ANGEL DE MARIA

BIOGRAPHY

Angel Fabian di Maria born 14 February 1988 in Rosario, Argentina is an Argentine footballer who currently plays as a winger for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and the Argentina national football team. He is also nicknamed as El Angelito, Di Magia, El Flaco, El Pibito and Fideo, the Spanish word for noodle.

In 2007, di María was picked to play for the Argentina Under-20 squad. He was capped for the 2007 South American Youth Championship in Paraguay. In 2007, he was called up for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada. They went on to win the tournament with di María scoring three goals in the process.

On 28 January 2008, di María and some of his U-20 teammates were called up for the Argentina squad for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He scored the extra-time game-winning goal on a pass from Lionel Messi in the 105th minute of his team's 2–1 quarter-final win over the Netherlands.

On 23 August, in perhaps the best moment of his career so far, di María scored the game-winner, a chip over the keeper from the edge of the area in the 57th minute of Argentina's 1–0 victory against Nigeria to capture their second straight Olympic Gold Medal in the final game of the Olympic tournament.

Di María was chosen as one of the 23 players for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. On 11 August 2010, he scored the first ever international goal at Dublin's new Aviva Stadium in a friendly against Ireland with Argentina winning 1-0.

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PLAYER DETAILS
Full name: Angel Fabian di Maria
Date of birth: 14 February 1988
Place of birth: Rosario, Argentina
Height: 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position: Winger

Club information
Current club: Real Madrid
Number: 22

Youth career
2001–2005 Rosario Central

Senior career
2005–2007 Rosario Central 35 (6)
2007–2010 Benfica 76 (7)
2010– Real Madrid 30 (6)

National team
2005 Argentina U20 13 (3)
2008 Argentina Olympic 6 (2)
2008– Argentina 18 (3)

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