29 Facts About El Shaarawy

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Stephan El Shaarawy was born on 27 October 1992 and is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A club Roma and the Italy national team.

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El Shaarawy began his career at Genoa, and was signed by Milan in 2011 after a successful loan at Padova.

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El Shaarawy represented Italy at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, where they finished in third place, and at UEFA Euro 2016.

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Stephan El Shaarawy was born on 27 October 1992 in the Italian comune Savona, to an Egyptian father and a Swiss-Italian mother.

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El Shaarawy started his youth career with Genoa at the age of fourteen.

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On 21 December 2008, when he was sixteen years old, El Shaarawy made his first team debut, playing ten minutes in a Serie A away match against Chievo; he is currently the eighth youngest player in the history of Serie A to have made his debut in the Italian top division.

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El Shaarawy quickly emerged as a key element for the team, leading the Venetian club to the promotion play-off finals, where they then lost to Novara.

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On 25 June 2011, El Shaarawy signed for Serie A giants Milan for a €20 million transfer fee.

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El Shaarawy finished the first half of the season as Serie A's top scorer with fourteen goals, and as Milan's top scorer in all competitions with sixteen.

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In 2012, El Shaarawy was named one of the top players born after 1991 by Don Balon, and was listed 52nd in The Guardian's list of the best footballers in the world.

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On 28 February 2013, El Shaarawy ended speculation regarding his future by extending his contract for a further season, running until June 2018.

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12.

The first half of the season was marred by injuries as El Shaarawy made only seven appearances in all competitions for Milan.

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El Shaarawy made just 28 appearances in all competitions during the last two campaigns.

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14.

On 13 July 2015, El Shaarawy joined Ligue 1 club Monaco on a season-long loan with an option to buy.

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15.

On 26 January 2016, El Shaarawy joined Roma on a loan deal until 30 June 2016, for a fee of €1.

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16.

On 8 July 2019, El Shaarawy joined Chinese Super League club Shanghai Greenland Shenhua for €16 million.

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17.

El Shaarawy made his debut for the club on 2 August 2019 in a league game against Wuhan Zall.

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18.

El Shaarawy was qualified to play for the Egypt national football team through his father, but was denied by coach Hassan Shehata stating that "not every Egyptian playing for a foreign league qualifies to play for the national side".

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El Shaarawy was called up to play with the Italy under-17 team, taking part in both the 2009 UEFA U-17 Euro and the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

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20.

El Shaarawy made his debut with the Italy under-21 team on 15 November 2011, in a qualifying match against Hungary.

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21.

El Shaarawy returned for the third-place play-off, playing the entire match and scoring a penalty in Italy's shoot-out success against Uruguay.

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22.

El Shaarawy made his only appearance at Euro 2016 on 22 June, coming off the bench in Italy's final group match against the Republic of Ireland.

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23.

Eric Steitz has noted that El Shaarawy is mainly known for his pace and agility, as well as his "outstanding dribbling ability and technical skill".

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24.

El Shaarawy has stated that El Shaarawy has often demonstrated his shooting power and goalscoring ability with strikes from outside the box, and has described the player as an "above-average passer", who "creates space with a solid first-touch".

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25.

El Shaarawy's playing style has drawn comparisons with FIFA World Player of the Year winner Cristiano Ronaldo.

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26.

El Shaarawy cites former Milan playmaker Kaka as his role model.

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27.

In 2012, El Shaarawy signed a sponsorship deal with American sportswear and equipment supplier, Nike.

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28.

El Shaarawy appeared in an advert for the new Nike Green Speed II alongside Mario Gotze, Eden Hazard, Raheem Sterling, Christian Eriksen and Theo Walcott in November 2012.

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29.

El Shaarawy appears on the Italian cover of FIFA 14, alongside global cover star Lionel Messi.

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