Mauro Zárate

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Mauro Zárate

Zárate in 2009
Personal information
Full nameMauro Matías Zárate
Date of birth (1987-03-18) 18 March 1987
Place of birthHaedo, Argentina
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current clubVélez Sársfield
Number9
Youth career
Vélez Sarsfield
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2004–2007Vélez Sársfield99(28)
2007–2009Al-Sadd6(4)
2008→ Birmingham City (loan)14(4)
2008–2009→ Lazio (loan)36(13)
2009–2013Lazio68(12)
2011–2012→ Internazionale (loan)22(2)
2013–Vélez Sarsfield12(6)
National team‡
2007Argentina U-205(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:15, 17 May 2012 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 07:48, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Mauro Matías Zárate (born 18 March 1987) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for Vélez Sarsfield.

Zárate started his career with Vélez Sarsfield in his native country, playing three years for the team and winning the Primera División title in the 2005 Clausura tournament. He later signed for Qatari side Al-Sadd in 2008, where he played only six months before transferring on loan to Birmingham City in England. However, after Birmingham's relegation, Zárate was loaned out again, this time to Lazio in Italy. With Lazio, the forward won the Coppa Italia during his first season. At the end of his debut season, his move to Lazio was made permanent for a fee of around €20 million, with a €60 million[4] buy-out clause.

In international football, Zárate scored the winning goal as the Argentina under-20 team won the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup final.

Club career

Vélez Sarsfield

Zárate began his club football career at Vélez Sarsfield, where he played since childhood. At 17, considered too strong for the youth category, he was promoted in the first team where he made his full debut on 21 April 2004 against Arsenal de Sarandí. He shared the top-scorer award for the Apertura 2006 with Rodrigo Palacio (Boca Juniors) with 12 goals each.[5]

Al-Sadd

On 18 June 2007, Zárate signed a two-year deal with Al-Sadd in the Qatari League[6] for a fee reported by Clarín at $22M.[7] Zárate did not remain in Qatar long however, playing just six league games and scoring four goals, before heading on loan to English Premier League side Birmingham.

Birmingham City (loan)

Zárate at Birmingham City.

On 21 January 2008, he joined Premier League side Birmingham City on loan until the end of the 2007–08 season, with a view to a permanent deal.[8] He made his debut for the club in the 2–0 defeat at Sunderland on 29 January 2008,[9] and made his first start in March against Portsmouth. He scored his first goal for the club against Reading on 22 March 2008,[10] followed by a brace in their next match against Manchester City[11] and an equalising free kick against Everton.[12] Zárate left the club at the end of his loan spell, their relegation from the Premier League meaning that no extension to the loan would be considered.[13]

Lazio

Zárate kicking off the 2009 Coppa Italia Final with Goran Pandev

Zárate completed a move to Lazio on 5 July 2008. He joined initially on loan, for €2.4 million,[14] with Lazio having an option to make the deal permanent,[15][16] and following a successful medical he was presented to the media a few days later.[17]

Zárate immediately endeared himself to the Lazio faithful, scoring a brace in his Serie A debut against Cagliari and dedicating the second to the Lazio supporters.[18] Zarate also scored on his home debut, with a left footed strike from outside the penalty area against Sampdoria. This rich goalscoring form continued with Zárate scoring once against Milan at the San Siro, twice against Torino and another against Siena. By mid-season however, Zárate hit a dip in form and found himself being substituted for captain Tommaso Rocchi who was returning to form following serious injury.

On 28 February, Zárate scored a brace for Lazio at the Olimpico against Bologna, the game ended 2–0 for Lazio becoming the sixth top scorer in the Serie A with 10 goals.

