Mauro Icardi

Mauro Emanuel Icardi Rivero (born 19 February 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker.

Icardi began his footballing career at the youth team of Vecindario in Gran Canaria, Spain, where he moved to from Argentina at the age of nine. He then passed through La Masia, the youth system of La Liga club Barcelona, before moving to Serie A club Sampdoria to begin his professional career in 2012. After an impressive season, he joined Inter Milan in July 2013, where he developed into one of the most prolific strikers in Europe. Icardi won the Capocannoniere in both the 2014–15 and 2017–18 seasons, receiving the Serie A Footballer of the Year in the latter season. He was named the captain of Inter in 2015, at age 22. Three years later, Icardi was integral to Inter reaching a place in the UEFA Champions League, their first time in six years. He is one of the club's highest goalscorers of all time.

In 2019, Icardi signed for Paris Saint-Germain on an initial one-year loan deal, where he won a domestic treble and helped the club finish as Champions League runners-up in his debut season. After joining PSG permanently for €50 million in May 2020, Icardi scored in the 2020 Trophée des Champions victory over rivals Marseille and opened the scoring in the club's win in the 2021 Coupe de France final. After a successful season on loan to Galatasaray in 2022 where he led the side to a Süper Lig title, Icardi joined permanently in 2023 for a €10 million fee. He won three more Süper Lig titles, as well as a Turkish Cup.

Icardi made his senior debut for Argentina in October 2013. He played sparingly until 2018, earning eight caps and scoring once.