Mauro Zárate
Mauro Matías Zárate (Latin American Spanish: [ˈmawɾo maˈti.as ˈsaɾate]; born 13 March 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Danubio.
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Zárate playing for West Ham United in 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mauro Matías Zárate | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 13 March 1987 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Haedo, Argentina | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward, attacking midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Danubio | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Vélez Sarsfield | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Vélez Sarsfield | 75 | (22) | |||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Al-Sadd | 6 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2008 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 14 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | → Lazio (loan) | 36 | (13) | |||||||||||
| 2009–2013 | Lazio | 68 | (12) | |||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | → Inter Milan (loan) | 22 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Vélez Sarsfield | 28 | (18) | |||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | West Ham United | 22 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2015 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Fiorentina | 22 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Watford | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2017 | → Al-Nasr (loan) | 8 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2018 | → Vélez Sarsfield (loan) | 13 | (8) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Boca Juniors | 52 | (10) | |||||||||||
| 2021 | América Mineiro | 16 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2022 | Juventude | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2022 | Platense | 20 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2023 | Cosenza | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2023– | Danubio | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Argentina U20 | 5 | (2) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 July 2023 | ||||||||||||||
Zárate started his career with Vélez Sarsfield in his native country, playing three years for the team and winning the Primera División title in the 2005 Clausura tournament. He later signed for Qatari side Al-Sadd in 2007, where he played only six months before transferring on loan to Birmingham City in England. However, after Birmingham's relegation, Zárate was loaned out again, this time to Lazio in Italy, where he won the Coppa Italia. His move to Lazio was then made permanent for a fee of around €20 million, with a €60 million buy-out clause. After a loan at Inter Milan and a brief return to Vélez Sarsfield, he joined West Ham United in 2014, spending the second half of his first season on loan at Queens Park Rangers. In January 2016, Zárate joined Italian club Fiorentina. A year later, he returned to England, joining Watford on a two-and-a-half-year, £2.3 million deal.
At international level, Zárate scored the winning goal as the Argentina under-20 team won the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup final.