Sergio Agüero

Argentine association football player

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.

Sergio Agüero
Personal information
Full nameSergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo[1]
Date of birth (1988-06-02) 2 June 1988 (age 35)[2]
Place of birthBuenos Aires,[3] Argentina
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[4]
Position(s)Striker
Youth career
1997–2003Independiente
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2006Independiente54(23)
2006–2011Atlético Madrid175(74)
2011–2021Manchester City264(180)
2021Barcelona4(1)
National team
2004Argentina U175(3)
2005–2007Argentina U2011(6)
2008Argentina U235(2)
2006–2021Argentina101(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]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Independiente2002–03[17]Argentine Primera División1010
2003–04[18]Argentine Primera División502[a]070
2004–05[19]Argentine Primera División125125
2005–06[20]Argentine Primera División36183618
Total5423205623
Atlético Madrid2006–07[21]La Liga38641427
2007–08[22]La Liga3719429[b]65027
2008–09[23]La Liga3717109[c]44721
2009–10[24]La Liga311271[d]16[e]65419
2010–11[25]La Liga3220434[f]31[g]14127
Total17574207381911234101
Manchester City2011–12[26]Premier League3424113110[h]5004831
2012–13[27]Premier League301243005[c]21[i]04017
2013–14[28]Premier League231734216[c]63428
2014–15[29]Premier League332610107[c]6004232
2015–16[30]Premier League302411429[c]24429
2016–17[31]Premier League312055108[c]84533
2017–18[32]Premier League252132437[c]43930
2018–19[33]Premier League332122317[c]61[i]24632
2019–20[34]Premier League241622333[c]2003223
2020–21[35]Premier League12400107[c]2206
Total27518422202211694322390260
Barcelona2021–22[36]La Liga41001[c]00051
Career total508282422722111106233685385

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[37]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Argentina200620
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.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
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

References