Agustín Urzi

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Agustín Urzi
Personal information
Full name Agustín José Urzi
Date of birth (2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 (age 21)
Place of birth Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Banfield
Number 35
Youth career
2008–2018 Banfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Banfield 69 (3)
National team‡
2018 Argentina U19
2019 Argentina U20 4 (0)
2019– Argentina U23 15 (2)
Honours
Representing  Argentina
Men's Football
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:03, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:30, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Agustín José Urzi (born 4 May 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Banfield.[1]

Club career[]

Urzi's career began in the system of Argentine Primera División side Banfield, joining the club's academy in 2008.[2] He started appearing in their first-team squad during the 2018–19 season under manager Julio César Falcioni, who selected the forward on the substitutes bench on 25 November 2018, for a fixture with Racing Club; though he was unused.[1] A week later, on 1 December, Urzi made his professional debut in a home defeat to Argentinos Juniors; featuring for the last twenty-seven minutes, having been subbed on in place of Nicolás Silva.[1] He ended the 2018–19 campaign with goals in games against Atlético Tucumán and Newell's Old Boys.[1]

International career[]

Urzi trained with the Argentina U19s in March 2018.[2][3] He was selected by them for the 2018 South American Games in Bolivia, a competition in which he was notably sent off during a semi-final defeat to Uruguay.[4][5] Urzi was called up by Fernando Batista's U20s in May 2019 for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland.[6] He played in all four of Argentina's fixtures in Poland, as they reached the round of sixteen.[1] Also in 2019, Urzi was picked by the U23s for the Pan American Games in Peru.[7] Urzi appeared in four matches, including in the final against Honduras when he also scored, as they won the trophy.[1] In 2020, Urzi scored one goal in six games as Argentina won the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.[1]

Career statistics[]

As of 24 June 2020.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Banfield 2018–19 Primera División 10 2 0 0 2 0 — 0 0 12 2
2019–20 18 0 1 0 1 0 — 0 0 20 0
Career total 28 2 1 0 3 0 — 0 0 32 2

Honours[]

Argentina U23[1][8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Argentina - A. Urzi". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Agustín Urzi, un banfileño de ley y con sueños de Selección". La Unión. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Dos goles de Attis, delantero de Belgrano, en la selección Sub 19 rumbo a los Odesur". La Unión. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Entrenamiento de cara al duelo con Venezuela". AFA. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Agustin José Urzi - XI Juegos Suramericanos Cochabamba 2018". South American Games. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Lista de convocados para el Mundial". AFA. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Lista de convocados de la Selección Sub 23 para los Juegos Panamericanos". AFA. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  8. ^ "La selección de fútbol vence a Honduras y se queda con la medalla dorada de los Juegos Panamericanos". Infobae. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

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