Manuel Lanzini

Manuel Lanzini

Lanzini with West Ham United in 2015
Personal information
Full name Manuel Lanzini
Date of birth (1993-02-15) 15 February 1993[1]
Place of birth Ituzaingó, Argentina
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 West Ham United
(on loan from Al Jazira Club)
Number 28
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– Al Jazira Club 24 (8)
2015– → West Ham United (loan) 19 (6)
National team‡
2013 Argentina U20 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:27, 3 April 2016 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 April 2014

Manuel Lanzini (born 15 February 1993) is an Argentine footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for English club West Ham United on loan from Al Jazira Club. 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.[2] He is nicknamed "the jewel" ("la joya") and holds an Italian passport.[3][4]

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,[5] playing 45 minutes.

Lanzini spent the 2011–12 season on-loan with Fluminense in Brazil.[3] He scored his debut goal on 1 September 2011, in a 2–1 victory over São Paulo, at the Estádio do Morumbi.[6] He went on to play 37 games in all competitions, scoring five goals and won the 2012 Carioca.[7]

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.[8]

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.[3]

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.[9][10] 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.[11] His league debut came on 15 August as a 76th-minute substitute for Cheikhou Kouyaté in a 1–2 home defeat to Leicester City.[12] 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.[13] In March 2016, a permanent deal to sign Lanzini with effect from 1 July 2016 was announced by West Ham.[14]

Career statistics

As of 3 April 2016[15]
Club Season League Cup [16] Other [17] Continental [18] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
River Plate 2010–11 Primera División 2200000——220
2012–13 Primera División 268000000268
2013–14 Primera División 364100061435
Total 84121000619113
Fluminense (loan) 2011 Série A 222000000222
2012 Série A 61009250203
Total 283009250425
Al Jazira Club 2014–15 UAE Arabian Gulf League 248400010258
Total 248400010298
West Ham United (loan) 2015–16 Premier League 196102011237
Total 196102011237
Career total 155296011213218533

Honours

Club

Fluminense
River Plate

References

  1. 1 2 "Premier League Player Profile Manuel Lanzini". Barclays Premier League. 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Gartner, Daniel. "All you need to know about West Ham target Manuel Lanzini [VIDEO]". Outside90. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Al Jazira reach for youthful injection with 21-year-old Lanzini". www.thenational.ae. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Lanzini set to join West Ham on loan". www.foxsportsasia.com. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  5. ↑ River, con muy poco, sumó tres puntos vitales ante Tigre (Spanish)
  6. ↑ "São Paulo vs. Fluminense 1 – 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  7. 1 2 "M. Lanzani". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "River Plate vs. Belgrano 1 – 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Manuel Lanzini: West Ham sign Argentine midfielder". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "Hammers snatch ‘The Jewel’". West Ham United. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "Astra Giurgiu 2–1 West Ham". BBC Sport. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  12. ↑ Bevan, Chris (16 August 2015). "West Ham 1–2 Leicester". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "Liverpool hammered by West Ham as Coutinho sent off". ESPN. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Hammers complete Lanzini deal - West Ham United". Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  15. ↑ "Argentina - M. Lanzini - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  16. ↑ includes Copa Argentina, UAE League Cup, League Cup
  17. ↑ includes Campeonato Carioca, FA Cup
  18. ↑ includes Copa Sudamericana, Copa Libertadores, AFC Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  19. ↑ "Botofogo 0–1 Fluminense". www.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 July 2015.

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