Joaquín Correa
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Carlos Joaquín Correa | ||
Date of birth | 13 August 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lazio | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
River Plate | |||
Renato Cesarini | |||
Estudiantes | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2014 | Estudiantes | 53 | (3) |
2015–2016 | Sampdoria | 31 | (3) |
2016–2018 | Sevilla | 47 | (5) |
2018– | Lazio | 64 | (14) |
International career‡ | |||
2017– | Argentina | 4 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:21, 6 August 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:55, 18 November 2019 (UTC) |
Carlos Joaquín Correa (Spanish pronunciation: [xoaˈkiŋ koˈrea];[a] born 13 August 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Italian club Lazio as a forward.
Club career
Estudiantes
Born in Juan Bautista Alberdi, Tucumán, Correa represented River Plate, Renato Cesarini and Estudiantes as a youth. He made his first team debut with the latter on 19 May 2012, coming on for Duván Zapata in a 0–3 away win against Banfield for the Primera División championship.
Correa scored his first professional goal on 10 May 2014, netting the first in a 3–0 home win against San Lorenzo. He also featured regularly for the side during the year's Copa Sudamericana, scoring in a 2–1 home win against Peñarol on 15 October.
Sampdoria
On 16 December 2014, Correa transferred to Serie A club Sampdoria for a US$10 million fee.[2] He signed a four-and-a-half-year contract the following 9 January,[3] receiving the number 8 shirt.
Correa made his debut for Samp on 15 February 2015, starting in a 1–2 loss at Chievo.[4] Rarely used during his first season, he switched his number to 10 ahead of the 2015–16 campaign, and started to feature more regularly.
Correa scored his first goal abroad on 17 January 2016 in a 1–2 loss at Carpi.[5] In the following two matchdays, he scored back-to-back goals against Napoli (2–4 home loss)[6] and Bologna (2–3 away loss),[7] and finished the season with three goals as his side achieved a disappointing 15th place.
Sevilla
On 10 July 2016, Spanish La Liga side Sevilla reached an agreement with Sampdoria for the transfer of Correa for a rumoured €13 million fee.[8][9] Presented by the club two days later,[10] he made his debut for the club on 17 August, starting in a 0–3 away loss against Barcelona for the second leg of the 2016 Supercopa de España.[11]
Correa made his debut in the main category of Spanish football on 20 August 2016, replacing compatriot Luciano Vietto in a 6–4 home win against Espanyol.[12]
Correa committed a horror challenge on Javi Martínez in extra time against Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League and was shown a straight red.[13]
Lazio
On 1 August 2018, El Tucu Correa returned to Italy to join Lazio on a five-year contract for a €16 million transfer fee.[14]
International career
Correa made his senior international debut for Argentina on 9 June 2017, in a 1–0 friendly win over rivals Brazil held in Melbourne.[15] On 13 June, he scored his first international goal in a 6–0 away friendly win over Singapore.[16]
Style of play
Correa is primarily deployed as a deep-lying forward or supporting striker, although he is also capable of functioning as a left winger, or as a centre-forward. Among his main strengths are his ball control, dribbling ability, pace, and agility. He has cited the Brazilian former attacking midfielder and playmaker Kaká as an inspiration.[17]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 1 August 2020[18]
Club | Season | League | Cup | International | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Estudiantes | 2010–11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2011–12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
2012–13 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | |
2013–14 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 3 | |
Total | 53 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 64 | 5 | |
Sampdoria | 2014–15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
2015–16 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | |
Total | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | |
Sevilla | 2016–17 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 8 |
2017–18 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 39 | 7 | |
Total | 47 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 73 | 15 | |
Lazio | 2018–19 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 44 | 9 |
2019–20 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 10 | |
Total | 64 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 79 | 19 | |
Career total | 195 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 28 | 6 | 247 | 42 |
International
- As of match played 6 September 2019[18]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Argentina | 2017 | 3 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 4 | 1 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first.[18]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 13 June 2017 | National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore | Singapore | 2–0 | 6–0 | Friendly |
Honours
Club
- Lazio
International
- Argentina[18]
Notes
References
- ^ "S.S. Lazio - Joaquín Correa". sslazio.it. S.S. Lazio. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "Estudiantes transfiere a Correa en 10 millones de dólares" [Estudiantes transfer Correa for 10 million dollars] (in Spanish). Estudiantes de La Plata. 16 December 2014. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ "Benvenuto Joaquin: Correa alla Sampdoria fino al 2019" [Welcome Joaquin: Correa to Sampdoria until 2019] (in Italian). UC Sampdoria. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ "Chievo 2–1 Sampdoria". Football-Italia. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ "Carpi 2–1 Sampdoria". Football-Italia. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ "Sampdoria 2–4 Napoli". Football-Italia. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ "Bologna 3–2 Sampdoria". Football-Italia. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ "Acuerdo entre Sevilla FC y UC Sampdoria para el traspaso de Joaquín Correa" [Agreement between Sevilla FC and UC Sampdoria for the transfer of Joaquín Correa] (in Spanish). Sevilla FC. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ "Raggiunto con il Sevilla un accordo per la cessione di Correa" [Reached with Sevilla an agreement for the transfer of Correa] (in Italian). UC Sampdoria. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ "Joaquín Correa: "Quiero demonstrar en la cancha el esfuerzo que hicieron por mí"" [Joaquín Correa: "I want to show on the field all the effort they have done for me"] (in Spanish). Sevilla FC. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ "SuperArda ya está aquí" [SuperArda is already here]. Marca. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ "El Sevilla gobierna el caos" [Sevilla rule the chaos] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- ^ "Sevilla's Joaquin Correa: Gets sent off in draw against Bayern Munich". thescore.com. Score Media Ventures. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "Official: Lazio complete double signing". Football Italia. 1 August 2018.
- ^ Roger Gonzalez (9 June 2017). "Argentina 1-0 Brazil: Messi and company beat their bitter rival in Sampaoli debut". www.cbssports.com. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "Singapore 0 Argentina 6: Dream debut for Gomez in Sampaoli's bold experiment". www.beinsports.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ De Benedetti, Valerio (14 November 2019). "Lazio, Correa: "Mi ispiro a Kakà. Voglio la Champions"". Il Quotidiano (in Italian).
- ^ a b c d "J. Correa". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
External links
- Joaquín Correa at BDFutbol
- Joaquín Correa at Soccerway
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Argentine people of Spanish descent
- Argentine footballers
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Argentine Primera División players
- Serie A players
- La Liga players
- Estudiantes de La Plata footballers
- U.C. Sampdoria players
- Sevilla FC players
- S.S. Lazio players
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain