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Juan Foyth
Personal information
Full name Juan Marcos Foyth[1]
Date of birth (1998-01-12) 12 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth La Plata, Argentina
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Tottenham Hotspur
Number 21
Youth career
Estudiantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Estudiantes 7 (0)
2017– Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
International career‡
2017– Argentina U20 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 July 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 May 2017

Juan Marcos Foyth (born 12 January 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer player who plays as defender for English club Tottenham Hotspur and the Argentina national under-20 football team[2].

Club career

Estudiantes de La Plata

Foyth started playing for a number of years in the Youth academy, initially as an attacking midfielder, then moved to a central defender position before he turned 16.[3] He signed his first professional contract in January 2017, which linked him to the club until June 2019.[4] He made his Primera Division debut on 19 March 2017 against Patronato aged 19 years and two months.[5] He went on to play a further six times in the league, with additional two appearances in the Copa Sudamericana.[6]

Tottenham Hotspur

Foyth joined Tottenham Hotspur for a reported £8m on 30 August 2017 on a five-year contract until 2022.[7][8] He made his debut for the club on 19 September 2017 in an EFL Cup tie against Barnsley that Tottenham won 1–0.[9]

International career

Foyth played for the Argentina national under-20 football team. In 2017, he made 12 appearances for the national youth team: nine at the 2017 South American Youth Football Championship in Ecuador, and another three during the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[10]

Foyth received his first call-up to the senior Argentina national football team for a number of friendly games to be played in October 2018.[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 February 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Estudiantes 2017[12] Primera División 7 0 - - - - 2[a] 0 0 0 9 0
Tottenham Hotspur 2017–18[13] Premier League 0 0 5 0 2 0 1[b] 0 0 0 8 0
Career total 7 0 5 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 17 0
  1. ^ Appearances in the Copa Sudamericana
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

References

  1. ^ "Squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Who is Spurs target Juan Foyth and is he any good on Football Manager?".
  3. ^ Coates, Peter (19 September 2017). "Meet Juan Foyth: Tottenham's new stopper, as told by the coaches who helped him get there". Four Four Two.
  4. ^ "First contract for Juan Marcos Foyth". estudiantesdelaplata.com. Estudiantes de la Plata. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  5. ^ Pandey, Kaustubh (29 July 2017). "Scout Report: Juan Foyth". Outside of the Boot.
  6. ^ "Juan Foyth fue presentado como jugador del Tottenham". Deportv. 30 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Foyth completes move" (Press release). Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Juan Foyth: Tottenham sign Estudiantes centre-back on five-year deal". BBC Sport. 20 August 2017.
  9. ^ Rosser, Jack (19 September 2017). "Tottenham 1 Barnsley 0: Maurico Pochettino lauds Juan Foyth after impressive Wembley debut". Evening Standard.
  10. ^ "Who is Spurs target Juan Foyth and is he any good on Football Manager?".
  11. ^ Menno, Dustin (28 September 2018). "Tottenham's Juan Foyth named to Argentina squad for upcoming friendlies". Cartilage Free Captain.
  12. ^ Juan Foyth at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Games played by Juan Foyth in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
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