Agustín José Urzi (born 4 May 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Racing Club, on loan from Liga MX club Juárez.[2]

Agustín Urzi
Personal information
Full name Agustín José Urzi[1]
Date of birth (2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger[3]
Team information
Current team
Racing Club
(on loan from Juárez)
Number 18
Youth career
2008–2018 Banfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Banfield 104 (6)
2023– Juárez 22 (1)
2024–Racing Club (loan) 6 (0)
International career
2018 Argentina U19
2019 Argentina U20 4 (0)
2019–2021 Argentina U23 13 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Argentina
Men's Football
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:48, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:30, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Club career

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Urzi's career began in the system of Argentine Primera División side Banfield, joining the club's academy in 2008.[4] 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.[2] 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.[2] He ended the 2018–19 campaign with goals in games against Atlético Tucumán and Newell's Old Boys.[2]

International career

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Urzi trained with the Argentina U19s in March 2018.[4][5] 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.[6][7] Urzi was called up by Fernando Batista's U20s in May 2019 for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland.[8] He played in all four of Argentina's fixtures in Poland, as they reached the round of sixteen.[2] Also in 2019, Urzi was picked by the U23s for the Pan American Games in Peru.[9] Urzi appeared in four matches, including in the final against Honduras when he also scored, as they won the trophy.[2] In 2020, Urzi scored one goal in six games as Argentina won the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.[2]

Career statistics

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As of 24 June 2020[2]
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

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Argentina U23[2][10]

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Argentina - A. Urzi". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  3. ^ Agustín Urzi at WorldFootball.net
  4. ^ a b "Agustín Urzi, un banfileño de ley y con sueños de Selección". La Unión. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Entrenamiento de cara al duelo con Venezuela". AFA. 29 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Agustin José Urzi - XI Juegos Suramericanos Cochabamba 2018". South American Games. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Lista de convocados para el Mundial". AFA. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Lista de convocados de la Selección Sub 23 para los Juegos Panamericanos". AFA. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  10. ^ "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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