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.

 Club career 

 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.

Career statistics
Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsIndependiente2002–03Argentine Primera División10————102003–04Argentine Primera División50——20—702004–05Argentine Primera División125————1252005–06Argentine Primera División3618————3618Total5423——20—5623Atlético Madrid2006–07La Liga38641———4272007–08La Liga371942—96—50272008–09La Liga371710—94—47212009–10La Liga311271—166—54192010–11La Liga322043—43114127Total17574207—381911234101Manchester City2011–12Premier League342411311050048312012–13Premier League30124300521040172013–14Premier League2317342166—34282014–15Premier League33261010760042322015–16Premier League3024114292—44292016–17Premier League3120551088—45332017–18Premier League2521324374—39302018–19Premier League33212231761246322019–20Premier League24162233320032232020–21Premier League124001072—206Total27518422202211694322390260Barcelona2021–22La Liga4100—100051Career total508282422722111106233685385

International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsArgentina2006202007412008942009622010522011852012722013852014101201510102016111201742201853201983202000202140Total10141

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

+ List of international goals scored by Sergio AgüeroNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1  17 November 2007  Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   1–0 3–0  2010 FIFA World Cup qualification2  26 March 2008  Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt   1–0 2–0  Friendly3  4 June 2008  Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States   4–1 4–1 Friendly4  6 September 2008  Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   1–1 1–1  2010 FIFA World Cup qualification5  11 October 2008  Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   2–0 2–1  2010 FIFA World Cup qualification6  28 March 2009  Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   4–0 4–0  2010 FIFA World Cup qualification7  12 August 2009  Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia   1–1 3–2  Friendly8  24 May 2010  Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   5–0 5–0  Friendly9  7 September 2010  Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   4–1 4–1  Friendly10  20 June 2011  Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   3–0 3–0  Friendly11  1 July 2011  Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina   1–1 1–1  2011 Copa América12 11 July 2011 Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina  1–0 3–0 2011 Copa América13 2–014  15 November 2011  Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia   2–1 2–1  2014 FIFA World Cup qualification15  2 June 2012  Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   1–0 4–0  2014 FIFA World Cup qualification16  12 October 2012  Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina   2–0 2–0  2014 FIFA World Cup qualification17  6 February 2013  Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden   2–1 3–2  Friendly18  11 June 2013  Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador   1–0 1–1  2014 FIFA World Cup qualification19  10 September 2013  Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay   2–1 5–2  2014 FIFA World Cup qualification20 18 November 2013 Busch Stadium, St. Louis, United States  1–0 2–0 Friendly21 2–022  3 September 2014  Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany   1–0 4–2 Friendly23  31 March 2015  MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, United States   1–0 2–1 Friendly24 6 June 2015 Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina  2–0 5–0 Friendly25 3–026 4–027  13 June 2015  Estadio La Portada, La Serena, Chile   1–0 2–2  2015 Copa América28  16 June 2015  Estadio La Portada, La Serena, Chile   1–0 1–0  2015 Copa América29  30 June 2015  Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción, Chile   5–1 6–1  2015 Copa América30 4 September 2015 BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, United States  2–0 7–0 Friendly31 4–032  9 September 2015  AT&T Stadium, United States   1–2 2–2  Friendly33  10 June 2016  Soldier Field, Chicago, United States   5–0 5–0  Copa América Centenario34  11 November 2017  Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia   1–0 1–0  Friendly35  14 November 2017  Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar, Russia   2–0 2–4  Friendly36  29 May 2018  La Bombonera, Buenos Aires, Argentina   4–0 4–0  Friendly37  16 June 2018  Otkritie Arena, Moscow, Russia   1–0 1–1  2018 FIFA World Cup38  30 June 2018  Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia   3–4 3–4  2018 FIFA World Cup39  23 June 2019  Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre, Brazil   2–0 2–0  2019 Copa América40  6 July 2019  Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil   1–0 2–1  2019 Copa América41  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: 2007Tuttosport 'Golden Boy' award winner  El Mundo
 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

References

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