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Argentine association football player

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Manuel Lanzini is an Argentine association football player who plays as a midfielder. Born on February 15, 1993, in Ituzaingó, he began his professional work period in 2010. He has represented several clubs, including Vélez Sarsfield, Club Atlético River Plate, Fluminense F.C., West Ham United F.C., and Al Jazira Club.

Lanzini has competed in the Premier League and participated in the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons. He also played in the 2015–16 Football League Cup and represented Argentina at the 2016 Summer Olympics. His physical attributes include a height of 170 and a mass of 66. He speaks Spanish and is associated with the number 10.

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Key facts

2013
Argentina U20
2025
Vélez Sarsfield
Date of birth
( 1993-02-15 ) 15 February 1993 (age 33)
Place of birth
Ituzaingó , Argentina
Height
1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position
Attacking midfielder
Current team
Vélez Sarsfield
2002 2010
River Plate
Years
Team
2010 2014
River Plate
2011 2012
→ Fluminense (loan)
2014 2016
Al Jazira
2015 2016
→ West Ham United (loan)
2016 2023
West Ham United
2023 2025
River Plate
2017 2019
Argentina

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Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
Vélez Sarsfield
Position
Attacking Midfield
Nationality
Argentina

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Manuel
Gender
male
Citizenship
Argentina
Place of birth
Ituzaingó
Languages spoken
Spanish
Participant in
2015–16 FA Cup
Position played
midfielder
Country for sport
Argentina
Mass
66
Image
Manuel Lanzini, Hertha BSC vs. West Ham United 2019 (cropped).jpg
Height
170
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date of birth
1993-02-15
Commons category
Manuel Lanzini
sport number
10
name in native language
Manuel Lanzini
start of work period
2010-08-08
social media followers
217948
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Encyclopedic overview

Manuel Lanzini ( Latin American Spanish: [maˈnwel lanˈsini]; born 15 February 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Argentine Primera División club Vélez Sarsfield.

Lanzini started his career at River Plate, where he came through the youth system and with whom Lanzini holds the distinction of the earliest goal scored in the Superclásico derby, scoring only 43 seconds into the match., and spent time on loan at Fluminense. In 2014, he signed for Al Jazira in the UAE before being signed by West Ham on loan in 2015. He was subsequently signed permanently by the English club and was a regular until 2018, when he suffered a serious knee injury. Lanzini fought his way back to fitness and was a reliable squad player for the next 5 seasons, culminating in winning the 2023 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Manuel Lanzini” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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