Mauro Boselli
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 Boselli with Estudiantes |
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 22 May 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Estudiantes (on loan from Wigan Athletic) | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999-2003 | Boca Juniors | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2003–2008 | Boca Juniors | 44 | (10) |
| 2005–2006 | → Málaga B (loan) | 32 | (5) |
| 2008–2010 | Estudiantes | 56 | (32) |
| 2010– | Wigan Athletic | 8 | (1) |
| 2011 | → Genoa (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| 2011– | → Estudiantes (loan) | 18 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005 | Argentina U-20 | 5 | (1) |
| 2009– | Argentina | 4 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:18, 18 October 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Mauro Boselli (born 22 May 1985) is an Argentine football forward who currently plays for Estudiantes on loan from Wigan Athletic.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Boca Juniors
Boselli made his debut for Boca Juniors in a 7-2 defeat to Rosario Central on July 6, 2003, for the last fixture of the 2003 Clausura.[1] He subsequently spent the 2005–06 season on loan at Málaga B in the Spanish Segunda División. After returning to Boca Juniors, Boselli struggled to become a regular in the first team, being behind Martín Palermo and Argentina World Cup player Rodrigo Palacio in the coaches' consideration.
[edit] Estudiantes
In July 2008, Estudiantes de La Plata bought 50% of Boselli's transfer rights from Boca, allowing the forward to move to the La Plata outfit. In Estudiantes, Boselli started strongly with 8 goals in 15 league games during his first tournament, the 2008 Apertura.[2] In 2009, he won the Copa Libertadores with Estudiantes. During the competition, Boselli scored 8 goals, finishing as the overall top scorer of the tournament. He also helped the team by scoring the winning goal in the tournament's final against Cruzeiro, in Belo Horizonte. In total, Mauro Boselli scored 49 goals at Estudiantes de la Plata since June 2008. He hit 32 goals in the Argentine Primera División and a further 17 goals in international cups: 12 in the Copa Libertadores, four in the Copa Sudamericana and one in the FIFA Club World Cup.
[edit] Wigan Athletic
On 29 June 2010, Boselli signed a four-year deal with Wigan Athletic for an undisclosed fee,[3] believed to be around £6.5 million.[4] He made his debut in the opening game of the Premier League season against Blackpool,[5] and scored his first competitive goal for the club against Swansea City in the League Cup on 26 October 2010.[6] However, following his first goal for the club, Boselli has found settling into the English Premier League difficult.
[edit] Genoa
Mauro Boselli was loaned to Italian Serie A side Genoa for the remainder of the 2010-2011 season, where he scored two league goals for the club.
[edit] Estudiantes
Boselli was loaned out to Estudiantes in Argentina. Mauro returns to his former team for the season.
[edit] International career
In 2005, Boselli was part of the Argentine U-20 national team that finished third in the South American Youth Championship (therefore qulifying for that year's U-20 World Cup). However, Boselli was not part of the final World Cup squad.
On September 27, 2009, Boselli was called for a local-league based Argentine national team (replacing injured Esteban Fuertes) to play a friendly match against Ghana.[7] Three days later, on 30 September, Boselli debuted with the national team, being brought in as a substitute in the 57th minute of the match.[8] Boselli scored his first goal for Argentina- from the penalty spot- in a 4-1 defeat to Nigeria on June 1, 2011.
[edit] International goals
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 1 June 2011 | Abuja Stadium, Abuja |  Nigeria |
1–4 | 1–4 | Friendly |
[edit] Honours
[edit] Club
- Boca Juniors
- Estudiantes LP
[edit] Individual
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- 2009 (with Estudiantes)
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- 2010 Clausura (with Estudiantes)
[edit] References
- ^ "Closing '03 statistics". Argentine Soccer. http://www.argentinesoccer.com/player_apps.cfm?id=mbsl&Championship=cl03&Team=boc. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
- ^ "Opening '08 statistics". Argentine Soccer. http://www.argentinesoccer.com/player_apps.cfm?id=mbsl&Championship=ap08&Team=est. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
- ^ "Latics land Boselli!". Wigan Athletic official website. 29 June 2010. http://www.wiganlatics.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10429~2078856,00.html. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ "Mauro Boselli clinches £6.5m Wigan Athletic move". Daily Mail. 29 June 2010. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1290512/Mauro-Boselli-clinches-6-5m-Wigan-Athletic-move.html. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ "Wigan 0-4 Blackpool". BBC Sport. 14 August 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8904972.stm. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ "Wigan 2-0 Swansea". BBC Sport. 26 October 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/9059511.stm. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ "La Selección local comienza a trabajar de cara al amistoso ante Ghana" Clarin. Retrieved on October 4, 2009. (Spanish)
- ^ "Argentina derrotó a Ghana por 2 a 0". AFA. http://www.afa.org.ar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10250:partido-entre-argentina-y-ghana&catid=164:seleccion-mayor&Itemid=66. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) MAURO BOSELLI Sitio Oficial
- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (Spanish)
- Statistics at ESPN
- Mauro Boselli at National-Football-Teams.com
- Statistics at Football-Lineups
- Mauro Boselli career stats at Soccerbase
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from Buenos Aires
- Argentine footballers
- Argentina international footballers
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Association football forwards
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Málaga CF footballers
- Estudiantes de La Plata footballers
- Wigan Athletic F.C. players
- Genoa C.F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Primera División Argentina players
- Premier League players
- Serie A footballers
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom
