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Ángel Di Maria

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Ángel Di María
Di María with Argentina at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Ángel Fabián Di María[1]
Date of birth (1988-02-14) 14 February 1988 (age 36)[2]
Place of birth Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[3]
Position(s) Winger, attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Benfica
Number 11
Youth career
1991–1992 Torito
1992–2005 Rosario Central
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Rosario Central 35 (6)
2007–2010 Benfica 76 (7)
2010–2014 Real Madrid 124 (22)
2014–2015 Manchester United 27 (3)
2015–2022 Paris Saint-Germain 197 (56)
2022–2023 Juventus 26 (4)
2023– Benfica 34 (10)
National team‡
2007 Argentina U20 11 (5)
2008 Argentina U23 6 (2)
2008–2024 Argentina 145 (31)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Argentina
FIFA World Cup
Winner 2022 Qatar
Runner-up 2014 Brazil
Copa América
Winner 2021 Brazil
Runner-up 2015 Chile
Runner-up 2016 United States
Third place 2019 Brazil
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
Winner 2022 England
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner 2007 Canada
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:13, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:55, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Ángel Fabián Di María (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈaŋxel faˈβjan di maˈɾia]; born 14 February 1988) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right winger or attacking midfielder for Primeira Liga club Benfica and the Argentina national team. He is a prolific winger, he had his clutch goals in World Cup & Copa America finals, he can play as either a winger or attacking midfielder.[4]

Career

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After beginning his career with Rosario Central, Di María moved to Europe in 2007 to play for Benfica of the Portuguese Primeira Liga. He made a €25 million move to Real Madrid three years later, in 2010. After winning the UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid in 2014, he signed for Manchester United in summer 2014 for a national record £59.7 million. In summer 2015, he signed a 4 year contract with Paris Saint-Germain for €63 million.[5]

A full international for Argentina since 2008, Di María has earned over 50 caps for his country. He scored the goal that gave Argentina first place at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and has also represented them at two World Cups and the 2011 Copa América, 2015 Copa América, and the 2016 Copa América Centenario.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 12 November 2023[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rosario Central 2005–06 Argentine Primera División 10 0 0 0 — 4[a] 0 0 0 14 0
2006–07 Argentine Primera División 25 6 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 25 6
Total 35 6 0 0 — 4 0 0 0 39 6
Benfica 2007–08 Primeira Liga 26 0 5 0 3 0 11[b] 1 0 0 45 1
2008–09 Primeira Liga 24 2 1 0 5 1 5[c] 1 0 0 35 4
2009–10 Primeira Liga 26 5 1 0 4 1 14[d] 4 0 0 45 10
Total 76 7 7 0 12 2 30 6 0 0 125 15
Real Madrid 2010–11 La Liga 35 6 8 0 — 10[e] 3 0 0 53 9
2011–12 La Liga 23 5 2 0 — 7[e] 2 2[f] 0 34 7
2012–13 La Liga 32 7 9 2 — 11[e] 0 2[f] 1 54 10
2013–14 La Liga 34 4 7 4 — 11[e] 3 0 0 52 11
2014–15 La Liga 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 1[f] 0 1 0
Total 124 22 26 6 — 39 8 5 1 194 37
Manchester United 2014–15 Premier League 27 3 5 1 0 0 — 0 0 32 4
Paris Saint-Germain 2015–16 Ligue 1 29 10 4 0 4 2 10[e] 3 0 0 47 15
2016–17 Ligue 1 29 6 3 1 3 3 7[e] 4 1[g] 0 43 14
2017–18 Ligue 1 30 11 6 7 4 2 5[e] 1 0 0 45 21
2018–19 Ligue 1 30 12 4 3 2 0 8[e] 2 1[g] 2 45 19
2019–20 Ligue 1 26 8 2 0 3 1 9[e] 3 1[g] 1 41 13
2020–21 Ligue 1 27 4 5 0 — 10[e] 1 1[g] 0 43 5
2021–22 Ligue 1 26 5 0 0 — 5[e] 0 0 0 31 5
Total 197 56 24 11 16 8 54 14 4 3 295 92
Juventus 2022–23 Serie A 26 4 4 0 — 10[h] 4 — 40 8
Benfica 2023–24 Primeira Liga 9 5 0 0 1 1 3[e] 0 1[i] 1 14 7
Career total 494 103 66 18 29 11 140 32 10 5 739 169
  1. ↑ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  2. ↑ Seven appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Appearance in Trophée des Champions
  8. ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and four goals in UEFA Europa League
  9. ↑ Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

