Joaquín Correa
Argentine footballer (born 1994)
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- Carlos Joaquín Correa ( Spanish pronunciation: [xoaˈkiŋ koˈrea] ; born 13 August 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Série A club Botafogo.
- Club career Estudiantes Born in Juan Bautista Alberdi, Tucumán, Correa represented River Plate, Renato Cesarini and Estudiantes as a youth.
- Correa scored his first professional goal on 10 May 2014, netting the first in a 3–0 home win against San Lorenzo.
- Sampdoria On 16 December 2014, Correa transferred to Serie A club Sampdoria for a US$10 million fee.
- Correa made his debut for Samp on 15 February 2015, starting in a 1–2 loss at Chievo.
Carlos Joaquín Correa (Spanish pronunciation: [xoaˈkiŋ koˈrea]; born 13 August 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Série A club Botafogo. He is nicknamed "El Tucu" (derived from his home province of Tucumán).
Club career
Estudiantes
Born in Juan Bautista Alberdi, Tucumán, Correa represented River Plate, Renato Cesarini and Estudiantes as a youth. He made his first team debut with the latter on 19 May 2012, coming on for Duván Zapata in a 0–3 away win against Banfield for the Primera División championship.
Correa scored his first professional goal on 10 May 2014, netting the first in a 3–0 home win against San Lorenzo. He also featured regularly for the side during the year's Copa Sudamericana, scoring in a 2–1 home win against Peñarol on 15 October.
Sampdoria
On 16 December 2014, Correa transferred to Serie A club Sampdoria for a US$10 million fee. He signed a four-and-a-half-year contract the following 9 January, receiving the number 8 shirt.
Correa made his debut for Samp on 15 February 2015, starting in a 1–2 loss at Chievo. Rarely used during his first season, he switched his number to 10 ahead of the 2015–16 campaign, and started to feature more regularly.
Correa scored his first goal abroad on 17 January 2016 in a 1–2 loss at Carpi. In the following two matchdays, he scored back-to-back goals against Napoli (2–4 home loss) and Bologna (2–3 away loss), and finished the season with three goals as his side achieved a disappointing 15th place.
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