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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29 Facts About El Shaarawy
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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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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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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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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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On 8 July 2019, El Shaarawy joined Chinese Super League club Shanghai Greenland Shenhua for €16 million.
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El Shaarawy made his debut for the club on 2 August 2019 in a league game against Wuhan Zall.
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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 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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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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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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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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El Shaarawy's playing style has drawn comparisons with FIFA World Player of the Year winner Cristiano Ronaldo.
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In 2012, El Shaarawy signed a sponsorship deal with American sportswear and equipment supplier, Nike.
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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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El Shaarawy appears on the Italian cover of FIFA 14, alongside global cover star Lionel Messi.
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