Germán Denis
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Germán Gustavo Denis | |
| Date of birth | September 10, 1981 | |
| Place of birth | Remedios de Escalada, Argentina | |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Napoli | |
| Number | 9 | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1997–1999 2000 2000–2001 2002–2003 2003–2005 2005–2006 2006–2008 2008– |
Talleres (RE) Quilmes Los Andes Cesena Arsenal de Sarandí Colón Independiente Napoli |
33 (25) 4 (2) 28 (18) 29 (3) 54 (13) 36 (11) 70 (37) 25 (8) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2007– | Argentina | 5 (0) |
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Germán Gustavo Denis (born September 10, 1981 Remedios de Escalada, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer playing for Napoli in Italy.
[edit] Footballing career
He began his career in 1997 playing for his local team Talleres de Remedios de Escalada in Primera B Metropolitana, which is the regionalised 3rd division of Argentine football.
In 2000 he moved to Primera newboys Club Atlético Los Andes, in Lomas de Zamora, but the club was relegated at the end of his first season, he continued playing for them in Primera B Nacional until he was signed by Italian Serie B side Cesena.
In 2003 made his return to Argentina and the Primera Division with Jorge Burruchaga's Arsenal de Sarandí. He played for them for 2 seasons before moving on to Colón. In the summer of 2006 he rejoined former manager Jorge Burruchaga at Independiente.
After scoring 15 goals in the first 13 games of the Apertura 2007 tournament, Denis was called up to join the Argentinian national football team for the first two matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, against Chile and Venezuela. He made his debut with a brief substitute appearance against Venezuela on October 16, 2007.
In June 2008 Independiente agreed to sell Denis to Italian team Napoli for a fee of 6.3 million euros..[1]
On his first appearance for the club, he scored a hat-trick as Napoli ran out winners in a friendly against Austrian side Jennersdorf. Napoli beat Jennersdorf 10–0. Denis scored his first official goal for Napoli against Vllaznia in the UEFA Cup, on August 14, 2008. He also scored once more in the UEFA Cup against Benfica. On October 29, Denis scored the first hat-trick of his career in Serie A during Napoli's 3–0 victory over Reggina. With the arrival of new manager Donadoni, the latter started to prefer the Zalayeta-Lavezzi striking partnership, reducing Denis's playing time.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Guardian statistics
- (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics at Futbol XXI
- Player profile at bdfa.com.ar
- Player profile at the Independiente website
- Video of goal
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