Manuel Lanzini
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Lanzini with West Ham United in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel Lanzini[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 February 1993[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Ituzaingó, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | West Ham United | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2010 | River Plate | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2014 | River Plate | 84 | (12) |
| 2011–2012 | → Fluminense (loan) | 28 | (3) |
| 2014–2016 | Al Jazira Club | 24 | (8) |
| 2015–2016 | → West Ham United (loan) | 26 | (6) |
| 2016– | West Ham United | 11 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013 | Argentina U20 | 4 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:29, 28 November 2016 (UTC). | |||
Manuel Lanzini (born 15 February 1993) is an Argentine footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for English club West Ham United. He has previously played for River Plate and Fluminense and international football for Argentina U20. He is described as possessing phenomenal dribbling ability, as well as fantastic acceleration and vision and the ability to ghost past defenders.[3] He is nicknamed "the jewel" ("la joya") and holds an Italian passport.[4][5]
Career
River Plate
Born in Ituzaingó, Buenos Aires, Lanzini made his professional debut for River Plate as a 17-year-old on August 8, 2010, in a 1–0 home win over Tigre,[6] playing 45 minutes.
Lanzini spent the 2011–12 season on-loan with Fluminense in Brazil.[4] He scored his debut goal on 1 September 2011, in a 2–1 victory over São Paulo, at the Estádio do Morumbi.[7] He went on to play 37 games in all competitions, scoring five goals and won the 2012 Carioca.[8]
He returned from a loan in the summer of 2012 and took the number 10 shirt. He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–2 home defeat to Belgrano, in the first game of the season.[9]
Al Jazira
In 2014 Lanzini became the youngest foreign player, at 21, to play in the UAE Arabian Gulf League when he signed a four-year deal for Al Jazira Club. He had been courted by clubs in England, Spain, Italy and Turkey, and was signed as a replacement for Marseille-bound Abdelaziz Barrada.[4]
West Ham United
On 22 July 2015, Lanzini signed for Premier League side West Ham United on a season-long loan, with an option to make the move permanent.[10][11] He made his debut on 6 August in a UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg away to FC Astra Giurgiu, starting the match and scoring in the third minute, but the team lost 2–1 (4–3 on aggregate) and were eliminated.[12] His league debut came on 15 August as a 76th-minute substitute for Cheikhou Kouyaté in a 1–2 home defeat to Leicester City.[13] On 29 August, he scored his first league goal within three minutes of kick-off away to Liverpool, and assisted a Mark Noble goal after exploiting poor defending by Dejan Lovren, as the Hammers won 3–0 for their first victory at Anfield since 1963.[14] In March 2016, a permanent deal to sign Lanzini with effect from 1 July 2016 was announced by West Ham.[15]
International career
In May 2016, Lanzini was named in Argentina's provisional 35-man squad for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[16] He withdrew from the squad in July 2016 following a knee injury sustained while training in Miami, Florida. He returned to London for treatment and training with West Ham.[17]
Personal life
Lanzini has an older brother, Tomás Lanzini, who plays for Chilean club Ñublense.
He is also of Italian origin and holds an Italian passport.[18]
Career statistics
- As of 30 November 2016[19]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup [20] | Other Cups [21] | Continental [22] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| River Plate | 2010–11 | Primera División | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 8 | ||
| 2013–14 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 5 | ||
| Total | 84 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 91 | 13 | ||
| Fluminense (loan) | 2011 | Série A | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
| 2012 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 3 | ||
| Total | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 5 | ||
| Al Jazira Club | 2014–15 | UAE Arabian Gulf League | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 |
| Total | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | ||
| West Ham United (loan) | 2015–16 | Premier League | 26 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 7 |
| West Ham United | 2016–17 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | |
| Total | 37 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 10 | ||
| Career total | 173 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 207 | 36 | ||
Honours
Club
- Fluminense
- River Plate
References
- ↑ "Squads for 2016/17 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- 1 2 "Premier League Player Profile Manuel Lanzini". Barclays Premier League. 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ↑ Gartner, Daniel. "All you need to know about West Ham target Manuel Lanzini [VIDEO]". Outside90. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Al Jazira reach for youthful injection with 21-year-old Lanzini". www.thenational.ae. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ↑ "Lanzini set to join West Ham on loan". www.foxsportsasia.com. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ↑ River, con muy poco, sumó tres puntos vitales ante Tigre (Spanish)
- ↑ "São Paulo vs. Fluminense 1 – 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- 1 2 "M. Lanzani". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ↑ "River Plate vs. Belgrano 1 – 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ↑ "Manuel Lanzini: West Ham sign Argentine midfielder". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ↑ "Hammers snatch 'The Jewel'". West Ham United. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ↑ "Astra Giurgiu 2–1 West Ham". BBC Sport. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ↑ Bevan, Chris (16 August 2015). "West Ham 1–2 Leicester". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ↑ "Liverpool hammered by West Ham as Coutinho sent off". ESPN. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ↑ "Hammers complete Lanzini deal - West Ham United". Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ "Manuel Lanzini and Ramiro Funes Mori included in Argentina's provisional Olympics squad". onigeria. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ↑ "Manuel Lanzini pulls out of Argentina Olympic team with knee injury". ESPN. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ "West Ham transfer news: Slaven Bilic set to sign Manuel Lanzini on loan". Evening Standard. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ↑ "Argentina — M. Lanzini — Profile with news, career statistics and history — Soccerway". Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ includes Copa Argentina, UAE League Cup, FA Cup,
- ↑ includes Campeonato Carioca, League Cup
- ↑ includes Copa Sudamericana, Copa Libertadores, AFC Champions League and UEFA Europa League
- ↑ "Botofogo 0–1 Fluminense". www.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Manuel Lanzini. |
- Manuel Lanzini career statistics at Soccerbase
- Soccerway profile
- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (Spanish)
- Manuel Lanzini at Topforward
- "Se dio todo muy rápido" at River Plate — Sitio Official (Spanish)