Full name : Ezequiel Iván Lavezzi
Date of birth : 3 May 1985
Place of birth : Villa Gobernador Gálvez, Argentina
Height : 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position : Forward
Current club : Napoli
Number : 22
Youth career :
1995–2003 Boca Juniors
Senior career :
2003–2004 Estudiantes-BA
2004–2005 Genoa
2004–2005 San Lorenzo (loan)
2005–2007 San Lorenzo
2007– Napoli
National team :
2007–2008 Argentina U-20
2008 Argentina U-23
2007– Argentina
Club career
Early career
The media, as they tend to do to a lot pledging young Argentine players whoever emerge in Italy, have been quick to dub Lavezzi the "New Maradona". Lavezzi himself, however, dramas this down, instead comparing himself to another young Argentine actor, Carlos Tévez. Despite this, his style very much chases the morals of Argentine Football Creole Style prepared legendary via Maradona himself. As a youngster, Lavezzi had a very eager hobby in football and advocated his regional side Rosario Central; he would subsequent obtain their badge tattooed on his chest. From a very young age, the footballing talent of Lavezzi was identified, as he played in the youth squads of Rosario Central. After being discarded in Boca Juniors. Lavezzi shifted to the youth side of Estudiantes de Buenos Aires in 2003, where across one season, he played 39 sport and scored 17 goals.
Genoa
Known as el Pocho or the Chubby One, he was purchased via Italian side Genoa in 2004 for €1 million, but was lent out straight-away to Argentina side San Lorenzo. Here at the age of 19, he competed in the Apertura 2004 tournament scoring six targets in total across the course of the season; which saw him ending as 4th lid scorer.Lavezzi's majority notable contributions included a dramatic exertion against River Plate at the El Monumental. He scored in the 69th tiny to give San Lorenzo a legendary victory and seriously harm River's name challenge. This accrued him the nickname la Bestia ("the Beast") from the Argentine media.
Although it was planned for Lavezzi to return rear to Genoa afterwards a season on lend, there were problems: whereas Lavezzi was playing in Argentina, Genoa were interested in an alleged match-fixing scandal which saw them relegated down to Serie C1, the third horizontal of Italian football. Due to commercial constraints, the pledging forth was marketed to San Lorenzo for €1.2 million.
