Lautaro Martinez
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Date of birth: August 22, 1997
Instagram: @lautaromartinez
Club(s): Racing, Inter Milan
Country: Argentina
Signing fee: £22.5 million
The Argentina international has impressive pace and technique and as a younger player started out in defence before switching to attack. Signed for Racing in his home country as a teenager and made his senior debut aged 18 in a spell where he scored 26 goals in 58 appearances before moving on. In March 2018, he received his first international call-up and headed to Inter Milan four months later on a five-year deal. Has a bright future.
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