Agustín Urzi

Agustín José Urzi (born 4 May 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club Juárez.[2]

Agustín Urzi
Personal information
Full name Agustín José Urzi[1]
Date of birth (2000-05-04) 4 May 2000
Place of birth Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger[3]
Team information
Current team
 Juárez
Number 11
Youth career
2008–2018 Banfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Banfield 104 (6)
2023– Juárez 17 (1)
International career‡
2018 Argentina U19
2019 Argentina U20 4 (0)
2019–2021 Argentina U23 13 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Argentina
Men's Football
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:52, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:30, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Urzi's career began in the system of Argentine Primera División side Banfield, joining the club's academy in 2008.[4] He started appearing in their first-team squad during the 2018–19 season under manager Julio César Falcioni, who selected the forward on the substitutes bench on 25 November 2018, for a fixture with Racing Club; though he was unused.[2] A week later, on 1 December, Urzi made his professional debut in a home defeat to Argentinos Juniors; featuring for the last twenty-seven minutes, having been subbed on in place of Nicolás Silva.[2] He ended the 2018–19 campaign with goals in games against Atlético Tucumán and Newell's Old Boys.[2]

International career

Urzi trained with the Argentina U19s in March 2018.[4][5] He was selected by them for the 2018 South American Games in Bolivia, a competition in which he was notably sent off during a semi-final defeat to Uruguay.[6][7] Urzi was called up by Fernando Batista's U20s in May 2019 for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland.[8] He played in all four of Argentina's fixtures in Poland, as they reached the round of sixteen.[2] Also in 2019, Urzi was picked by the U23s for the Pan American Games in Peru.[9] Urzi appeared in four matches, including in the final against Honduras when he also scored, as they won the trophy.[2] In 2020, Urzi scored one goal in six games as Argentina won the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.[2]

Career statistics
As of 24 June 2020[2]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Banfield 2018–19 Primera División 1020020—00122
2019–20 1801010—00200
Career total 2821030—00322

    Honours

    Argentina U23[2][10]

    References
    1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
    2. "Argentina - A. Urzi". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
    3. Agustín Urzi at WorldFootball.net
    4. "Agustín Urzi, un banfileño de ley y con sueños de Selección". La Unión. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
    5. "Dos goles de Attis, delantero de Belgrano, en la selección Sub 19 rumbo a los Odesur". La Unión. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
    6. "Entrenamiento de cara al duelo con Venezuela". AFA. 29 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
    7. "Agustin José Urzi - XI Juegos Suramericanos Cochabamba 2018". South American Games. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
    8. "Lista de convocados para el Mundial". AFA. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
    9. "Lista de convocados de la Selección Sub 23 para los Juegos Panamericanos". AFA. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
    10. "La selección de fútbol vence a Honduras y se queda con la medalla dorada de los Juegos Panamericanos". Infobae. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.


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