Argentine football player
Thiago Ezequiel Almada ( born 26 April 2001 ) is an Argentine professional football player who plays as a winger and midfielder for Argentine Primera División club Vélez Sarsfield. He will join Major League Soccer club Atlanta United in February 2022 .

early life sentence [edit ]

Thiago ‘Guayo ‘ Ezequiel Almada was born on April 26, 2001, in Ciudadela, Buenos Aires in Argentina. He grew up in the neighborhood of Fuerte Apache, which is known for high crime rates and prevailing drug habit. [ 1 ] Almada spent many of his early years selling yield and vegetables door-to-door to earn extra money. much time was spent with his grandparents while his parents worked. [ 2 ]

Club career [edit ]

Vélez Sarsfield [edit ]

At the historic period of four, Almada was playing football for a local club, Santa Clara, where Carlos Tevez besides began his career. He was picked up by Vélez Sarsfield at historic period five where he made his way through the young person academy. In August 2018, precisely four months shy of his seventeenth birthday, Almada made his professional debut with the baseball club. [ citation needed ] In October 2018, he was included in The Guardian ‘s “ future generation 2018 ”. [ 3 ]

Almada began his first-team career as a wing ahead under coach Gabriel Heinze. He played alongside Matías Vargas, Nicolás Domínguez, Lucas Robertone, and Fernando Gago. In his first two years with Heinze at the helm, Almada appeared in 46 matches and score nine goals. [ citation needed ] In 2020, modern club coach Mauricio Pellegrino, moved Almada to midfielder, due to the departure of respective players. In the two seasons since the move to midfield, Almada earned 15 goals in 42 matches. [ citation needed ]

Atlanta United [edit ]

On 4 December 2021, Vélez Sarsfield announced that it had reached an agreement with Major League Soccer cabaret Atlanta United for the transfer of Almada in February 2022. [ 4 ]

International Career [edit ]

Almada played for the Argentina U20 team in 2019 and the Argentina U-23 squad in 2021. [ citation needed ]

personal life [edit ]

In February 2021, Almada was charged with sexual mistreat stemming from a party in San Isidro, Buenos Aires on 4 December 2020. A 28-year-old charwoman said she was sexually abused by several people in a house rented by Martín Lucero. His club suspended both him and Miguel Brizuela after the charges became populace. [ 5 ] A workweek after Almada was suspended, he was reinstated with the club express, “ solid modifications were generated by virtue of the incorporation of modern evidence, expertness and testimonies. ” [ 6 ]

career statistics [edit ]

As of 23 September 2021.[7]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vélez Sarsfield 2018–19 Primera División 16 3 1[a] 0 4[b] 1 — 0 0 21 4
2019–20 Primera División 22 4 0 0 1[b] 0 2[c] 1 0 0 25 5
2020–21 Primera División — — — 8 4 0 0 8 4
2021 Primera División 7 3 0 0 7 4 6 2 0 0 20 9
Career total 45 10 1 0 12 5 16 7 0 0 74 22

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