International

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As of match played 16 November 2023[7]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Argentina 2008 1 0
2009 5 0
2010 11 2
2011 10 3
2012 8 3
2013 9 1
2014 13 2
2015 13 4
2016 12 3
2017 10 1
2018 5 1
2019 5 0
2020 2 0
2021 14 2
2022 11 6
2023 6 1
Total 135 29
As of match played 12 September 2023
Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Di María goal[8]
List of international goals scored by Ángel Di María
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 24 May 2010 Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Canada 3–0 5–0 Friendly
2 11 August 2010 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland  Republic of Ireland 1–0 1–0 Friendly
3 9 February 2011 Stade de Genève, Carouge, Switzerland  Portugal 1–0 2–1 Friendly
4 11 July 2011 Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina  Costa Rica 3–0 3–0 2011 Copa América
5 6 September 2011 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh  Nigeria 2–0 3–1 Friendly
6 2 June 2012 Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Ecuador 4–0 4–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 15 August 2012 Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt am Main, Germany  Germany 3–0 3–1 Friendly
8 7 September 2012 Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina  Paraguay 1–0 3–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
9 10 September 2013 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay  Paraguay 1–0 5–2 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
10 1 July 2014 Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil  Switzerland 1–0 1–0 2014 FIFA World Cup
11 3 September 2014 Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany  Germany 4–0 4–2 Friendly
12 6 June 2015 Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina  Bolivia 1–0 5–0 Friendly
13 5–0
14 30 June 2015 Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción, Chile  Paraguay 3–1 6–1 2015 Copa América
15 4–1
16 24 March 2016 Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile  Chile 1–1 2–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
17 6 June 2016 Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, United States  Chile 1–0 2–1 Copa América Centenario
18 15 November 2016 Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina  Colombia 3–0 3–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
19 13 June 2017 National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore  Singapore 6–0 6–0 Friendly
20 30 June 2018 Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia  France 1–1 3–4 2018 FIFA World Cup
21 10 July 2021 Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Brazil 1–0 1–0 2021 Copa América
22 12 November 2021 Estadio Campeón del Siglo, Montevideo, Uruguay  Uruguay 1–0 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
23 27 January 2022 Estadio Zorros del Desierto, Calama, Chile  Chile 1–0 2–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
24 25 March 2022 La Bombonera, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Venezuela 2–0 3–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
25 1 June 2022 Wembley Stadium, London, England  Italy 2–0 3–0 2022 Finalissima
26 16 November 2022 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  United Arab Emirates 2–0 5–0 Friendly
27 3–0
28 18 December 2022 Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail, Qatar  France 2–0 3–3
(aet)
(4–2 p) 		2022 FIFA World Cup
29 28 March 2023 Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero, Argentina  Curaçao 6–0 7–0 Friendly

Honours

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Benfica

Real Madrid

Paris Saint-Germain

Argentina U20

Argentina Olympic

Argentina

Individual

References

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  1. ↑ "Di María (Ángel Fabián Di María)". AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Ángel Di María: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Di María". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Ángel Di María Player Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  5. ↑ "Ligue1.com - Player profile Angel DI MARIA (Paris Saint-Germain)". www.ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 2020-01-06. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  6. ↑ Ángel Di Maria at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 November 2019. Edit this at Wikidata
  7. ↑ "Ángel Di María". National Football Teams. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  8. ↑ Ángel Di Maria at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 December 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  9. ↑ Vaza, Marco (9 August 2023). "Benfica soube mudar para ganhar a Supertaça". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "PSG clinch Ligue 1 title by thrashing Monaco". Goal (website). Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "PSG Champions as Lille held at Toulouse". ligue1.com. 21 April 2019. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  12. ↑ "PSG champions as season ended". Ligue 1. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  13. ↑ Whitehead, Luke Bosher and Jacob (23 April 2022). "PSG crowned Ligue 1 champions after draw against Lens". The Athletic. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  14. ↑ "Paris Saint-Germain set record with fourth straight Coupe De France crown". Goal (website). Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  15. ↑ "PSG edge ASSE for Coupe de France win!". ligue1.com. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  16. ↑ "Kylian Mbappé stars as PSG beat Monaco in Coupe de France final". ligue1.com. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  17. ↑ "PSG thrash Monaco to win French Super Cup as Neymar plays 15 minutes". ESPN. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  18. ↑ "Mbappé and Di Maria Earn PSG First 2019–20 Trophy". ligue1.com. 3 August 2019. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  19. ↑ "Neymar and Icardi fire Pochettino to first title". ligue1.com. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  20. ↑ Murray, Scott (18 December 2022). "Argentina beat France on penalties after thrilling World Cup final – live reaction". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  21. ↑ Graham, Bryan Armen (11 July 2021). "Argentina 1–0 Brazil: Copa América final – live!". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  22. ↑ "Italy 0–3 Argentina (Argentina win 3–0)". BBC Sport. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  23. ↑ "The Dream Team". FIFA. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  24. ↑ "IFFHS MAN TEAM – CONMEBOL – OF THE DECADE 2011–2020". IFFHS. 26 January 2021.
  25. ↑ "UEFA.com users' Team of the Year 2014 revealed". UEFA. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  26. ↑ "ESM reveal Team of the Year for 2019/20". Marca. Spain. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  27. ↑ "Estadísticas Jugadores Liga BBVA | Liga adelante". web.archive.org. 2013-05-13. Archived from the original on 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2023-11-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  28. ↑ "Top assists - Ligue 1 Uber Eats". Ligue1. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  29. ↑ "Top assists - Ligue 1 Uber Eats". Ligue1. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  30. ↑ "Zlatan Ibrahimovic scoops record third Ligue 1 Player of the Year award".
  31. ↑ "Mbappé Wins Awards Double". ligue1.com. 19 May 2019. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
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