Mauro Icardi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Argentine association football player
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Place of Birth: Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
About Mauro Icardi
- Mauro Emanuel Icardi (Spanish pronunciation: ['mau?o ema'nwel i'ka?ði]; born 19 February 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain, on loan from Serie A club Inter Milan, and the Argentina national team. Icardi began his footballing career at La Masia, the youth system of La Liga club Barcelona, before moving to Serie A club Sampdoria to begin his professional career in 2012; after an impressive season, he joined Inter Milan in July 2013, where he developed into one of the most prolific strikers in Europe.
- Icardi won the Capocannoniere in both the 2014–15 and 2017–18 seasons, and was named the captain of Inter in 2015, at age 22.
- Three years later, Icardi was integral for Inter reaching a place in the UEFA Champions League, their first time in six years.
- He currently ranks as the club's eighth highest goalscorer of all time.
- In 2019, on the summer transfer window deadline day, Icardi signed for French side Paris Saint-Germain on a one-year loan deal.Icardi has been a subject of controversy due to his marriage to Wanda Nara, whose ex-husband is Icardi's former Sampdoria teammate Maxi López.
- López and Nara divorced because of her exposed relationship with Icardi.Icardi made his senior debut for Argentina in October 2013 but since has played sparingly.
- His controversial marriage, which has brought a lot of animosity against him in Argentina, has been considered to be the reason for him not playing for the national team frequently.
- Icardi was controversially left out of Argentina's final squad for 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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