nationalcaps birth_date currentclub years youthyears caps goals image_size nationalyears image name caption fullname birth_place nationalteam height clubnumber nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
25 3 7 april 1989 schalke 04 2005 2010 -- 2013 2013 -- 2015 2015 -- -- 2006 2008 -- 2010 2009 -- 2010 2005 -- 2006 61 8 22 92 49 1 14 0 1 13 17 0 200px 2006 -- 2009 2012 -- franco bolton wanderers , 15 october 2011.jpg di santo warming up , wigan athletic v franco di santo di santo warming up for wigan athletic in 2011 franco matías di santo mendoza , argentina argentina u20 argentina 6 4 9 5 0 audax italiano audax wigan athletic werder bremen schalke 04 italiano chelsea → blackburn rovers -lrb- loan -rrb- striker franco di santo

franco di santo

franco matías di santo -lrb- born 7 april 1989 -rrb- is an argentine footballer who plays as a striker for schalke 04 in the bundesliga .
he began his career at chilean club audax italiano , earning a # 3.4 million move to chelsea in 2008 and a first-team place following good form in the reserves .
after a season on loan at blackburn rovers he moved to wigan athletic for # 2 million , where he won the fa cup in 2013 but was released after the club 's relegation .
he then moved to werder bremen in germany , spending two seasons there , before making a controversial switch to rivals schalke 04 .
di santo has represented the argentina national football team on three occasions .
he was nicknamed ` crespito ' -lrb- little crespo -rrb- after chelsea 's former argentinian striker hernán crespo .