On 13 May, Zarate won the Coppa Italia scoring one goal and one penalty in the Final.[19] After the season ended his move to Lazio was made permanent for a fee of about €20 million, with a €60 million buy-out clause.[4] The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) later fined Lazio and suspended club president Claudio Lotito over financial irregularities around the transfer.[nb 1]

Zárate caused controversy when he was photographed apparently giving a fascist salute while watching Lazio lose to Bari in March 2010 among a group of fans, though his spokesman claimed afterwards that the player "did not realise the significance of his gesture" and did not know who Hitler or Mussolini were.[20][21]

In 2010 Zárate's transfer was involved in another controversy for solidarity contribution.[nb 2]

Internazionale (loan)

On 31 August 2011, Zárate completed a loan deal from Lazio to Internazionale with a view to a permanent transfer.[22] He scored a 79th-minute winner – his first goal for the club – away against CSKA Moscow in the group stage of the 2011–12 Champions League.[23] He scored his first league goal for Inter against Genoa[24]

Lazio return

After a not so positive spell at Internazionale, Zárate came back to Lazio after his loan expired. Under new Lazio coach Vladimir Petković, Zárate has found form and has scored in his second competitive game of the season, against Mura 05 in the play-off round of the Europa League.[citation needed]

International career

In 2007, Zárate helped the Argentina Under-20 team to win the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, scoring the winning goal in the final against the Czech Republic.[25]

In 2008, legend Diego Maradona was appointed manager of the Argentine national team and declared in light of his sensational form for Lazio that Zárate would get a chance with the national team.[26]

Personal life

Zárate was born in Haedo, Buenos Aires to a reasonably wealthy family with much footballing pedigree. His father Sergio is a Chilean former professional footballer, who played for Independiente de Avellaneda. His mother, Catalina Riga, has Italian origins, with her family originating from Catanzaro in southern Italy. His grandfather Juvenal was Chilean and also a footballer.[27][28][29]

Mauro is the brother of fellow footballers Rolando who currently plays for Huracán and Ariel of All Boys, as well as former international Sergio Zárate who played for A.C. Ancona and currently acts as Mauro's agent.[30]

Appearances and goals for clubs

Statistics updated as of 17 December 2012

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2003–04VélezArgentine Primera51000051
2004–051420000142
2005–0624300123366
2006–073216001234419
Total Velez 7522002469928
2007–08Al-SaadQatar Stars League64000064
Total Al-Saad 64000064
2007–08BirminghamEPL1440000144
Total Birmingham (loan)1440000144
2008–09LazioSerie A361353004116
2009–103233174428
2010–113591000369
2011–12InternazionaleSerie A2222071313
Total Inter (loan)2222071313
2012–13LazioSerie A10006171
Total Lazio 104259413512634
Career total 22157114441227673

