Sergio Agüero

Sergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo (born 2 June 1988), also known as Kun Agüero, is an Argentine retired football player. He played as a former striker for the Argentina national team. Agüero joined La Liga club Barcelona starting 1 July 2021 until November 2021. He had no choice but to retire due to heart problems.

Sergio Agüero
Suisse vs Argentine - Sergio Agüero (cropped).jpg
Personal information
Full nameSergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo[1]
Date of birth (1988-06-02) 2 June 1988 (age 35)[2]
Place of birthBuenos Aires,[3] Argentina
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[4]
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
1997–2003Independiente
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2006Independiente54(23)
2006–2011Atlético Madrid175(74)
2011–2021Manchester City264(180)
2021Barcelona4(1)
National team
2004Argentina U175(3)
2005–2007Argentina U2011(6)
2008Argentina U235(2)
2006–2021Argentina101(41)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:08, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2019

Club career

Independiente

Aguero joined C.A. Independiente's youth system at age nine, and became the youngest player to make the first-team debut at age 15 on 5 July 2003.

Atletico Madrid

Aguero joined Spanish club Atlético Madrid in May 2006, for a fee of around €20 million.[5]

Manchester City

On 28 July 2011, Aguero signed a five-year contract with Manchester City for a reported fee of £38 million.[6] At the time, he became the most expensive signing in City's history. The previous record was for Robinho's transfer fee of £32.5 million in 2008.[7] He was given the number 16 shirt, and wears Kun Aguero on his back.

He made his debut for the team on 15 August 2011, scoring the last goal in a 4-0 victory against Swansea City A.F.C. He scored his first Premier League hat-trick on 10 September 2011 against Wigan Athletic F.C. In the final game of the season against Queens Park Rangers, Aguero scored a goal in the 94th minute. He scored City's third goal in a 3-2 victory, helping the team win their first Premier League title since 1968.[8]

International career

Aguero has played for Argentina's U17 team, U-20 team, Olympic team, and Senior team.

Aguero made his debut for the Senior team on 3 September 2006 at age 18.[9]

He scored his first international hat trick on 7 June 2015 in a 2015 Copa América warm-up game against Bolivia. Argentina won 5-0.[10]

On 16 June 2018, at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Aguero scored his first ever World Cup goal against Iceland in a 1-1 draw.[11]

Personal life

Aguero was married to Diego Maradona's daughter, Giannina Maradona. They married in 2008, and had one son named Benjamin that was born in Madrid, Spain in February 2009.[12] Aguero and Giannina separated in 2012.[13] Diego Maradona later called Aguero a "wimp" on an Argentine radio station after their separation.[14]

Aguero has two half-brothers that are also footballers, Gaston del Castillo and Mauricio del Castillo.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 October 2020[15]
Club Season League Cup[nb 1] League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Independiente 2002–03[16] Argentine Primera División 1 0 1 0
2003–04[17] 5 0 2[a] 0 7 0
2004–05[18] 12 5 12 5
2005–06[19] 36 18 36 18
Total 54 23 2 0 56 23
Atlético Madrid 2006–07[20] La Liga 38 6 4 1 42 7
2007–08[21] 37 19 4 2 9[b] 6 50 27
2008–09[22] 37 17 1 0 9[c] 4 47 21
2009–10[23] 31 12 7 1 16[d] 6 54 19
2010–11[24] 32 20 4 3 4[e] 3 1[f] 1 41 27
Total 175 74 20 7 38 19 1 1 234 101
Manchester City 2011–12[25] Premier League 34 23 1 1 3 1 10[g] 5 0 0 48 30
2012–13[26] 30 12 4 3 0 0 5[c] 2 1[h] 0 40 17
2013–14[27] 23 17 3 4 2 1 6[c] 6 34 28
2014–15[28] 33 26 1 0 1 0 7[c] 6 0 0 42 32
2015–16[29] 30 24 1 1 4 2 9[c] 2 44 29
2016–17[30] 31 20 5 5 1 0 8[c] 8 45 33
2017–18[31] 25 21 3 2 4 3 7[c] 4 39 30
2018–19[32] 33 21 2 2 3 1 7[c] 6 1[h] 2 46 32
2019–20[33] 24 16 2 2 3 3 3[c] 2 0 0 32 23
2020–21[34] 1 0 0 0 0 0 1[c] 1 2 1
Total 264 180 22 20 21 11 63 42 2 2 372 255
Career total 493 277 42 27 21 11 103 61 3 3 662 379
  1. Includes Copa del Rey and FA Cup.
  1. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  2. Eight appearances and six goals in UEFA Cup, one appearance in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  4. Eight appearances and four goals in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  6. Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  7. Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and four goals in UEFA Europa League
  8. 8.0 8.1 Appearance in FA Community Shield

