A side Bologna F.C.. He's a youth exponent from the Defensor Sporting. He passed through the youth ranks in July 2012. He is left footed.
Career
Club
Defensor Sporting
Laxalt made his debut on 1 September 2012 in the 4-0 win against Montevideo Wanderers. On 24 February 2013, after the excellent performance in the South American Championship football Under-20, at 2013, he back on the field with the jersey of Violeta in the away game against Nacional, thanks to his goals, in 11th minute of play, the Defensor fighting for 1-0 win. He concludes his first football experience with 15 appearances and 1 goal scored.
Internazionale
Inter bought him in January 2013, with the deal completed in July 2013 for a transfer fee of £2,024,000. The new coach of Internazionale, Walter Mazzarri, however, did not include him in the pre-season retreat. He is now playing on loan for Bologna F.C..
International Career
2013 South American Youth Championship
He made his debut with Uruguay in the 2013 South American Youth Championship in Argentina, on 10 January 2013 takes the field for the first time in the 3-3 draw against Peru. Two days later comes the first mark in the competition, scoring at 6 'in the match won 3-2 against Brazil. January 18 tops, along with his companions, the group B qualifying for the Final Round, in second place behind Peru.
On 3 February, he concludes at all games played Uruguay and qualify for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey and is included in the best eleven of the event.
2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup
After contributing to qualify for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, he is included in the squad for the event. He made his debut on 2 June 2013, in the 1-0 defeat against Croatia in this match dispute all 90 minutes of the game. The first victory in the group stage, comes during the next game, as the Uruguay beat New Zealand 2-0, Laxalt was substituted at 82' by Gonzalo Bueno.
Uruguay also won the last game of the group stage against Uzbekistan, won 4-0, game that allows to Laxalt and the whole of Uruguay through the round as a second table with 6 points behind Croatia with 7 points. In the second round the Uruguayan fishing Nigeria, which is match with the result of 2-1, he plays up to 77 minutes when he is replaced by his team-mate Gonzalo Bueno. On 6 July, at the quarter-final against Spain, which game lasts into extra time and at 103' Uruguay scored the only goal in the match by Felipe Avenatti, Laxalt dispute all 120 minutes of play and Uruguay qualifies in the semifinals and face Iraq.
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