Honours

Club

Vélez Sarsfield

  • Argentine Primera: Clausura 2005

S.S. Lazio

International

Argentina

  • FIFA World Youth Championship: 2007

Individual awards

  • Argentine Primera Joint Topscorer: Apertura 2006

Notes

  1. ↑ The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) later revealed that Lazio had to pay an additional €14.95 million to a agent company, Pluriel Limited, whose sole director was Riccardo Petrucchi, in 5-year instalments (hidden in agent commission, (Italian: Costi per intemediazione tesserati)), which Zárate's salary was just €7.2 million in net in total in his 5-year contract. FIGC ruled that president Claudio Lotito and Lazio violated the third parties ownership rule re both Zárate and Julio Ricardo Cruz. They suspended Lotito for 10 months and fined Lazio €80,000.[1]
  2. ↑ In July 2010, FIFA's Dispute Resolution Chamber passed a decision that ordered Lazio to pay an additional solidarity contribution of €726,936 owed to Vélez Sarsfield. Lazio only paid €73,442.77 corresponding to the €2.4M loan fee. They rejected Lazio's claim that the club had paid €20M to Zárate, who had then paid Al-Sadd to terminate his contract in April 2009, so that he was signed as a free agent and the €20M was not a transfer fee.[2] In February 2011 Lazio appealed but dismissed.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Comunicato Ufficiale N.90/CDN (2011–12)" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC Commissione Disciplinare Nazionale. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Decision 7101224 of FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber" (PDF). FIFA. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2011. 
  3. ↑ http://www.sslazio.it/images/stories/documenti/pdf/investor_relator/Relazione%2031-03-11%20Lazio%20consolidato_DEF.pdf
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 (Italian) Giulio Cardone (22 August 2009). "Zarate vale 60 milioni. De Silvestri verso Firenze". la Repubblica. p. 14. 
  5. ↑ "Estudiantes make up for lost time". FIFA. 15 December 2006. Retrieved 21 January 2008. 
  6. ↑ "Al Sadd snare Argentine starlet". FIFA. 16 June 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2008. 
  7. ↑ Tagliaferri, Guillermo (17 June 2007). "Los goles de Zárate valen 22 millones de dólares" [Zárate's goals worth $22 million]. Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 February 2008. 
  8. ↑ "Blues land Argentine star on loan". BBC Sport. 21 January 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2008. 
  9. ↑ Lyon, Sam (29 January 2008). "Sunderland 2–0 Birmingham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 January 2008. 
  10. ↑ Hughes, Ian (22 March 2008). "Reading 2–1 Birmingham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 March 2008. 
  11. ↑ Chowdhury, Saj (29 March 2008). "Birmingham 3–1 Man City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 March 2008. 
  12. ↑ Fletcher, Paul (12 April 2008). "Birmingham 1–1 Everton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 April 2008. 
  13. ↑ Tattum, Colin (14 May 2008). "Mauro Zarate signs off from Birmingham City". Birmingham Mail (Trinity Mirror). Retrieved 14 May 2008. 
  14. ↑ "Bilancio separato e consolidato S.S. Lazio S.p.A. (2009)". 27 October 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2012. "Costi per Acquisizione temporanea prestazioni calciatori" 
  15. ↑ "Lazio secure Zarate in loan deal". BBC Sport. 5 July 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2008. 
  16. ↑ "Al-Sadd okay Zarate loan deal to Lazio". Al-Sadd Sports Club. 30 June 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2008. 
  17. ↑ (Italian) "Zarate: "Sono qui per vincere"". S.S. Lazio. 10 July 2008. Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2008. 
  18. ↑ (Italian) "Zarate: "Dedico la doppietta ai tifosi"". Corriere dello Sport. 31 August 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2008. 
  19. ↑ "Lazio Edge Sampdoria on Penalties To Claim Fifth Coppa Italia". goal.com. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2009. 
  20. ↑ Pisa, Nick (21 March 2010). "Mauro Zarate in 'fascist' salute storm". The People. Retrieved 22 March 2010. 
  21. ↑ "Lazio player's agent plays down Nazi-salute scandal". The Free Library (Farlex). Agence France Presse. 20 March 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2010. 
  22. ↑ "Inter seal Zárate loan deal". FIFA. Agence France Presse. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011. 
  23. ↑ "Zarate strike steers Inter to success in Moscow". FourFourTwo. Reuters. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011. 
  24. ↑ Sky Sports http://www1.skysports.com/football/fixtures-results |url= missing title (help). 
  25. ↑ "A sixth star for Argentina". FIFA. 22 July 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2008. 
  26. ↑ https://secure.teamtalkmedia.com/football/story/0,16368,15274_4482996,00.html
  27. ↑ Rindone, Daniele (30 June 2008). "Zarate, una generazione di calciatori (Corriere dello Sport)" (reprint). Corriere dello Sport (in Italian) (Lazio.net). Retrieved 10 June 2011. 
  28. ↑ "Zárate: goles argentinos para las penas del Real Madrid". La Nación (in Spanish) (Argentina). 16 February 2000. Retrieved 10 June 2011. 
  29. ↑ "Zarate, futuro Italia? L'ipotesi è suggestiva" (in Italian). PuntoSport. 11 November 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2011. 
  30. ↑ "Extorsionan a una familia de futbolistas y les balean una casa" (in Spanish). Clarín. 8 October 2006. 

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