International

As of match played 18 November 2019
National team Year Apps Goals
Argentina 2006 2 0
2007 4 1
2008 9 4
2009 6 2
2010 5 2
2011 8 5
2012 7 2
2013 8 5
2014 10 1
2015 10 10
2016 11 1
2017 4 2
2018 5 3
2019 8 3
Total 97 41

International goals

Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first.
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 17 November 2007 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Bolivia 1–0 3–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 26 March 2008 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt   Egypt 1–0 2–0 Friendly
3. 4 June 2008 Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States   Mexico 4–1 4–1
4. 6 September 2008 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Paraguay 1–1 1–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
5. 11 October 2008 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Uruguay 2–0 2–1
6. 28 March 2009 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Venezuela 4–0 4–0
7. 12 August 2009 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia   Russia 1–1 3–2 Friendly
8. 24 May 2010 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Canada 5–0 5–0
9. 7 September 2010 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Spain 4–1 4–1
10. 20 June 2011 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Albania 3–0 3–0
11. 1 July 2011 Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina   Bolivia 1–1 1–1 2011 Copa América
12. 11 July 2011 Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina   Costa Rica 1–0 3–0
13. 2–0
14. 15 November 2011 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia   Colombia 2–1 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
15. 2 June 2012 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Ecuador 1–0 4–0
16. 12 October 2012 Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina   Uruguay 2–0 2–0
17. 6 February 2013 Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden   Sweden 2–1 3–2 Friendly
18. 11 June 2013 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador   Ecuador 1–0 1–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
19. 10 September 2013 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay   Paraguay 2–1 5–2
20. 18 November 2013 Busch Stadium, St. Louis, United States   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 2–0 Friendly
21. 2–0
22. 3 September 2014 Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany   Germany 1–0 4–2
23. 31 March 2015 MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, United States   Ecuador 1–0 2–1
24. 6 June 2015 Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina   Bolivia 2–0 5–0
25. 3–0
26. 4–0
27. 13 June 2015 Estadio La Portada, La Serena, Chile   Paraguay 1–0 2–2 2015 Copa América
28. 16 June 2015 Estadio La Portada, La Serena, Chile   Uruguay 1–0 1–0
29. 30 June 2015 Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción, Chile   Paraguay 5–1 6–1
30. 4 September 2015 BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, United States   Bolivia 2–0 7–0 Friendly
31. 4–0
32. 9 September 2015 AT&T Stadium, United States   Mexico 1–2 2–2
33. 10 June 2016 Soldier Field, Chicago, United States   Panama 5–0 5–0 Copa América Centenario
34. 11 November 2017 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia   Russia 1–0 1–0 Friendly
35. 14 November 2017 Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar, Russia   Nigeria 2–0 2–4
36. 29 May 2018 La Bombonera, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Haiti 4–0 4–0
37. 16 June 2018 Otkritie Arena, Moscow, Russia   Iceland 1–0 1–1 2018 FIFA World Cup
38. 30 June 2018 Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia   France 3–4 3–4 2018 FIFA World Cup
39. 23 June 2019 Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre, Brazil   Qatar 2–0 2–0 2019 Copa América
40. 6 July 2019 Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil   Chile 1–0 2–1 2019 Copa América
41. 18 November 2019 Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel   Uruguay 1–1 2–2 Friendly

