Cristian Ansaldi

Cristian Daniel Ansaldi (born 20 September 1986) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Italian club Torino. He has been capped 5 times with the Argentina national team.[2]

Cristian Ansaldi
Ansaldi with Rubin Kazan in 2012
Personal information
Full name Cristian Daniel Ansaldi[1]
Date of birth (1986-09-20) 20 September 1986[1]
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Full-back
Club information
Current team
 Torino
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Newell's Old Boys 29 (2)
2008–2013 Rubin Kazan 128 (2)
2013–2016 Zenit Saint Petersburg 9 (1)
2014–2015 → Atlético Madrid (loan) 7 (0)
2015–2016 → Genoa (loan) 24 (0)
2016 Genoa 0 (0)
2016–2017 Internazionale 21 (0)
2017– Torino 85 (9)
National team‡
2009–2014 Argentina 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:26, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2014

A defender who plays with both feet, he is equally at ease as a right or left back.[3] Although dribbling mostly with his right foot, he prefers to shoot with his left.[4]

Club career

Newell's Old Boys

Born in Rosario, Ansaldi started his professional career in 2005 and quickly progressed to become a regular player in the Newell's Old Boys first team.

Rubin Kazan

In January 2008, he was sold to Rubin Kazan, with whom he won the Russian Premier League in 2008 and 2009.

Zenit

Ansaldi left Rubin Kazan for Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2013.

Atlético (loan)

On 1 August 2014, he went on loan to Atlético Madrid for the upcoming La Liga season.[3] Nine days later, his hip collided with the head of teammate Mario Suárez in a friendly at VfL Wolfsburg, causing to the latter a brain injury.[5]

He made his competitive debut in the first leg of the 2014 Supercopa de España on 19 August, a 1–1 draw away to Real Madrid, in which he came on after 64 minutes for fellow debutant Guilherme Siqueira.[6]

Genoa

Ansaldi went on loan to Genoa for the 2015–16 season, the loan contract included the buyout option. The transfer was made permanent on 31 May 2016 when the club activated the €4 million clause.[7]

On 22 June 2016, Ansaldi agreed on a contract with Internazionale, under the assumption that Genoa would trigger the buyout option in the loan contract, and sell him on to Inter. However, Genoa did not make the payment to Zenit St. Petersburg by the deadline of 30 June 2016 and the player rights reverted to Zenit, as his Zenit contract was valid until the summer of 2017.[8] Despite this unexpected outcome, Ansaldi still represented Inter against WSG Wattens on 9 July 2016, the first pre-season friendly. He was included in the pre-season tour in the US. On 29 July, Zenit announced that they finalised the transfer deal with Genoa.[9]

Internazionale

On 30 July 2016, Ansaldi joined Internazionale on a permanent deal from Genoa, with Diego Laxalt moved to opposite direction.[10] He suffered a ligament injury shortly after joining which kept him out for several weeks.[11] Ansaldi played his first game for the team on 29 September 2016 in a 3–1 loss against Sparta Prague in the first match of 2016–17 UEFA Europa League Group K.[12] Ansaldi concluded his first Internazionale season by making 26 appearances in all competitions, including 21 in league. He was sent off during the match against Palermo,[13] provided his first and only assist in the 2–2 draw at Torino.[14]

Ansaldi was an unused substitute in Inter's first two 2017–18 Serie A matches before joining Torino on loan.[15]

Torino

On 31 August 2017, Ansaldi joined Torino on a two-year loan deal, with the agreement including an obligation to buy the player permanently.[15] He made his debut for Torino on 20 September 2017, away against Udinese, won 3–2. He scored his first goal for the club on 31 March 2018, in a 4–0 win against Cagliari.[16]

International career

Ansaldi was called for Argentina on 14 November 2009, for a friendly game against Spain.

In May 2018 he was named in Argentina’s 23 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[17]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 24 December 2020
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Newell's Old Boys 2005–06 Argentine Primera División 700000–70
2006–07 920000–92
2007–08 1200000–120
Total 282000000282
Rubin Kazan 2008 Russian Premier League 27110––281
2009 2512050–321
2010 200001001[lower-alpha 1]0310
2011–12 2703081–381
2012–13 25000901[lower-alpha 2]0350
2013–14 400020–60
Total 128260341201703
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2013–14 Russian Premier League 910040–131
Atlético Madrid (loan) 2014–15 La Liga 7000301[lower-alpha 3]0110
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2015–16 Russian Premier League 0000001[lower-alpha 4]010
Total (2 spells) 91004010141
Genoa (loan) 2015–16 Serie A 24010––250
Internazionale 2016–17 2102030–260
Torino 2017–18 25100––251
2018–19 24300––243
2019–20 2740051–325
2020–21 911000–101
Total 8591051009110
Career total 302141004924036516
  1. One appearance in the Russian Super Cup
  2. One appearance in the Russian Super Cup
  3. One appearance in Supercopa de España
  4. One appearance in the Russian Super Cup

International
As of 18 November 2014[18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Argentina
200910
201110
201310
201421
Total51

International goals
As of match played 18 November 2014. Argentina score listed first, score column indicates score after each Ansaldi goal.[18]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 12 November 2014Boleyn Ground, London, England4 Croatia1–12–1Friendly

Honours

Rubin Kazan[2]

Atlético Madrid[2]

Zenit Saint Petersburg[2]

  • Russian Super Cup: 2015

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2019.
  2. Cristian Ansaldi at Soccerway
  3. "Acuerdo con el Zenit para la cesión de Ansaldi [Agreement with Zenit for the loan of Ansaldi]" (in Spanish). Atlético Madrid. 1 August 2014. Archived from the original on 3 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WsaI03M4EI
  5. https://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2014/8/10/5988595/mario-suarez-injury-atletico-madrid-wolfsburg
  6. "Spanish Super Copa: Real Madrid and Atletico draw 1–1 in first leg". Sky Sports News. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  7. "Genoa buy Ansaldi from Zenit". Football Italia. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  8. "Ansaldi is coming back to Zenit" (in Russian). Sport Express. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  9. "Кристиан Ансальди продолжит карьеру в Италии" [Christian Ansaldi will continue his career in Italy]. Zenit Saint Petersburg (in Russian). 29 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  10. "Ansaldi joins Inter as Laxalt moves to Genoa". inter.it. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  11. "Ansaldi: 'Injury not serious'". Football Italia. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  12. "SPARTA PRAGUE 3–1 INTER: DE BOER'S MEN BEATEN AGAIN IN EUROPA LEAGUE". Goal.com. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  13. "Palermo vs. Internazionale 0 – 1". Soccerway. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  14. "Torino 2–2 Inter Milan". BBC Sport. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  15. "ANSALDI JOINS TORINO" (Press release). F.C. Internazionale Milano. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  16. https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Cagliari/31-03-2018/serie-a-cagliari-torino-0-4-iago-ljajic-ansaldi-obi-fanno-gioire-mazzarri-260169533088.shtml
  17. http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
  18. "Cristian Ansaldi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
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