Sergio Agüero
Sergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo (; born 2 June 1988) is an Argentine professional footballer. He plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester City and the Argentine national team. He joined Independiente in 2003 and became the youngest player to play in the Argentine Primera División on his debut at 15 years and 35 days. In 2006, he moved to La Liga side Atlético Madrid, for a transfer fee of €23 million. He moved to Manchester City in July 2011 for an undisclosed fee in the region of £35 million. In November 2017, he became Manchester City’s all-time highest goal-scorer, scoring his 178th City goal against Napoli.
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Sergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo (; born 2 June 1988) is an Argentine professional footballer. He plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester City and the Argentine national team. He is widely considered as one of the best strikers of his generation. He joined Independiente in 2003 and became the youngest player to play in the Argentine Primera División on his debut at 15 years and 35 days. In 2006, he moved to La Liga side Atlético Madrid, for a transfer fee of €23 million. He moved to Manchester City in July 2011 for an undisclosed fee in the region of £35 million. In the 2014–15 season, he won the Premier League Golden Boot. In November 2017, he became Manchester City’s all-time highest goal-scorer, scoring his 178th City goal against Napoli. He was named to the PFA Team of the Year in 2017–18 and 2018–19. At the international level, he represented the Argentina under-20 team at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2005 and in 2007, winning both tournaments. He played at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, scoring two goals in the 3–0 semi-final win against Brazil as Argentina went on to win the gold medal. He also played for the senior team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the 2011 Copa América, the 2014 FIFA World Cups, and the 2015 Copa américa Centenario. He scored his first and second World Cup goals for Argentina at the 2018 World Cup.
He holds the record for most hat-tricks in the English Premier League, with twelve. He has also scored 180 Premier League goals, making him the highest non-English scorer in the history of the competition, with 180 goals. He won the Don Balón Award, Tuttosport Golden Boy and World Soccer Young Player of the year at the 2005 World Cup for the Argentina Under-20s. In 2012, he was named in the FIFA World XI for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil, scoring four goals in four games. He became the first player to reach 100 goals in a single season in the La Liga, the Champions League and the Copa Libertadores. In 2014, he also won the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Super Cup with Atlético. In 2015, he scored 18 goals in 36 league appearances, having missed two league games due to suspension. In a 4–0 win against Racing Racing on 11 September he scored his fourth goal with a dribbled shot from inside his own half and scored fourth goal of the game against Racing. On 19 June, for the first time during the Torneo Clausura, he played a full 90-minute match for Independientse against Rafael de Rafaela during the 2–2 draw against Estudiantes. On 26 November, he scored his first goal in a 2-2 draw with a 22nd minute shot from outside the penalty area.
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