Icardi, Mauro

Icardi was born in the Argentinean Rosario when he was 6 years old his family moved to Spain, the third largest island of the Canary Archipelago, Gran Canaria . In 2001, Mauro began playing for the local youth team Vesindario , for which over 7 years he scored more than 500 goals. Interest in the talented striker showed " Valencia ", " Real ", " Espanyol ", " Liverpool ", " Sevilla ", " Arsenal ", " Deportivo La Coruna " and " Barcelona ", with which he signed a five-year junior contract in 2008 ^[2] .

In the Catalan club Icardi in the 2008/09 season, a team of young men under 17 was transferred. Already in the next season he was again transferred to an older team (under 19 years old). For two seasons spent in Barcelona, ​​Mauro became the team's top scorer and won the 2010 Championship, Cup and Youth Champions League.

On January 11, 2011, Icardi transferred to the Italian Sampdoria on loan until the end of the 2010/11 season with the right to redeem it ^[3] . For the six months spent in the youth team of the new club, Mauro scored 19 goals and became the top scorer of the championship. On May 12, 2012, in a duel against Juve Stabia , he scored his first goal for the main team in his debut match ^[4] . In the summer of 2012, Sampdoria took advantage of the option to buy back rights for a young striker and acquired his transfer for 400,000 €.

On January 6, 2013, in a match against Juventus , Mauro made a double and helped the team achieve victory, 1: 2 ^[5] . On January 27, in a duel against Pescara , Icardi made poker, which helped his team achieve a major victory ^[6] .

At the end of the season, Mauro transferred to the Internationale in the amount of about 10 million euros. On August 25, in his match against Genoa , he made his debut for Nerrazzuri, replacing Zdravko Kuzmanovich ^[7] . On September 14, in a duel against Juventus, Icardi scored his first goal ^[8] . On April 5, 2014, in a match against Bologna , he took a double ^[9] , and a week later he also upset his former Sampdoria club with two goals ^[10] . September 14, in a duel against the “ Sassuolo ” Mauro made a hat-trick ^[11] . At the end of the 2014/2015 season, Icardi, along with Luke Tony, became the Serie A top scorer .

In November 2016, in the matches of the Europa League against the Israeli “ Hapoel ” from Beersheba ^[12] and the English “ Southampton ” ^[13] . After a conflict with fans because of statements in an autobiography, information appeared about the interest in Icardi from the London Arsenal and Napoli ^[14] .

In autumn 2016, Mauro extended his contract with Inter until 2021, according to which, with a salary of 5.5 million euros per year, he became the third player in Serie A ^[15] . The amount of compensation amounted to 110 million euros ^[16] . On March 12, in a match against Atalanta , Icardi scored a hat-trick in nine minutes ^[17] . On March 18, 2018, in a match against his former Sampdoria club, Icardi started poker ^[18] . In the last match of the 2017/2018 season against Lazio , in the Italian Championship, Icardi scored his 100th goal for Inter in Serie A ^[19] . At the end of the season, he became the top scorer of the championship for the second time, sharing this title with Ciro Immobile .

On September 18, 2018, in the Champions League match against the English Tottenham Hotspur , Icardi made his debut in the main club tournament of the continent and scored a goal in the same match ^[20] . In the next rounds against the Dutch PSV ^[21] and Barcelona, ​​he scored again ^[22] .

On September 2, 2019, Icardi, on a leasehold basis with the right of further redemption, transferred to Paris Saint-Germain ^[23] .

On April 20, 2012, Icardi was invited to take part in the Italy-Hungary match as a player of the Italian youth national team , but the striker refused, expressing a desire to play for the Argentine national team. On August 14, 2012, Icardi made his debut for the Argentinean youth team , in a match against the German national team, as part of the unofficial youth team tournament in Valencia . On August 19, in a match against the Japanese national team, Mauro scored his first goal. Argentina's youth team won the tournament, and Icardi became his top scorer with 3 goals.

On October 16, 2013, in the 2014 World Cup qualifying match against the Uruguayan national team, Mauro made his debut for the Argentine national team ^[24] .

At the end of 2016, Lionel Messi ^[25] and Diego Maradona ^[26] spoke out against calling Mauro to the national team because of his conflict with Maxi Lopez. Mauro was a candidate for a trip to the World Cup ^[27] , but did not get into the final application ^[28] . According to Hernan Crespo “due to the conflict with Messi Icardi, unfortunately, will not be able to go to the World Cup in Russia. I think this is a terrible mistake, because Argentina just needs a forward like Mauro ” ^[29] .

On November 20, 2018, in a duel against the Mexican national team, Icardi scored his first goal for the national team ^[30] .

Icardi does not qualify for the 2019 Argentina National Team. ^[31]

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• Top scorer of the Italian Championship (2) : 2014/15 (22 goals, together with Luca Toni ), 2017/18 (29 goals, together with Ciro Immobile )
• Included in the symbolic national team of the year Series A (2) : 2014/15 , 2017/18
• Soccer Player of the Year in Italy : 2017/18
• Serie A's best goal: 2017/18
• Gazzetta Sports Awards: 2018 Performance of the Year

On May 27, 2014 he married ^[32] on the Argentine model Wande Nara (born December 10, 1986), from whom he has two daughters: Francesca ^[33] and Isabella. ^[34] From 2008 to 2013, she was married to football player Maxi Lopez , gave birth to three sons. It is noteworthy that Icardi and Nara began a relationship when the latter was still married, which allowed the Italian press to fan the scandal. During the scandal, Icardi often publicly expressed his feelings, mainly through social networks. He also has a tattoo depicting the children of Nara . In October 2015, Mauro fired his agent, with whom he had been collaborating for 10 years, and hired Naru in his place. After marriage, Wanda took her husband's surname and became Wanda Icardi . Icardi of Italian descent, his mother and father are from Venice . ^[35] He has an Italian passport. On October 11, 2016, Icardi released an autobiography called Semper Avanti ( Always Forward ), published by Sperling & Kupfer. The book was controversial, as Icardi described the incident, which offended some fans of Inter , which led to hatred of fans of Inter to Icardi. ^[36] Mauro was even ready to call the Argentine mafia , so that she would deal with the ultras of Inter . The Italian mafia invited Maxi Lopez to deal with Icardi, but he asked to leave Mauro alone.

As of May 26, 2019

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