Mauro Icardi

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Icardi and the second or maternal family name is Rivero.
Mauro Icardi
Icardi with Inter Milan in 2018
Personal information
Full name Mauro Emanuel Icardi Rivero[1]
Date of birth (1993-02-19) 19 February 1993 (age 31)[2]
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Galatasaray
Number 9
Youth career
2002–2008 Vecindario
2008–2011 Barcelona
2011–2012 Sampdoria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Sampdoria 33 (11)
2013–2020 Inter Milan 188 (111)
2019–2020 → Paris Saint-Germain (loan) 20 (12)
2020–2023 Paris Saint-Germain 44 (11)
2022–2023 → Galatasaray (loan) 24 (22)
2023– Galatasaray 40 (29)
International career‡
2012–2013 Argentina U20 5 (0)
2013–2018 Argentina 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Mauro Emanuel Icardi Rivero (born 19 February 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Süper Lig club Galatasaray.

Icardi began his footballing career at the youth teams of Vecindario and passed through La Masia, the youth system of La Liga club Barcelona, before moving to Serie A club Sampdoria to begin his professional career in 2012. After an impressive season, he joined Inter Milan in July 2013,[4] where he developed into one of the most prolific strikers in Europe. Icardi won the Capocannoniere in both the 2014–15 and 2017–18 seasons,[note 1] and was named the captain of Inter in 2015, at age 22.[5] Three years later, Icardi was integral for Inter reaching a place in the UEFA Champions League, their first time in six years.[6] He is the club's ninth-highest goalscorer of all time.[7] In 2019, Icardi signed for Paris Saint-Germain on an initial one-year loan deal,[8] where he won a domestic treble. He then joined the club permanently for €50 million. After a successful season on loan to Galatasaray where he led the side to a Süper Lig title, Icardi joined permanently in 2023 for a €10 million fee.[9]

Icardi made his senior debut for Argentina in October 2013. He played sparingly until 2018, earning eight caps and scoring once.

  1. ^ "Player profile". Archived from the original on 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Mauro Icardi (Paris SG)". Ligue 1 Uber Eats. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Mauro Icardi". Inter Milan. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Inter sign Icardi from Sampdoria". News18. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
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  6. ^ "The Euro Roundup: Inter Milan reach the Champions League". FanSided. 21 May 2018. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Inter's Icardi reaches 100 Serie A goals at former club Sampdoria". AS. 18 March 2018. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  8. ^ Romano, Fabrizio (2 September 2019). "Mauro Icardi ready to fly to Paris. And PSG are waiting for him... @SkySport #inter #PSGpic.twitter.com/w1DAFgU4tJ". @FabrizioRomano. Archived from the original on 12 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Mauro Icardi leaves PSG for Galatasaray". Get Football News France. 23 July 2023. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.


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