Sergio Agüero

**Sergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo** (born 2 June 1988), also known as **Kun Agüero**, is an Argentine retired football player. He played as a former striker for the Argentina national team. Agüero joined La Liga club Barcelona starting 1 July 2021 until November 2021. He had no choice but to retire due to heart problems.

### Independiente

Aguero joined C.A. Independiente's youth system at age nine, and became the youngest player to make the first-team debut at age 15 on 5 July 2003.

### Atletico Madrid

Aguero joined Spanish club Atlético Madrid in May 2006, for a fee of around €20 million.

### Manchester City

On 28 July 2011, Aguero signed a five-year contract with Manchester City for a reported fee of £38 million. At the time, he became the most expensive signing in City's history. The previous record was for Robinho's transfer fee of £32.5 million in 2008. He was given the number 16 shirt, and wears Kun Aguero on his back.

He made his debut for the team on 15 August 2011, scoring the last goal in a 4-0 victory against Swansea City A.F.C. He scored his first Premier League hat-trick on 10 September 2011 against Wigan Athletic F.C. In the final game of the season against Queens Park Rangers, Aguero scored a goal in the 20th second of the 93 minute. He scored City's third goal in a 3-2 victory, helping the team win their first Premier League title since 1968.

## International career

Aguero has played for Argentina's U17 team, U-20 team, Olympic team, and Senior team.

Aguero made his debut for the Senior team on 3 September 2006 at age 18.

He scored his first international hat trick on 7 June 2015 in a 2015 Copa América warm-up game against Bolivia. Argentina won 5-0.

On 16 June 2018, at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Aguero scored his first ever World Cup goal against Iceland in a 1-1 draw.

## Personal life

Aguero was married to Diego Maradona's daughter, Giannina Maradona. They married in 2008, and had one son named Benjamin that was born in Madrid, Spain in February 2009. Aguero and Giannina separated in 2012. Diego Maradona later called Aguero a "wimp" on an Argentine radio station after their separation.

Aguero has two half-brothers that are also footballers, Gaston del Castillo and Mauricio del Castillo.

Agüero welcomed his second child, a daughter named Olivia, with actress Sofía Calzetti in 2024.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5"|Independiente|2002–03|Argentine Primera División|1|0|—|—|—|—|1|0||||||
|2003–04|Argentine Primera División|5|0|—|—|2|0|—|7|0|||||||
|2004–05|Argentine Primera División|12|5|—|—|—|—|12|5||||||||
|2005–06|Argentine Primera División|36|18|—|—|—|—|36|18||||||||
|rowspan="6"|Atlético Madrid|2006–07|La Liga|38|6|4|1|—|—|—|42|7|||||
|2007–08|La Liga|37|19|4|2|—|9|6|—|50|27||||||
|2008–09|La Liga|37|17|1|0|—|9|4|—|47|21||||||
|2009–10|La Liga|31|12|7|1|—|16|6|—|54|19||||||
|2010–11|La Liga|32|20|4|3|—|4|3|1|1|41|27|||||
|rowspan="11"|Manchester City|!colspan="2"|2011–12|Premier League|34|24|1|1|3|1|10|5|0|0|48|31|
|!colspan="2"|2012–13|Premier League|30|12|4|3|0|0|5|2|1|0|40|17|||
|!colspan="2"|2013–14|Premier League|23|17|3|4|2|1|6|6|—|34|28||||
|!colspan="2"|2014–15|Premier League|33|26|1|0|1|0|7|6|0|0|42|32|||
|!colspan="2"|2015–16|Premier League|30|24|1|1|4|2|9|2|—|44|29||||
|!colspan="2"|2016–17|Premier League|31|20|5|5|1|0|8|8|—|45|33||||
|!colspan="2"|2017–18|Premier League|25|21|3|2|4|3|7|4|—|39|30||||
|!colspan="2"|2018–19|Premier League|33|21|2|2|3|1|7|6|1|2|46|32|||
|!colspan="2"|2019–20|Premier League|24|16|2|2|3|3|3|2|0|0|32|23|||
|!colspan="2"|2020–21|Premier League|12|4|0|0|1|0|7|2|—|20|6||||
|Barcelona|2021–22|La Liga|4|1|0|0|—|1|0|0|0|5|1||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="16"|Argentina|2006|2|0|
|2007|4|1|||
|2008|9|4|||
|2009|6|2|||
|2010|5|2|||
|2011|8|5|||
|2012|7|2|||
|2013|8|5|||
|2014|10|1|||
|2015|10|10|||
|2016|11|1|||
|2017|4|2|||
|2018|5|3|||
|2019|8|3|||
|2020|0|0|||
|2021|4|0|||

