Ezequiel Lavezzi

Profile Football Stars | Ezequiel Lavezzi | Ezequiel Iván Lavezzi is an Argentine football striker currently plays for WHO Italian Serie A club Napoli and the Argentine national team. Lavezzi Himself, however, plays this down, instead Comparing Himself to another young Argentine player Carlos Tévez. Lavezzi moved to the youth side of Estudiantes (BA) in 2003, where over one season, he played 39 games and scored 17 goals.

On his return to San Lorenzo for the Apertura 2005 season, he managed to help the club up into the top half of the table, and with eight goals, he finished fourth overall as the top scorer. Lavezzi soon made an impact for the club by scoring a hat-trick in a 3-1 victory over Pisa in the Coppa Italia at the Stadio San Paolo; this was the first hat-trick by a Napoli player in 14 years. The first league goal Lavezzi scored for Napoli during a 5-0 victory CAME against Udinese on 2 September 2007.

In the 2008-09 season, he scored seven goals in 30 games. In the season 2009/2010 he scored 8 goals in 30 games but he had not played around 10 games Because of injuries. The Following Sunday, February 26, Lavezzi scored the only goal of the game as Inter and Napoli Defeated climbed up to fifth place in the Serie A standings.

Lavezzi made his international debut for the Argentine national team team against Chile on 18 April 2007.In 2008 Lavezzi was selected to the Argentina Olympic football team the which represented Argentina at the 2008 Olympics, during the Olympic games he scored two goals, one against Australia on 10 August 2008, and a penalty against Serbia on 13 August 2008. Lavezzi also Appeared in the final minutes of extra time against Nigeria, in a game Argentina won 1-0.

Lavezzi's club form was not enough to see him included in Diego Maradona's 2010 FIFA World Cup squad. On the 17th of November 2010, Argentina faced Brazil in a friendly match in Qatar, in the which Argentina won by a goal from Lionel Messi in the injury time after a superb one-two play with Lavezzi. The match ended 4-0 in favor of Argentina. Lavezzi was replaced by Sergio Aguero in the 65th minute of the match.

Personal information
Ezequiel Iván Lavezzi full name
Date of birth 3 May 1985 (age 26)
Place of birth Villa Gobernador Galvez, Argentina
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Striker

Club information
Current club Napoli
Number 22

Youth career
Boca Juniors 1995-2003

Senior career
years Team
Estudiantes 2003-2004 39 (17)
2004-2005 Genoa 0 (0)
2004-2005 San Lorenzo (loan) 29 (9)
2005-2007 San Lorenzo 55 (16)
2007 - Napoli 146 (35)

National team
2005 Argentina U-20 7 (1)
2008 Argentina U-23 10 (6)
2007 - Argentina 16 (2)

Honours

Club
San Lorenzo
     Argentine Primera División (1): 2007 Clausura

S.S.C. Napoli
     UEFA Intertoto Cup (1): 2008

Argentina
     Summer Olympic Games (1): 2008