| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando Martín Forestieri | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 71⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Second striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Málaga | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003 | Newell's Old Boys | ||
| 2003–2006 | Boca Juniors | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2007 | Genoa | 1 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Siena | 17 | (1) |
| 2008– | Genoa | 0 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Siena (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Vicenza (loan) | 19 | (5) |
| 2009– | → Málaga (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | Italy U-17 | 8 | (5) |
| 2007–2008 | Italy U-19 | 14 | (4) |
| 2008– | Italy U-20 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 January 2010. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Fernando Martín Forestieri (born 15 January 1990 in Rosario, Argentina) is an Italian footballer who plays for La Liga club Málaga, on loan from Genoa. He is nicknamed El Topa.
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Forestieri is an Italian Argentine who was born in Rosario, from parents originally from Messina, Sicily. His career began in 2003 with Newell's Old Boys but in 2003, when he was just 13, Boca Juniors bought him for $50,000. In Buenos Aires, Forestieri became well-known for his way of playing, which was compared with Lionel Messi's.
In January 2006, at the age of 16, Genoa signed Forestieri on a five-year contract; Boca tried to keep the young player, but failed to do so.[1] In March, Boca contested the regularity of the transfer and, refusing a €300,000 indemnification from Genoa, the Argentine club submitted the case to the AFA.[2]
That summer he played some friendly matches with Genoa, and in one of them Torino president Urbano Cairo saw Forestieri in action and offered 500,000 € for him, but Genoa refused.[3] On November 8, 2006, Forestieri made his official debut with Genoa in a Coppa Italia loss against Empoli.[4]
Forestieri made his Serie B league debut on January 13, 2007, on an away match lost 2–1 to Pescara, by scoring the Genoa goal. He then played as a regular with the Genoa Primavera youth team that won the 2007 International Viareggio trophy.
On July 25, 2007 Siena announced that they had signed the 17-year-old player from Genoa in a co-ownership bid.[5] He made his Serie A debut on September 26, coming off the bench in a match against Atalanta.
On January 13, 2008 he scored his first Serie A goal after being brought on as a substitute against Internazionale in a 3–2 loss. During the 2008 summer transfer window, Genoa acquired the entirety of his transfer rights, successively loaning him out to Siena for another season, but in the first part of the season with coach Giampaolo he played only in two games.
In January 2009, he was loaned to Vicenza in Serie B, where he scored 5 goals in 19 appearances.
On July 2009 Forestieri agreed for a move to La Liga, joining Málaga on loan from Genoa and Udinese.[6] He was sold to Udinese Calcio in co-ownership deal on 28 July. He scored his first goal for the club on 20th December 2009 in 2-1 win against Mallorca.
Just arrived in Italy, Forestieri decided to play for the Italian national team because it was the dream of his family, and because, as he stated in an interview to Corriere dello Sport, they decided to live and work in Italy. According to his family life in Argentina was too hard and dangerous, in fact Ezequiel, Fernando's brother, is still alive "thanks to a miracle", after someone shot him in the stomach during an armed robbery.
After refusing the calling of the Argentina U-17,[7] the young player has been called by Italy national U-17, U-19 and U-20 football team.[8]
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| | Genoa: il Boca rivuole Forestieri - TUTTO MERCATO WEB - Genoa: il Boca rivuole Forestieri |
| | Italy to beat Argentina for Genoa superkid Forestieri - Football & Soccer News, Scores & Results - tribalfootball.com |
| | Forestieri in comproprietà - AC Siena - Sito Ufficiale |
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