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Federico Insúa
Personal information
Full name Federico Insúa
Date of birth (1980-01-03) January 3, 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Vélez Sarsfield
Number 20
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2002 Argentinos Juniors 114 (16)
2002–2003 Independiente 56 (14)
2003–2004 Málaga 31 (3)
2004–2005 Independiente 35 (9)
2005–2006 Boca Juniors 37 (11)
2006–2007 Borussia Mönchengladbach 32 (2)
2007–2010 Club América 30 (5)
2009 → Necaxa (loan) 16 (2)
2009–2010 → Boca Juniors (loan) 30 (3)
2010–2011 Bursaspor 24 (1)
2012– Vélez Sarsfield 51 (12)
International career
2003– Argentina 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:59, December 16, 2012 (UTC)

Federico Insúa (born January 3, 1980 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Vélez Sarsfield in the Argentine Primera División. Usually a playmaker, he is well known for his vision and technique.

Career

Nicknamed El Pocho, Insúa grew up in a middle-class family in Buenos Aires.[1] He moved to the youth teams of Argentinos Juniors from the Club Parque youth team, and debuted professionally on November 18, 1997.[2] After five seasons with the club, he transferred to Independiente in 2002. After winning a local championship with Independiente, he moved to Spanish first division Málaga CF in 2003, but after only one unsuccessful season he returned to Independiente.[1]

At the beginning of the 2005–06 season, Insúa again transferred, this time to Boca Juniors. He debuted for Boca in a 4–1 victory over Gimnasia de Jujuy. Even though he had a slow start, he succeeded in becoming Boca's playmaker, helping the team to win two league titles and two international cups by the end of 2006.

On July 28, 2006, Insúa transferred for €4 million to German Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach, which hoped to fill a gap in its offensive midfield. The 26-year-old midfielder put pen to paper on a four-year deal. The Argentine international wore the number 10 shirt for Borussia.[1] On February 3, 2007, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a game against Arminia Bielefeld.

After the relegation of Borussia in the 2006–07 Bundesliga, he was sold to Club América (Mexico) for US$ 7.5 million, for four years, with a salary of US$ 1,875,000 a year. He joined the squad on June 27, 2007.

On July 27, 2008 Insúa opened the 1–0 score against Santos Laguna on the first match of the Apertua 2008 season. In early January 2009 he was loaned to Necaxa, but he could not help the team avoid relegation.

On July 18, 2009, Insúa was loaned to Boca Juniors for one year.[3] Once the loan finished, he signed with Bursaspor to a two-year deal on June 17, 2010.[4]

Insúa returned to Argentina for the 2012 Clausura, joining Vélez Sársfield. With Vélez he obtained his fourth Argentine league title (with three different teams) after helping his team to win the 2012 Inicial, starting all 19 games and scoring once.[5]

International career

Insúa debuted for the Argentina national football team in January 2003 and played for them on a sporadic basis over the following years.

National team statistics

[6]

Argentina national team
Year Apps Goals
2003 4 0
2004 1 0
2005 1 0
2006 2 0
2007 2 0
2008 0 0
2009 2 0
2010 2 0
Total 14 0

Honours

Independiente
Boca Juniors
Club América
Vélez Sársfield

References

  1. ^ a b c Lustig, Jan (August 7, 2006). "Das Rätsel 'El Pocho'". kicker (in German). 64: 16.
  2. ^ Dana, Fabio (August 8, 2005). "Insúa; ¿Nace un conductor xeneize?" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
  3. ^ "Insúa zurück zu Boca Juniors" (in German). transfermarkt.de. July 18, 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
  4. ^ "Un Pocho turco" (in Spanish). Diario Olé. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
  5. ^ "Inicial '12 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  6. ^ "Federico Insúa". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved August 25, 2013.

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