Sergio Aguero is a professional football player who plies his trade for English Premier League team Manchester City FC while also playing for the Argentina senior team as a striker. Considered one of the best strikers in the world, Aguero started playing football in the 1990s and became very important for his club and for his country. It is for this reason that the aggressive striker was invited to participate in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Here’s what you need to know about him.
Sergio Aguero Biography, Age
It was as Sergio Leonel Agüero that the Argentine striker was born on June 2, 1988 in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina. Kun’s name, which earned him his popularity, is actually not his original name, but a comic book character he loved as a child. It was his grandparents who gave him his name and stuck it.
He was born into a very poor family with a father who was a taxi driver and a mother who was a full-time housewife. It was in the family that he was raised alongside his six siblings. Because, at the time of his birth, both of his parents were considered minors by Argentine law since they were not yet 20 years old, he was then given his mother’s surname, Aguero, instead of his mother’s name. his father, Del Castillo.
Besides, his father is also said to have played football in his youth. No wonder Kun Aguero grew to love the sport and even made a career out of it.
Wife, girlfriend and son
In the past, the Manchester City star was married to the daughter of football legend, Diego Maradona, Giannina Maradona. The pair tied the knot in 2009, but four years after tying the knot, the footballer and his wife went their separate ways following a divorce.
Before the divorce, Aguero and Giannina had a son together called Benjamin who was born in February 2009. Already, Benjamin is starting to play football like his father and grandfather.
After his marriage ended, Sergio Aguero entered another relationship with Karina Tejeda, known as The Little Princess in Argentina. After more than 4 years of dating, pop star Karina has dumped Aguero after learning he was in a car accident in the Dutch capital where he attended a party with models without his knowledge. girlfriend. the media crash.
Club football career
Professionally, Kun Aguero started playing for the Independiente youth team which he stayed with from 1997 until 2003 when he was only 15 when he got a deserved promotion. He thus became the youngest player to feature in the Copa Libertadores. This was a record previously held by the man who would later become his stepfather, Diego Maradona.
In 2006 he moved to Spanish side Atletico Madrid with whom he remained until 2011 when he moved to Manchester City. He won the UEFA Europa League as well as the UEFA Super Cup with his team.
With Manchester City, by the end of the 2017/2018 season in which he won the fashionable title, setting numerous records, including most points in a Premier League season of 100, he also set records for the club, notably by scoring the most goals in all competitions, as well as the most league goals.
He won 3 Premier League titles, 3 Football League / EFL Cup and FA Community Shield with the Manchester club.
National football career
Sergio Kun Aguero made his Argentina debut wearing the national Under-17 shirt in 2004 and in 2005 he was already wearing the Under-20 colours. He was promoted to the Under-23 team in 2008.
After running successfully with the lower teams, the Argentine striker played in the top national colors in 2006. He won two Copa América and became the FIFA World Cup runners-up in 2014 with the team. . His country’s other achievements are the Olympic gold medal and the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2005 and 2007.
By the time he was invited to the 2018 World Cup, Aguero had already netted 36 goals in 84 games.
Height and width
Sergio Aguero is a well grounded striker, footballer with stamina and skill. He has an athletic build. While he may not be the tallest man with the ball, he has enough height to help him succeed as much as he does, becoming an integral part of any team he finds himself on.
Regarding his height, the player stands at a height of 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) and weighs 77 kg.
Net value
Considering how far he has come and gone as a footballer, one can only expect the Argentine striker to have good fortune. Well, he does. In 2014, he was on the Forbes list of the highest paid players in the world, earning $23.3 million.
At present, he is believed to have a net worth an estimated over $50 million. Apart from his football career, he has also benefited from his numerous partnership agreements with brands such as Nissan, Pepsi and Puma.
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