Fernando Forestieri
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando Martín Forestieri | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Second striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Bari (on loan from Udinese) |
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| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003 | Newell's Old Boys | ||
| 2003–2006 | Boca Juniors | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2007 | Genoa | 1 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Siena | 17 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Genoa | 0 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Siena (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Vicenza (loan) | 19 | (5) |
| 2009– | Udinese | 0 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Málaga (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2011 | → Empoli (loan) | 17 | (3) |
| 2011– | → Bari (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | Italy U-17 | 8 | (5) |
| 2007–2008 | Italy U-19 | 14 | (4) |
| 2008–2010 | Italy U-20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2011– | Italy U-21 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Fernando Martín Forestieri (born 15 January 1990 in Rosario, Argentina) is an Italian Argentine footballer who plays as a striker for Serie B club Bari, on loan from Udinese. He is nicknamed El Topa.[citation needed]
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[edit] Club career
His career began in 2003 with Newell's Old Boys but in 2003, when he was just 13, Boca Juniors bought him for $50,000. In Buenos Aires, Forestieri became well known for his way of playing, which was compared with Lionel Messi's.[says who?]
[edit] Genoa
In January 2006, at the age of 16, Genoa signed Forestieri on a five-year contract; Boca tried to keep the young player, but failed to do so.[1] In March, Boca contested the regularity of the transfer and, refusing a €300,000 indemnification from Genoa, the Argentine club submitted the case to the AFA.[2]
That summer he played some friendly matches with Genoa, and in one of them Torino president Urbano Cairo saw Forestieri in action and offered 500,000 € for him, but Genoa refused.[3] On 8 November 2006, Forestieri made his official debut with Genoa in a Coppa Italia loss against Empoli.[4]
Forestieri made his Serie B league debut on 13 January 2007, on an away match lost 2–1 to Pescara, by scoring the Genoa goal. He then played as a regular with the Genoa Primavera youth team that won the 2007 International Viareggio trophy.
[edit] Siena
On 25 July 2007 Siena announced that they had signed the 17-year-old player from Genoa in a co-ownership bid,[5] for €1.7 million,[6] to compensate the transfer debt to Siena in Andrea Masiello and Abdoulay Konko's transfer.[7] He made his Serie A debut on 26 September, coming off the bench in a match against Atalanta.
On 13 January 2008 he scored his first Serie A goal after being brought on as a substitute against Internazionale in a 3–2 loss. On 25 June 2008, Genoa acquired the entirety of his transfer rights (with Siena acquired half of Manuel Coppola), successively loaning him out to Siena for another season,[8] but in the first part of the season with coach Giampaolo he played only in two games.
[edit] Vicenza
In January 2009, he was loaned to Vicenza in Serie B, where he scored 5 goals in 19 appearances.
[edit] Udinese
[edit] Málaga
In July 2009 Forestieri agreed for a move to La Liga, joining Málaga on loan from Genoa and Udinese.[9] He was sold to Udinese Calcio in co-ownership deal on 28 July. He scored his only goal for the club on 20 December 2009 in 2–1 win against Mallorca.
In summer 2010 he failed to find a new club and stayed at Udinese's youth team. Udinese held some club friendlies for players pending to leave, credited the team as Udinese B. He failed to leave the club and played for Udinese's Primavera youth team.
[edit] Empoli
In January 2011 he had been sent to Serie B club Empoli.[10][11]
[edit] Bari
On 15 July 2011 he was signed by newly relegated Serie B team Bari along with Zdeněk Zlámal.,[12] which Udinese bought him outright from Genoa on 7 July. He would be a potential replacement of Paulo Vitor Barreto who was bought back by Udinese in June.
[edit] International career
After refusing the calling of the Argentina U-17,[13] the young player has been called by Italy national U-17, U-19 and U-20 football team.[14]
On 13 April 2011 he made his debut with the Italy U-21 team in a friendly game against Russia.
[edit] References
- ^ "Genoa, acquisti a lunga gittata" (in Italian). Goal.com. http://www.goal.com/it/articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=8381. Retrieved 2007-07-06.
- ^ "Genoa: il Boca rivuole Forestieri" (in Italian). Goal.com. 2006-03-03. http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/index.php?action=read&id=22456. Retrieved 2007-07-06.
- ^ "L’Italia convoca l’erede di Messi!" (in Italian). Goal.com. http://www.goal.com/it/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=140747. Retrieved 2007-07-06.
- ^ "Y debutó Forestieri..." (in Spanish). Olé. 2006-11-09. http://old.ole.clarin.com/jsp/v4/pagina.jsp?pagId=01306084. Retrieved 2007-07-06.[dead link]
- ^ AC Siena (2007-07-25). "Forestieri in comproprietà" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. http://web.archive.org/web/20070926235844/http://www.acsiena.it/comunicatidetail.php3?id=5266. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
- ^ "Conti in rosso per il calcio Inter e Milan, perdite record" (in Italian). il Sole 24 ORE. 1 May 2009. http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/SoleOnLine4/Economia%20e%20Lavoro/2009/05/squadre-bilanci.shtml?uuid=e1e05254-3649-11de-b0ea-cb14daee45aa&DocRulesView=Libero. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- ^ "Konko va al Genoa Forestieri a Siena" (in Italian) (require login). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 21 July 2007. http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2007/luglio/21/Konko_Genoa_Forestieri_Siena_ga_10_070721044.shtml. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- ^ "IL GENOA RIACQUISTA TUTTO FORESTIERI" (in Italian). Genoa CFC. 25 June 2008. http://www.genoacfc.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5053&Itemid=31. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- ^ "Fernando Forestieri jugará cedido en el Málaga Club de Fútbol" (in Spanish). Málaga CF. 2009-07-25. http://www.malagacf.com/noticias/fernando-forestieri-jugara-cedido-en-el-malaga-club-de-futbol-1341.html. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- ^ "L´arrivo di Fernando Martin Forestieri [The Arrives of Fernando Martin Forestieri]" (in Italian). Empoli FC. 12 January 2011. http://www.empolicalcio.net/Larrivo-di-Fernando-Martin-Forestieri.htm. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- ^ "Ceduti Forestieri e Fabio Ayres [Sold Forestieri & Fabio Ayres]" (in Italian). Udinese Calcio (www.udinese.it). 13 January 2011. http://www.udinese.it/script/view_flsh_news.php?id=859. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- ^ "Movimenti di mercato in uscita" (in Italian). Udinese Calcio. 15 July 2011. http://www.udinese.it/script/view_flsh_news.php?id=1443. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- ^ "Italy to beat Argentina for genoa superkid Forestieri". TribalFootball. 2006-10-13. http://old.ole.clarin.com/article.php?id=1464. Retrieved 2007-07-06.[dead link]
- ^ "FORESTIERI FERNANDO MARTIN" (in Italian). FIGC.it. http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=3180&squadra=3. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- Italian people of Argentine descent
- Naturalised citizens of Italy
- Argentine footballers
- Italian footballers
- Association football forwards
- People from Rosario, Santa Fe
- Genoa C.F.C. players
- A.C. Siena players
- Málaga CF footballers
- Vicenza Calcio players
- Empoli F.C. players
- Serie A footballers
- Serie B footballers
- La Liga footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
