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Manuel Lanzini
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Manuel Lanzini is an Argentine association football player born in Ituzaingó on February 15, 1993. He plays as a midfielder and attacking midfielder, wearing the number 10 shirt. Lanzini has represented Argentina in international competition, including football at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
His club career includes stints with Vélez Sarsfield, Club Atlético River Plate, Fluminense F.C., West Ham United F.C., and Al Jazira Club. During his time with West Ham United, he participated in the 2015–16 Football League Cup, the 2015–16 Premier League, and the 2016–17 Premier League. He speaks Spanish.
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Key facts
- 2013
- Argentina U20
- 2025
- Vélez Sarsfield
- Date of birth
- ( 1993-02-15 ) 15 February 1993 (age 33)
- Place of birth
- Ituzaingó , Argentina
- Height
- 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
- Position
- Attacking midfielder
- Current team
- Vélez Sarsfield
- 2002 2010
- River Plate
- Years
- Team
- 2010 2014
- River Plate
- 2011 2012
- → Fluminense (loan)
- 2014 2016
- Al Jazira
- 2015 2016
- → West Ham United (loan)
- 2016 2023
- West Ham United
- 2023 2025
- River Plate
- 2017 2019
- Argentina
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Vélez Sarsfield
- Position
- Attacking Midfield
- Nationality
- Argentina
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Manuel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Argentina
- Place of birth
- Ituzaingó
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- 2015–16 FA Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Club Atlético River Plate
- Position played
- midfielder
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Argentina
- Mass
- 66
- Image
- Manuel Lanzini, Hertha BSC vs. West Ham United 2019 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 170
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1993-02-15
- Commons category
- Manuel Lanzini
- sport number
- 10
- name in native language
- Manuel Lanzini
- start of work period
- 2010-08-08
- social media followers
- 217948
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Manuel Lanzini ( Latin American Spanish: [maˈnwel lanˈsini]; born 15 February 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Argentine Primera División club Vélez Sarsfield.
Lanzini started his career at River Plate, where he came through the youth system and with whom Lanzini holds the distinction of the earliest goal scored in the Superclásico derby, scoring only 43 seconds into the match., and spent time on loan at Fluminense. In 2014, he signed for Al Jazira in the UAE before being signed by West Ham on loan in 2015. He was subsequently signed permanently by the English club and was a regular until 2018, when he suffered a serious knee injury. Lanzini fought his way back to fitness and was a reliable squad player for the next 5 seasons, culminating in winning the 2023 UEFA Europa Conference League.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Manuel Lanzini” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.