Stephan El Shaarawy is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua and the Italy national team. He is nicknamed Il Faraone, as his father is Egyptian. He began his career at Genoa, and was signed by Milan in 2011 after a successful loan at Padova. In 2012, he was named one of the top players after 1991 by Don Balón. He has also represented Italy from under-16 to under-21 levels.
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Stephan El Shaarawy is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua and the Italy national team. He is nicknamed Il Faraone, as his father is Egyptian. He began his career at Genoa, and was signed by Milan in 2011 after a successful loan at Padova. He spent the 2015–16 season on loan with Monaco and subsequently Roma, before signing permanently for the latter. He represented Italy at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, where they finished in third place, and at UEFA Euro 2016. In 2012, he was named one of the top players after 1991 by Don Balón and he was listed 52nd on the Guardian’s list of the best footballers in the world. He has also represented Italy from under-16 to under-21 levels. He was born in Savona, Italy, to an Egyptian father and a Swiss-Italian mother. He made his debut for Genoa in December 2008, when he was 16 years old. On 18 September 2011, he made his Milan debut against Napoli in a 3–1 loss to Napoli. On 25 July 2012, El Shaerawy signed a new five-year contract with Milan. On 3 October 2012 he scored his first goal in UEFA Champions League against Zenit, thus becoming at the age of 19 years and 342 days, A.
C. Milan’s youngest ever goalscorer in the competition. He finished the first half of the 2012–13 season as Serie A’s top scorer with 14 goals and also as C. A. Milan’s top scorer in all competitions with 16 goals. In February 2013, he ended speculation regarding his future by extending his contract for a further season, until June 2018, until the end of the 2015-16 season. In June 2010 he was loaned out to Padova for the 2010–11 Serie B season. He quickly emerged as a key element for the team, leading the Venetian club to the promotion playoff finals where they then lost to Novara. He is currently the eighth youngest player in the history of Serie A to have make his debut in the Italian top division. In November 2012 he played in a 4–1 win over Pescio Calcio which contributed to Milan’s fourth consecutive win and up rising of the Serie A table. He then added a 76-minute goal in the thrashing 4–2 win over Torino FC and another in a 4–1 win over Pesco CalcIO. In August 2012 he made the senior international debut for Italy during a friendly match against England, and in November 2012 scoring his first international goal against France.
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