- _Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Agüero goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|17 November 2007|Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina||1–0|3–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|2|26 March 2008|Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt||1–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|3|4 June 2008|Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States||4–1|4–1|Friendly||||||||
|4|6 September 2008|Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina||1–1|1–1|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|5|11 October 2008|Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina||2–0|2–1|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|6|28 March 2009|Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina||4–0|4–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|7|12 August 2009|Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia||1–1|3–2|Friendly||||||||
|8|24 May 2010|Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina||5–0|5–0|Friendly||||||||
|9|7 September 2010|Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina||4–1|4–1|Friendly||||||||
|10|20 June 2011|Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina||3–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||
|11|1 July 2011|Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina||1–1|1–1|2011 Copa América||||||||
|12|11 July 2011|Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina||1–0|3–0|2011 Copa América||||||||
|13|2–0|||||||||||||
|14|15 November 2011|Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia||2–1|2–1|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|15|2 June 2012|Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina||1–0|4–0|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|16|12 October 2012|Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina||2–0|2–0|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|17|6 February 2013|Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden||2–1|3–2|Friendly||||||||
|18|11 June 2013|Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador||1–0|1–1|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|19|10 September 2013|Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay||2–1|5–2|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|20|18 November 2013|Busch Stadium, St. Louis, United States||1–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|21|2–0|||||||||||||
|22|3 September 2014|Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany||1–0|4–2|Friendly||||||||
|23|31 March 2015|MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, United States||1–0|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|24|6 June 2015|Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina||2–0|5–0|Friendly||||||||
|25|3–0|||||||||||||
|26|4–0|||||||||||||
|27|13 June 2015|Estadio La Portada, La Serena, Chile||1–0|2–2|2015 Copa América||||||||
|28|16 June 2015|Estadio La Portada, La Serena, Chile||1–0|1–0|2015 Copa América||||||||
|29|30 June 2015|Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción, Chile||5–1|6–1|2015 Copa América||||||||
|30|4 September 2015|BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, United States||2–0|7–0|Friendly||||||||
|31|4–0|||||||||||||
|32|9 September 2015|AT&T Stadium, United States||1–2|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|33|10 June 2016|Soldier Field, Chicago, United States||5–0|5–0|Copa América Centenario||||||||
|34|11 November 2017|Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia||1–0|1–0|Friendly||||||||
|35|14 November 2017|Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar, Russia||2–0|2–4|Friendly||||||||
|36|29 May 2018|La Bombonera, Buenos Aires, Argentina||4–0|4–0|Friendly||||||||
|37|16 June 2018|Otkritie Arena, Moscow, Russia||1–0|1–1|2018 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|38|30 June 2018|Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia||3–4|3–4|2018 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|39|23 June 2019|Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre, Brazil||2–0|2–0|2019 Copa América||||||||
|40|6 July 2019|Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil||1–0|2–1|2019 Copa América||||||||
|41|18 November 2019|Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel||1–1|2–2|Friendly||||||||

## Honours

**Atlético Madrid**
- UEFA Europa League: 2009–10
- UEFA Super Cup: 2010
- Copa del Rey runner-up: 2009–10

**Manchester City**
- Premier League: 2011–12, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21
- FA Cup: 2018–19; runner-up: 2012–13
- Football League/EFL Cup: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
- FA Community Shield: 2012, 2018, 2019
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2020–21

**Argentina U20**
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2005, 2007

**Argentina U23**
- Olympic Gold Medal: 2008

**Argentina**
- Copa América: 2021
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2014

**Individual**
- FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Ball: 2007
- FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Shoe: 2007
- Golden Boy: 2007
- World Soccer Young Player of the Year: 2009
- Premier League Golden Boot: 2014–15
- La Liga Ibero-American Player of the Year: 2007–08
- Don Balón Award: 2007–08
- FSF Player of the Year: 2014
- Manchester City Player of the Year: 2011–12, 2014–15
- Manchester City Goal of the Season: 2011–12
- Premier League Hall of Fame: 2022
- Premier League Player of the Month: October 2013, November 2014, January 2016, April 2016, January 2018, February 2019, January 2020
- PFA Team of the Year: 2017–18 Premier League, 2018–19 Premier League
- South American Team of the Year: 2005
- Premier League Player of the Year by Northwest Football Awards: 2015
- IFFHS CONMEBOL team of the decade 2011–2020

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Sergio Agüero
- **image**: Suisse vs Argentine - Sergio Agüero (cropped).jpg
- **fullname**: Sergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo
- **birth place**: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- **height**: 1.73 m
- **position**: Forward (association football)#Striker, Striker
- **youthyears1**: 1997–2003
- **youthclubs1**: Club Atlético Independiente, Independiente
- **years1**: 2003–2006
- **clubs1**: Club Atlético Independiente, Independiente
- **caps1**: 54
- **goals1**: 23
- **years2**: 2006–2011
- **clubs2**: Atlético Madrid
- **caps2**: 175
- **goals2**: 74
- **years3**: 2011–2021
- **clubs3**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **caps3**: 264
- **goals3**: 180
- **years4**: 2021
- **clubs4**: F.C. Barcelona, Barcelona
- **caps4**: 4
- **goals4**: 1
- **nationalyears1**: 2004
- **nationalteam1**: Argentina national under-17 football team, Argentina U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 5
- **nationalgoals1**: 3
- **nationalyears2**: 2005–2007
- **nationalteam2**: Argentina national under-20 football team, Argentina U20
- **nationalcaps2**: 11
- **nationalgoals2**: 6
- **nationalyears3**: 2008
- **nationalteam3**: Argentina national under-23 football team, Argentina U23
- **nationalcaps3**: 5
- **nationalgoals3**: 2
- **nationalyears4**: 2006–2021
- **nationalteam4**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **nationalcaps4**: 101
- **nationalgoals4**: 41
- **club-update**: 23:08, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 18 November 2019