Full name Manuel Lanzini Weight 59 kg Name Manuel Lanzini Career start 2002 | Role Footballer Siblings Tomas Lanzini Number 28 Height 1.67 m | |
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Date of birth (1993-02-15) 15 February 1993 (age 22) Similar People Tomas Lanzini, Rogelio Funes Mori, Mauro Zarate, Carlos Carbonero, Dimitri Payet Profiles | ||
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Manuel lanzini 2013 14 ca river plate goals
Manuel Lanzini (born 15 February 1993) is an Argentine footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for English club West Ham United and the Argentina national team. He has previously played for River Plate and Fluminense. He is described as possessing phenomenal dribbling ability, as well as fantastic acceleration and vision and the ability to ghost past defenders. He is nicknamed "the jewel" ("la joya").
Contents
- Manuel lanzini 2013 14 ca river plate goals
- Manuel Lanzini The Jewel Skills Goals part 1
- River Plate
- Fluminense
- Return to River Plate
- Al Jazira
- 201516 season
- 201617 season
- International career
- Personal life
- Career statistics
- Club
- International
- References
Manuel Lanzini - 'The Jewel' |Skills & Goals|| part 1
River Plate
Born in Ituzaingó, Buenos Aires, Lanzini made his professional debut for River Plate as a 17-year-old on August 8, 2010, in a 1–0 home win over Tigre, playing 45 minutes. After River Plate's relegation that year, the club decided to loan the midfielder to a Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club, to get more exposure to European clubs.
Fluminense
Lanzini spent the 2011–12 season on-loan with Fluminense in Brazil. He scored his debut goal on 1 September 2011, in a 2–1 victory over São Paulo, at the Estádio do Morumbi. He went on to play 37 games in all competitions, scoring five goals and won the 2012 Carioca. After that he was part of the squad that won the 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, alongside players like Deco and Fred.
Return to River Plate
He returned from a loan in the summer of 2012 and took the number 10 shirt. He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–2 home defeat to Belgrano, in the first game of the season.
Al Jazira
In 2014 Lanzini became the youngest foreign player, at 21, to play in the UAE Arabian Gulf League when he signed a four-year deal for Al Jazira Club. He had been courted by clubs in England, Spain, Italy and Turkey, and was signed as a replacement for Marseille-bound Abdelaziz Barrada.
2015–16 season
On 22 July 2015, Lanzini signed for Premier League side West Ham United on a season-long loan, with an option to make the move permanent. He made his debut on 6 August in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round away to Astra Giurgiu, starting the match and scoring in the third minute, however the Hammers lost 2–1 (4–3 on aggregate) and were eliminated. His league debut came on 15 August as a 76th-minute substitute for Cheikhou Kouyaté in a 1–2 home defeat to Leicester City. On 29 August, he scored his first league goal after just three minutes away to Liverpool, and assisted a Mark Noble goal as the Hammers won 3–0 for their first victory at Anfield since 1963. In March 2016, West Ham confirmed that they had taken up the option to sign Lanzini on a permanent deal, with effect from 1 July 2016.
2016–17 season
Lanzini played 39 games in all competitions for West Ham, scoring eight goals.On 15 October 2016 he scored the only goal in a 1-0 win away to Crystal Palace to give West Ham their first away win on the season. His goal in a 1-0 win against Tottenham Hotspur on 5 May 2017 halted Tottenham's challenge to win the Premier League title. Tottenham, at the time, were on a nine-match winning run and were challenging Chelsea for the league title. On 9 May he was voted runner-up to Michail Antonio as Hammer of the Year and the Players’ Player of the Year.
International career
In May 2016, Lanzini was named in Argentina's provisional 35-man squad for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He withdrew from the squad in July 2016 following a knee injury sustained while training in Miami, Florida, returning to London for treatment with West Ham United. In May 2017 Lanzini was named in new Argentina manager Jorge Sampaoli’s first squad for the upcoming friendlies against Brazil and Singapore, with Lanzini making his full international debut on 9 June against Brazil at the MCG in Melbourne, Australia, replacing Ever Banega in the 81st minute of La Albiceleste's 1-0 win.
Personal life
Lanzini has an older brother, Tomás Lanzini, who plays for Argentinian club Brown de Adrogué. He also holds an Italian passport.