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| Pablo Piatti |
| Personal information |
| Full name |
Pablo Daniel Piatti |
| Date of birth |
March 31, 1989 (1989-03-31) (age 19) |
| Place of birth |
La Carlota, Argentina |
| Height |
1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1] |
| Playing position |
Midfielder / Striker |
| Senior clubs1 |
| Years |
Club |
App (Gls)* |
2006-
|
Estudiantes |
47 (13) |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 17 May 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)
|
Pablo Daniel Piatti (born La Carlota, Córdoba province 31 March 1989) is an Argentine football (soccer) player with UD Almería.
The diminutive (163 cm, 55 kg) player made the headlines when coach Diego Simeone gave him his first opportunity against Newell's Old Boys on 18/Nov/2006. Piatti scored the winning goal (2-1 final score) deep into injury time, and became one of the heroes of Estudiantes' championship-winning team.
Piatti made the starting eleven in the 2007 Clausura tournament, occupying the left midfield, in tandem with José Luis Calderón, complementing fellow midfielders Juan Sebastián Verón and José Ernesto Sosa. Piatti also plays a s a deep lying forward linking midfield and attack and has played in this position for Estudiantes and Argentina.
Piatti was part of the Argentina Under-20 squad that won the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup title in Canada. The youngest player in the roster, he played several matches, supporting the forwards from the midfield, mostly on the left side[2].
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