Honours

Atlético Madrid

Manchester City

Argentina U20

Argentina U23

Argentina

Individual

Sergio Agüero Media

References

  1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/01/2016 and 31/01/2016". The Football Association. p. 1. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  2. "Ficha" [Fact Sheet]. Official Site. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  3. "Bio". sergioaguero.com. Sergio Agüero's Official Site. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  4. "Sergio AGUERO". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  5. "Atletico agree fee for Independiente starlet". ESPN FC. 29 May 2006. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. "Manchester City complete Sergio Aguero signing" (in en-GB). BBC Sport. 2011-07-28. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/14226198. Retrieved 2020-06-10. 
  7. "Man City beat Chelsea to Robinho" (in en-GB). BBC Sport. 2008-09-01. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/7593026.stm. Retrieved 2020-06-10. 
  8. McNulty, Phillip (2012-05-13). "Manchester City 3-2 QPR" (in en-GB). BBC Sport. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/17973148. Retrieved 2020-06-10. 
  9. "Brazil 3 - 0 Argentina" (in en-GB). The Guardian. 2006-09-04. ISSN 0261-3077 . https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/sep/04/newsstory.sport4. Retrieved 2020-06-10. 
  10. "Sergio Aguero and Angel Di Maria score in Argentina win over Bolivia" (in en-gb). BBC Sport. 2015-06-07. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/33039786. Retrieved 2020-06-10. 
  11. Smyth, Rob (2018-06-16). "Argentina 1-1 Iceland: World Cup 2018 – as it happened" (in en-GB). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2018/jun/16/argentina-v-iceland-world-cup-2018-live. Retrieved 2020-06-10. 
  12. "Maradona a grandad as Aguero Jr is born". FourFourTwo. 19 February 2009.
  13. Fitzgerald, Todd (4 January 2013). "Manchester City's Sergio Aguero splits from wife of four years". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  14. Akerman, Nick (31 October 2013). "Diego Maradona Calls Sergio Aguero a Wimp and Demands Showdown over Daughter". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  15. "Sergio Agüero's stats, News – Atletico Madrid". ESPN Soccernet. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  16. "Games played by Sergio Agüero in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  17. "Games played by Sergio Agüero in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  18. "Games played by Sergio Agüero in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  19. "Games played by Sergio Agüero in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  20. "Games played by Sergio Agüero in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  21. "Games played by Sergio Agüero in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  22. "Games played by Sergio Agüero in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  23. "Games played by Sergio Agüero in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  24. "Games played by Sergio Agüero in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  25. "Games played by Sergio Agüero in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  26. "Games played by Sergio Agüero in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  27. "Games played by Sergio Agüero in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  28. "Games played by Sergio Agüero in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  29. "Games played by Sergio Agüero in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  30. "Games played by Sergio Agüero in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  31. "Games played by Sergio Agüero in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  32. "Games played by Sergio Agüero in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  33. "Games played by Sergio Agüero in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  34. "Games played by Sergio Agüero in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  35. "Slick Atlético seal Super Cup success". UEFA. 27 August 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018.
  36. "Acta del Partido celebrado el 19 de mayo de 2010, en Barcelona" [Minutes of the Match held on 19 May 2010, in Barcelona] (in español). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 25 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  37. 37.0 37.1 "Sergio Agüero: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  38. McNulty, Phil (18 May 2019). Manchester City 6–0 Watford. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48236232. Retrieved 18 May 2019. 
  39. McNulty, Phil (11 May 2013). Man City 0–1 Wigan. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22409634. 
  40. McNulty, Phil (2 March 2014). Manchester City 3–1 Sunderland. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/26311649. Retrieved 27 April 2019. 
  41. McNulty, Phil (28 February 2016). Liverpool 1–1 Manchester City. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35624164. Retrieved 27 April 2019. 
  42. McNulty, Phil (25 February 2018). Arsenal 0–3 Manchester City. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43101681. Retrieved 25 February 2018. 
  43. McNulty, Phil (24 February 2019). Chelsea 0–0 Manchester City. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47268861. Retrieved 24 February 2019. 
  44. McNulty, Phil (1 March 2020). Aston Villa 1–2 Manchester City. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51601970. Retrieved 1 March 2020. 
  45. Smith, Ben (12 August 2012). Chelsea 2–3 Man City. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19133978. Retrieved 27 February 2021. 
  46. Bevan, Chris (5 August 2018). Chelsea 0–2 Manchester City. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44995783. Retrieved 27 April 2019. 
  47. Begley, Emlyn (4 August 2019). Liverpool 1–1 Manchester City. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49141690. Retrieved 4 August 2019. 
  48. "S. Agüero – Soccerway Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  49. "Germany 1–0 Argentina". FIFA. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  50. Chile 0–0 Argentina (Chile win 4–1 on penalties). 5 July 2010. https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33085977. Retrieved 5 July 2015. 
  51. 51.0 51.1 "AWARDS". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  52. Tuttosport 'Golden Boy' award winner Archived 16 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine El Mundo
  53. "Sergio Agüero, Golden Boy". Aguero10.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  54. "World Soccer" Awards. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/wsoc-awards.html. Retrieved 21 November 2015. 
  55. "Sergio Aguero wins top Football Supporters' Federation award". ESPN. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  56. "City Live: Aguero named Etihad Player of the Season". Manchester City F.C. Archived from the original on 8 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  57. Manchester City players dominate PFA team of the year. 18 April 2018. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43810017. Retrieved 19 April 2018. 
  58. PFA Team of the Year: Paul Pogba, Raheem Sterling and Sadio Mane included in side. 25 April 2019. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48028713. Retrieved 27 April 2019. 
  59. South American Team of the Year. 16 January 2009. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/sam-toy.html. Retrieved 10 March 2015. 
  60. "FifPro announces reserve Teams of the Year – but Luis Suarez and Arjen Robben won't be laughing while Iker Casillas is somehow named the second best goalkeeper of 2013". Independent.co.uk. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  61. "2015 World XI: the Reserve Teams – FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro.org. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  62. "2016 World 11: the reserve teams – FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro.org. 9 January 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  63. "FIFA FIFPro World XI: the reserve teams – FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro.org. 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  64. "IFFHS MAN TEAM - CONMEBOL - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 26 January 2021. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.