Sergio Agüero

Sergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo (born 2 June 1988), also known as Kun Agüero, is an Argentine retired football player. He played as a former striker for the Argentina national team. Agüero joined La Liga club Barcelona starting 1 July 2021 until November 2021. He had no choice but to retire due to heart problems.

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Agüero and the second or maternal family name is del Castillo.
Sergio Agüero
Personal information
Full name Sergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo[1]
Date of birth (1988-06-02) 2 June 1988[2]
Place of birth Buenos Aires,[3] Argentina
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[4]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1997–2003 Independiente
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Independiente 54 (23)
2006–2011 Atlético Madrid 175 (74)
2011–2021 Manchester City 264 (180)
2021 Barcelona 4 (1)
National team‡
2004 Argentina U17 5 (3)
2005–2007 Argentina U20 11 (6)
2008 Argentina U23 5 (2)
2006–2021 Argentina 101 (41)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:08, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2019

Club career

Independiente

Aguero joined C.A. Independiente's youth system at age nine, and became the youngest player to make the first-team debut at age 15 on 5 July 2003.

Atletico Madrid

Aguero joined Spanish club Atlético Madrid in May 2006, for a fee of around €20 million.[5]

Manchester City

On 28 July 2011, Aguero signed a five-year contract with Manchester City for a reported fee of £38 million.[6] At the time, he became the most expensive signing in City's history. The previous record was for Robinho's transfer fee of £32.5 million in 2008.[7] He was given the number 16 shirt, and wears Kun Aguero on his back.

He made his debut for the team on 15 August 2011, scoring the last goal in a 4-0 victory against Swansea City A.F.C. He scored his first Premier League hat-trick on 10 September 2011 against Wigan Athletic F.C. In the final game of the season against Queens Park Rangers, Aguero scored a goal in the 20th second of the 93 minute. He scored City's third goal in a 3-2 victory, helping the team win their first Premier League title since 1968.[8]

International career

Aguero has played for Argentina's U17 team, U-20 team, Olympic team, and Senior team.

Aguero made his debut for the Senior team on 3 September 2006 at age 18.[9]

He scored his first international hat trick on 7 June 2015 in a 2015 Copa América warm-up game against Bolivia. Argentina won 5-0.[10]

On 16 June 2018, at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Aguero scored his first ever World Cup goal against Iceland in a 1-1 draw.[11]

Personal life

Aguero was married to Diego Maradona's daughter, Giannina Maradona. They married in 2008, and had one son named Benjamin that was born in Madrid, Spain in February 2009.[12] Aguero and Giannina separated in 2012.[13] Diego Maradona later called Aguero a "wimp" on an Argentine radio station after their separation.[14]

Aguero has two half-brothers that are also footballers, Gaston del Castillo and Mauricio del Castillo.

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[15][16]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Independiente 2002–03[17] Argentine Primera División 10————10
2003–04[18] Argentine Primera División 50——2[lower-alpha 1]0—70
2004–05[19] Argentine Primera División 125————125
2005–06[20] Argentine Primera División 3618————3618
Total 5423——20—5623
Atlético Madrid 2006–07[21] La Liga 38641———427
2007–08[22] La Liga 371942—9[lower-alpha 2]6—5027
2008–09[23] La Liga 371710—9[lower-alpha 3]4—4721
2009–10[24] La Liga 311271[lower-alpha 4]—16[lower-alpha 5]6—5419
2010–11[25] La Liga 322043—4[lower-alpha 6]31[lower-alpha 7]14127
Total 17574207—381911234101
Manchester City 2011–12[26] Premier League 3424113110[lower-alpha 8]5004831
2012–13[27] Premier League 301243005[lower-alpha 3]21[lower-alpha 9]04017
2013–14[28] Premier League 231734216[lower-alpha 3]6—3428
2014–15[29] Premier League 332610107[lower-alpha 3]6004232
2015–16[30] Premier League 302411429[lower-alpha 3]2—4429
2016–17[31] Premier League 312055108[lower-alpha 3]8—4533
2017–18[32] Premier League 252132437[lower-alpha 3]4—3930
2018–19[33] Premier League 332122317[lower-alpha 3]61[lower-alpha 9]24632
2019–20[34] Premier League 241622333[lower-alpha 3]2003223
2020–21[35] Premier League 12400107[lower-alpha 3]2—206
Total 27518422202211694322390260
Barcelona 2021–22[36] La Liga 4100—1[lower-alpha 3]00051
Career total 508282422722111106233685385
  1. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  2. Eight appearances and six goals in UEFA Cup, one appearance in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  4. The second goal against Huelva is considered as an own goal by Magnus Troest.
  5. Eight appearances and four goals in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  6. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  7. Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  8. Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and four goals in UEFA Europa League
  9. Appearance in FA Community Shield

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[37]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Argentina 200620
200741
200894
200962
201052
201185
201272
201385
2014101
20151010
2016111
201742
201853
201983
202000
202140
Total10141
Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Agüero goal.[37]
List of international goals scored by Sergio Agüero
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
117 November 2007Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Bolivia1–03–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
226 March 2008Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt Egypt1–02–0Friendly
34 June 2008Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States Mexico4–14–1Friendly
46 September 2008Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Paraguay1–11–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
511 October 2008Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Uruguay2–02–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
628 March 2009Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Venezuela4–04–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
712 August 2009Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia Russia1–13–2Friendly
824 May 2010Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Canada5–05–0Friendly
97 September 2010Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Spain4–14–1Friendly
1020 June 2011Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Albania3–03–0Friendly
111 July 2011Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina Bolivia1–11–12011 Copa América
1211 July 2011Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina Costa Rica1–03–02011 Copa América
132–0
1415 November 2011Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia Colombia2–12–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
152 June 2012Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Ecuador1–04–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
1612 October 2012Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina Uruguay2–02–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
176 February 2013Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden Sweden2–13–2Friendly
1811 June 2013Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador Ecuador1–01–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
1910 September 2013Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay Paraguay2–15–22014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2018 November 2013Busch Stadium, St. Louis, United States Bosnia and Herzegovina1–02–0Friendly
212–0
223 September 2014Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany Germany1–04–2Friendly
2331 March 2015MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, United States Ecuador1–02–1Friendly
246 June 2015Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina Bolivia2–05–0Friendly
253–0
264–0
2713 June 2015Estadio La Portada, La Serena, Chile Paraguay1–02–22015 Copa América
2816 June 2015Estadio La Portada, La Serena, Chile Uruguay1–01–02015 Copa América
2930 June 2015Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción, Chile Paraguay5–16–12015 Copa América
304 September 2015BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, United States Bolivia2–07–0Friendly
314–0
329 September 2015AT&T Stadium, United States Mexico1–22–2Friendly
3310 June 2016Soldier Field, Chicago, United States Panama5–05–0Copa América Centenario
3411 November 2017Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia Russia1–01–0Friendly
3514 November 2017Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar, Russia Nigeria2–02–4Friendly
3629 May 2018La Bombonera, Buenos Aires, Argentina Haiti4–04–0Friendly
3716 June 2018Otkritie Arena, Moscow, Russia Iceland1–01–12018 FIFA World Cup
3830 June 2018Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia France3–43–42018 FIFA World Cup
3923 June 2019Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre, Brazil Qatar2–02–02019 Copa América
406 July 2019Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil Chile1–02–12019 Copa América
4118 November 2019Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel Uruguay1–12–2Friendly

Honours

Atlético Madrid

Manchester City

Argentina U20

Argentina U23

Argentina

Individual

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