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Sergio Agüero

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Agüero and the second or maternal family name is del Castillo.

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
File:Suisse vs Argentine - Sergio Agüero (cropped).jpg
Personal information
Full nameSergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo[1]
Date of birth2 June 1988 
     (aged 37)
[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 22x20px 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 22x20px 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 22x20px 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 22x20px 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 22x20px 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 File:Flag of Chile.svg 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

  • Agüero with Independiente in 2005

  • Agüero playing for Atlético Madrid in 2007

  • Agüero (left; pictured with Pepe) with Atlético Madrid during the 2010–11 season

  • Agüero (right) and Samir Nasri parade the Premier League trophy, May 2012

  • Agüero and Edin Džeko about to kick-off against Cardiff City in 2013

  • Agüero playing against CSKA Moscow in 2014

  • Agüero taking on two Swiss players in an international friendly in 2012

  • Argentine footballer Sergio "Kun" Agüero.

References

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