Santiago Ascacíbar

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Santiago Ascacíbar
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Ascacíbar with VfB Stuttgart in 2017
Personal information
Full name Santiago Lionel Ascacíbar
Date of birth (1997-02-25) 25 February 1997 (age 25)
Place of birth La Plata, Argentina
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Hertha BSC
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Estudiantes 41 (0)
2017–2020 VfB Stuttgart 69 (1)
2020– Hertha BSC 35 (1)
National team‡
2017 Argentina U20 12 (0)
2016 Argentina U23 5 (0)
2018– Argentina 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:29, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 September 2019 (UTC)

Santiago Ascacíbar (born 25 February 1997) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Hertha BSC and the Argentina national team.[1]

Club career[]

On 22 August 2017, Ascacíbar signed a five-year-deal with VfB Stuttgart.[2][3][4] In August 2018, Ascacíbar extended his contract with Stuttgart until June 2023.[5] On 1 January 2020, Ascacíbar signed a long-term contract with Hertha BSC.[6]

International career[]

He represented Argentina in the football competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He made his senior international debut for Argentina on 8 September 2018 in a 3–0 international friendly against the Guatemala national football team.[7] With the U20 team, Argentina finished in 4th place at the 2017 South American Youth Championship, thus qualifying to the 2017 U20 FIFA World Cup. As the case at the Olympics which was held a year prior, Argentina did not make it past the group stage.

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 24 June 2020[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Estudiantes Primera División 17 0 — — — 17 0
24 0 1 0 8 0 — 33 0
Total 41 0 1 0 8 0 — 50 0
Stuttgart 2017–18 Bundesliga 29 0 2 0 — — 31 0
2018–19 28 0 0 0 — — 28 0
2019–20 2. Bundesliga 13 1 2 0 — — 15 1
Total 70 1 4 0 — — 74 1
Hertha 2019–20 Bundesliga 8 0 1 0 — — 9 0
Career total 119 1 6 0 8 0 0 0 133 1

References[]

  1. ^ "Santiago Ascacibar". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. ^ "VfB holt Ascacibar "aus tiefster Überzeugung"". kicker Online (in German). 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Stuttgart seal deal for Argentina ace Ascacibar". Bundesliga. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  4. ^ "VfB sign Santiago Ascacíbar". VfB Stuttgart. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  5. ^ "VfB secure Santiago Ascacibar until 2023". VfB Stuttgart. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Jürgen Klinsmann's Hertha Berlin sign Santiago Ascacibar from VfB Stuttgart". Bundesliga. 1 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Argentina vs. Guatemala - 8 September 2018 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  8. ^ "Santiago Ascacibar". SofaScore. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

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