Lionel Scaloni
Scaloni training with Atalanta in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lionel Sebastián Scaloni | ||
| Date of birth | 16 May 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Wingback | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1996 | Newell's Old Boys | 12 | (0) |
| 1996–1998 | Estudiantes | 37 | (7) |
| 1998–2006 | Deportivo La Coruña | 200 | (14) |
| 2006 | → West Ham (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Racing Santander | 30 | (1) |
| 2007–2013 | Lazio | 52 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | → Mallorca (loan) | 28 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Atalanta | 15 | (0) |
| Total | 387 | (23) | |
| National team | |||
| 1997 | Argentina U20 | 7 | (2) |
| 2003–2006 | Argentina | 7 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Lionel Sebastián Scaloni (born 16 May 1978) is an Argentine retired footballer. A player of wide range, he could appear as both a right back or right midfielder.
He spent most of his professional career with Deportivo in Spain, amassing La Liga totals of 258 games and 15 goals over the course of 12 seasons (three teams represented). He also spent several years in Italy, with Lazio.
Scaloni appeared with Argentina at the 2006 World Cup.
Born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Scaloni began his career in the Argentine Primera División with local Newell's Old Boys and then Estudiantes de La Plata, before joining Spain's Deportivo de La Coruña in March 1998 for 405 million pesetas.
Regularly used with the Galicians over an eight-and-a-half-years stint, he competed with Manuel Pablo and Víctor for both starting spots on the right flank. However, due to injury, he could only appear in 14 La Liga matches as Depor managed its first league title.
After falling out with manager Joaquín Caparrós, Scaloni joined Premier League club West Ham United on loan on 31 January 2006, the final day of the transfer window, in an attempt to heighten his options to attend the upcoming FIFA World Cup. He took the No. 2 shirt from the departed Tomáš Řepka, and made his league debut for the East Londoners against Sunderland, on 4 February, while also helping the team reach the season's FA Cup final, a penalty shootout loss to Liverpool.
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