Joaquín Correa

Joaquín Correa
Personal information
Full name Carlos Joaquín Correa
Date of birth (1994-08-13) 13 August 1994
Place of birth Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentina
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sevilla
Number 11
Youth career
River Plate
Renato Cesarini
Estudiantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Estudiantes 53 (3)
2015–2016 Sampdoria 24 (3)
2016– Sevilla 6 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2016.


Carlos Joaquín Correa (born 13 August 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Sevilla FC as an attacking midfielder.

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 was transferred to Serie A club Sampdoria for a fee of US$ 10 million.[1] He signed a four-and-a-half-year contract the following 9 January,[2] receiving the number 8 jersey.

Correa made his debut for Samp on 15 February 2015, starting in a 1–2 loss at Chievo.[3] 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, but in a 1–2 loss at Carpi.[4] In the following two matchdays, he scored back-to-back goals against Napoli (2–4 home loss)[5] and Bologna (2–3 away loss),[6] and finished the season with three goals as his side achieved a disappointing 15th place.

Sevilla

On 10 July 2016, La Liga side Sevilla FC reached an agreement with Sampdoria for the transfer of Correa, for a rumoured € 13 million fee.[7][8] Presented by the club two days later,[9] he made his debut for the club on 17 August, starting in a 0–3 away loss against FC Barcelona, for the second leg of 2016 Supercopa de España.[10]

Correa made his debut in the main category of Spanish football on 20 August 2016, replacing compatriot Luciano Vietto in a 6–4 home win against RCD Espanyol.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Estudiantes transfiere a Correa en 10 millones de dólares" [Estudiantes transfer Correa for 10 million dollars] (in Spanish). Estudiantes de La Plata. 16 December 2014. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Benvenuto Joaquin: Correa alla Sampdoria fino al 2019" [Welcome Joaquin: Correa to Sampdoria until 2019] (in Italian). UC Sampdoria. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Chievo 2–1 Sampdoria". Football-Italia. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Carpi 2–1 Sampdoria". Football-Italia. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Sampdoria 2–4 Napoli". Football-Italia. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Bologna 3–2 Sampdoria". Football-Italia. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "Acuerdo entre Sevilla FC y UC Sampdoria para el traspaso de Joaquín Correa" [Agreement between Sevilla FC and UC Sampdoria for the transfer of Joaquín Correa] (in Spanish). Sevilla FC. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "Raggiunto con il Sevilla un accordo per la cessione di Correa" [Reached with Sevilla an agreement for the transfer of Correa] (in Italian). UC Sampdoria. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  9. ↑ "Joaquín Correa: "Quiero demonstrar en la cancha el esfuerzo que hicieron por mí"" [Joaquín Correa: "I want to show on the field all the effort they have done for me"] (in Spanish). Sevilla FC. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  10. ↑ "SuperArda ya está aquí" [SuperArda is already here]. Marca. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  11. ↑ "El Sevilla gobierna el caos" [Sevilla rule the chaos] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
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