Mauro Boselli

Mauro Boselli (born 22 May 1985) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played in the position striker.

A prolific goalscorer, Boselli began his professional career with Boca Juniors. Over the course of two decades, he represented nine clubs across seven countries. His legacy is most closely tied to his three spells with Estudiantes in Argentina and his stint with León in Mexico.

Boselli won the Copa Libertadores twice, with Boca Juniors in 2007 and with Estudiantes in 2009, finishing as the tournament’s top scorer in the latter year.

Club career

Early career

Boselli began playing small sided football at Sportivo Pereyra de Barracas and then to the youth system of All Boys.

Boca Juniors

At the age of 11, Boselli entered the Boca Juniors youth teams. In 2002, Boselli went to Spain with Boca Juniors for a youth tournament and played the final before a game disputed between Bilbao and Roma, when Roma's coach Fabio Capello asked Boselli if he was Italian and if he held a community passport. At Boca Juniors, Boselli played in 30 reserve games before jumping to the first squad. In 2003, Boselli featured in the Boca Juniors under-20 side with Brazilian midfielder Eduardo Martins Nunes.

Boselli debuted in the first-team's pre-season when he was 16. Boselli made his debut for Boca Juniors in a 7–2 defeat to Rosario Central on 6 July 2003, for the last fixture of the 2003 Clausura. In this task, however, many youth team players made their presentation seeings as the starting squad were celebrating winning the 2003 Copa Libertadores days earlier.