Cristian Ansaldi

Cristian Ansaldi

Ansaldi with Rubin Kazan
Personal information
Full name Cristian Daniel Ansaldi
Date of birth (1986-09-20) 20 September 1986
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Full back
Club information
Current team
 Internazionale
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Newell's Old Boys 29 (2)
2008–2013 Rubin Kazan 128 (2)
2013–2015 Zenit Saint Petersburg 9 (1)
2014–2015 → Atlético Madrid (loan) 7 (0)
2015–2016 Genoa 24 (0)
2016– Internazionale 5 (0)
National team
2009– Argentina 5 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October 2016.


Cristian Daniel Ansaldi (born 20 September 1986) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Internazionale. A defender who plays with both feet, he is equally at ease as a right or left back.[1]

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 for €3.6 million, 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.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

Genoa

He went on loan to Genoa for the 2015–16 season, the loan contract included the buyout option.

On 22 June 2016 the Argentine full back agreed on a contract with Internazionale under the assumption that Genoa will trigger the buyout option in the loan contract, and sell him on to Inter. However, Genoa did not make the payment to FC Zenit St. Petersburg by the deadline of 30 June 2016 and the player rights reverted back to Zenit as his Zenit contract was valid until the summer of 2017.[4] However, 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 it was announced by the Russian club that they finalised the transfer deal with Genoa.[5]

Internazionale

On 30 July, Ansaldi joined Inter on a permanent deal from Genoa, with Diego Laxalt moved to opposite direction.[6]

International career

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

International goals

Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 12 November 2014 Boleyn Ground, London, England  Croatia
1–1
2–1
Friendly

Honours

Rubin Kazan
Atlético Madrid
Zenit Saint Petersburg

References

  1. 1 2 "Acuerdo con el Zenit para la cesión de Ansaldi [Agreement with Zenit for the loan of Ansaldi]" (in Spanish). Atlético Madrid. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Gaughan, Jack (11 August 2014). "Mario Suarez suffers distressing brain injury as Atletico Madrid beat Wolfsburg". Daily Mail. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Spanish Super Copa: Real Madrid and Atletico draw 1-1 in first leg". Sky Sports News. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Ansaldi is coming back to Zenit" (in Russian). Sport Express. 1 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Кристиан Ансальди продолжит карьеру в Италии" [Chrisitan Ansaldi will continue his career in Italy]. Zenit Saint Petersburg (in Russian). 29 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Ansaldi joins Inter as Laxalt moves to Genoa". Inter Milan. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
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