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Ángel Di María
Personal information
Full name Ángel Fabián di María Hernández
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Real Madrid
Number 22
Youth career
2001–2005 Rosario Central
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Rosario Central 35 (6)
2007–2010 Benfica 76 (7)
2010– Real Madrid 44 (7)
International career‡
2005 Argentina U20 13 (3)
2008 Argentina U23 6 (2)
2007– Argentina 27 (5)
Medal record
Representing  Argentina
Men's Football
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:11, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2011

Template:Spanish name Ángel Fabián di María Hernández (born 14 February 1988) is an Argentine footballer who currently plays as a winger for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid[2] and the Argentine national team. He is nicknamed El Angelito, Di Magia, El Flaco, El Pibito and Fideo, the Spanish word for noodle.[3]

Club career

Rosario Central

Di María started his professional football career in 2005 when he made his debut for Rosario Central. In January 2007, he had an opportunity to play in the Russian Premier League when Rubin Kazan offered him a contract. At first, he agreed, but soon afterwards, he changed his mind and turned down the offer.[4] After putting up a remarkable performance in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, playing for Argentina, di María caught the eye of several European teams and in the end, SL Benfica of Portugal signed him.

Benfica

Di María with Benfica.

Ángel di María was transferred to Portuguese side Benfica in July 2007 where he played as a midfielder. Benfica paid Rosario Central €6 million for 80% of his sports rights and 50% of sports right of Andrés Díaz.[5] Later, in August 2008, the Portuguese club paid an extra €2 million for the remaining 20%,[6]

So highly regarded was di María by Benfica that team president Luís Filipe Vieira, when presenting the young Argentine, told the club's supporters he had bought the perfect replacement for Benfica's departing captain, Simão, a talismanic figure for Benfica for over five seasons.

During the first months of his tenure in Lisbon, di María showed that he was not in the least weighed down by the expectations, and the fans quickly took to the exciting talent.

Di María signed a new deal with Benfica in October 2009, adding three more years to his current deal, which was to last until 30 June 2015 with a €40 million minimum fee release.[7] Later that month, he was backed by Diego Maradona to become "Argentina's next superstar."[8]

On 27 February 2010, di María scored his first hat trick in a classic 4–0 win against Leixões SC. The next day, he made the headlines as "Magic Tri María" of all sports newspaper in Portugal.[9]

Real Madrid

2010–11 season

Di Maria and Real Madrid against Javier Chica and rivals RCD Espanyol.

On 28 June 2010, Real Madrid posted on their website that they had come to terms with Benfica for the transfer of di María. He signed a five-year contract for €25 million, plus €11 million in incentives, as announced by the Portuguese Stock Exchange regulating entity.[10] On 7 July 2010, di María arrived to Madrid directly from Buenos Aires,[11] and passed the medical test on 8 July.[12]

He made his debut on 4 August 2010 in a friendly match against Club América, which Real Madrid won 3–2–.[13] On 22 August, di María scored his first goal in another friendly against Hércules CF, which Real Madrid won 3–1.[14] In the last match of preseason, on 24 August, after an individual play described as a "magic moment," he opened the score of the 2–0 win against CA Peñarol, for the Santiago Bernabéu Trophy.[15]

His league debut came on 29 August, in a 0–0 draw against RCD Mallorca.[16] On 18 September, di María scored his first league goal for Real Madrid in their 2–1 win over Real Sociedad.[17] Ten days later, he scored his first goal in the Champions League against AJ Auxerre, in a 1–0 victory.[18] He scored a controversial first goal against Sevilla FC on 19 December. Days later, di María assisted Karim Benzema's two goals and Cristiano Ronaldo's goal in an astonishing 8–0 win over Levante UD on 22 December. In the second leg of the Champions League last 16 round against Olympique Lyonnais, he scored the third and final goal in a 3–0 win to send Real Madrid through to the last eight for the first time in seven years.

Di María scored Real's third goal during their first-leg Champions League quarter-final victory over Tottenham Hotspur. On 20 April 2011, he was sent off in the 31st minute of extra time in the Copa del Rey final against rivals FC Barcelona. Real Madrid won the game 1–0, the lone goal of this game (in the 13th minute of extra time) being a header from Ronaldo, assisted by di María himself, thus obtaining his first honour with Real Madrid.

2011–12 season

During the start of the 2011-2012 season, Di Maria endured a tough series of matches as a struggled to adapt to the pace league following the break. As a result, Di Maria's early performance for the season were a mixed affair with moments of genuinely good play interspersed with moments of sheer madness by the Argentine. This point was well illustrated during Real Madrid's 1-0 defeat to Levante, a match which saw a clearly out of sorts Di Maria commit a horror foul on Levante's Juanfran during the match. In a moment of madness, Di Maria caused the two teams to clash over and on-field incident. [19]

International career

Ángel di María (left) and Raul Meireles (right) in a friendly match between Argentina and Portugal, on 9th February 2011.

In 2007, di María was picked to play for the Argentina Under-20 squad. He was capped for the 2007 South American Youth Championship in Paraguay. In 2007, he was called up for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada. They went on to win the tournament with di María scoring three goals in the process.

