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_(cropped).jpg) Almada during the 2023 MLS All-Star Game | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Thiago Ezequiel Almada[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 April 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ciudadela, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Botafogo | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Santa Clara | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2018 | Vélez Sarsfield | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Vélez Sarsfield | 45 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Atlanta United | 77 | (23) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Botafogo | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Argentina U20 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Argentina U23 | 13 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Argentina | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 August 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Thiago Ezequiel Almada (born 26 April 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Botafogo and the Argentina national team.
Almada was a member of the Argentina team that won the 2022 FIFA World Cup, making history by becoming the first active Major League Soccer (MLS) player to win the tournament.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Argentina (ARG)" (PDF). FIFA. 18 November 2022. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ "Thiago Almada". Atlanta United FC. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.