On 28 January 2008, di María and some of his U-20 teammates were called up for the Argentina squad for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He scored the extra-time game-winning goal on a pass from Lionel Messi in the 105th minute of his team's 2–1 quarter-final win over the Netherlands.

On 23 August, in perhaps the best moment of his career so far, di María scored the game-winner, a chip over the keeper from the edge of the area in the 57th minute of Argentina's 1–0 victory against Nigeria to capture their second straight Olympic Gold Medal in the final game of the Olympic tournament.[20]

Di María was chosen as one of the 23 players for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. On 11 August 2010, he scored the first ever international goal at Dublin's new Aviva Stadium in a friendly against Ireland with Argentina winning 1–0.[21]

Playing style

Di María is renowned for his ability to assist goals from his left-wing position, assisting 20 goals in his first Real Madrid season alone. He is known as a quick player and a very good dribbler. In the national team he has occasionally taken on a more defensively responsible role. In the beginning of his European career, Di María was not famous for his goal scoring, but around 2010 that side of his game improved, scoring six goals in his debut La Liga season. He is in short a left-footed winger, specialised on the left wing-position.

Personal Life

Di María married his girlfriend of two years, Jorgelina Cardoso, in Argentina at the end of July 2011. Jorgelina is from Rosario, Argentina. Giannina Maradona and her child were also in attendance.

Honours

Club

Benfica
Real Madrid

Country

Career statistics

Accurate as last game played on 29 October 2011.[22][23]
Club Season League Cup1 League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Rosario Central 2005–06 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 4 0 0 5 0 0
2006–07 16 1 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 16 1 0
2007–08 18 5 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 18 5 0
Total 35 6 0 0 0 0 — 4 0 0 39 6 0
Benfica 2007–08 26 0 3 5 0 0 3 0 0 10 1 1 44 1 4
2008–09 24 2 2 0 0 0 5 1 1 5 1 0 34 4 3
2009–10 26 5 12 1 0 0 4 1 1 14 4 6 45 10 19
Total 76 7 17 6 0 0 12 2 2 29 6 7 123 15 26
Real Madrid 2010–11 35 6 11 8 0 6 — 10 3 3 53 9 20
2011–12 9 1 7 2 0 0 — 3 1 0 14 2 7
Total 44 7 18 10 0 6 — 13 4 3 67 11 27
Career total 155 20 35 16 0 6 12 2 2 46 10 10 229 32 53
1Includes other competitive competitions, including the Supercopa de España.

International

References

  1. ^ Ángel Di María Player Profile
  2. ^ "Di Maria: PLAYER PROFILE". Real Madrid C.F. official website. July 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Top 10 things you need to know about Real Madrid's new Argentine magician Angel Di Maria". Mirror Football. Trinity Mirror. 28 October 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
  4. ^ "Kurban Berdyev's press conference" (in Russian). FC Rubn official website. 24 January 2007. Retrieved 2 April 2008.
  5. ^ "Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Futebol, SAD announces an agreement in principle for the acquisition of Andrez Dias and Angel Di María" (PDF). SL Benfica (in Portuguese). Published by CMVM. 27 July 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  6. ^ "Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Futebol SAD announces acquiring the remaining 20% of Di Maria's economic rights" (PDF). SL Benfica (in Portuguese). Published by CMVM. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  7. ^ "Di Maria e a renovação: "É uma motivação mais."" (in Portuguese). SL Benfica. 2 October 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
  8. ^ "Maradona hails di María". Ontheminute.com, 28 October 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  9. ^ "10 things you need to know about Liverpool target Angel De Maria". Mirror Football. 17 September 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
  10. ^ "Official announcement" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CMVM - Portuguese Securities Market Commission. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  11. ^ "Di Maria arrives in Madrid". Real Madrid C.F. official website. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
  12. ^ "Di Maria passes physical". Real Madrid C.F. official website. 8 July 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  13. ^ The Whites win first preseason match realmadrid.com, 5 August 2010.
  14. ^ Hercules v Real Madrid - Goal.com Goal.com, 23 August 2010.
  15. ^ Real Madrid 2-0 Penarol: Hosts Win Sixth Successive Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu - Goal.com Goal.com, 25 August 2010.
  16. ^ Report: Mallorca v Real Madrid - Spanish Primera División - ESPN Soccernet soccernet.espn.com, 30 August 2010.
  17. ^ Report: Real Sociedad 1 - 2 Real Madrid soccernet.espn.go.com, 19 September 2010.
  18. ^ Report: AJ Auxerre 0 - 1 Real Madrid goal.com, 28 September 2010.
  19. ^ .com, goal. "Angel Di Maria profile".
  20. ^ "The world game". The world game. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  21. ^ "Republic of Ireland 0-1 Argentina". RTE Sport. 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
  22. ^ Ángel Di María Profile, Statistics, News, Game Log - ESPN Soccernet soccernet.espn.go.com, retrieved 13 October 2010.
  23. ^ Ángel Di María - Performance data - transfermarkt.co.uk transfermarkt.co.uk, retrieved 13 October 2010.
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