1. Mauro Boselli was born on 22 May 1985 and is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as striker.
36 Facts About Mauro Boselli
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Mauro Boselli has made four appearances for the Argentina national football team.
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Mauro Boselli is a two-time Copa Libertadores winner, being champion with Boca Juniors in 2007 and with Estudiantes de La Plata in 2009.
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Mauro Boselli was the leading goal scorer of the 2009 Copa Libertadores.
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Mauro Boselli obtained the Copa Sudamericana with Boca Juniors in 2004.
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Mauro Boselli was runners-up with Boca Juniors in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.
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At the age of 11, Mauro Boselli entered the Boca Juniors youth teams.
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In 2002, Mauro Boselli went to Spain with Boca Juniors for a youth tournament and played the final before a game disputed between Bilbao and Roma, when Roma's coach Fabio Capello asked Mauro Boselli if he was Italian and if he held a community passport.
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At Boca Juniors, Mauro Boselli played in 30 reserve games before jumping to the first squad.
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In 2003, Mauro Boselli featured in the Boca Juniors under-20 side with Brazilian midfielder Eduardo Martins Nunes.
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Mauro Boselli debuted in the first-team's pre-season when he was 16.
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In 2004, Mauro Boselli formed a Boca Juniors winning team with Carlos Tevez, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Pablo Ledesma, Diego Cagna, Sebastian Battaglia, Jonathan Fabbro, Rolando Schiavi, Roberto Abbondanzieri, youth graduate Neri Cardozo and Colombian Fabian Vargas.
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In 2005, Mauro Boselli noted 2 goals in 11 appearances for the first-team.
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Mauro Boselli did, though, share the team with Belgian player Mikael Yourassowsky.
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Whilst at Boca, the club rejected many loan offers and permanent signing deals, including from Lazio and Catania, always saying that Mauro Boselli was not for sale.
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Six months before departing Boca Juniors, Mauro Boselli signed a 4-year contract with the club.
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Mauro Boselli departed the club at the middle of 2008, disputing a total of 59 official games and starting in 21 of them.
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In Estudiantes, Mauro Boselli started strongly with 8 goals in 15 league games during his first tournament, the 2008 Apertura.
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Mauro Boselli helped the team by scoring the winning goal in the tournament's final against Cruzeiro, in Belo Horizonte.
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In total, Mauro Boselli scored 49 goals at Estudiantes de La Plata since June 2008.
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Mauro Boselli hit 32 goals in the Argentine Primera Division and a further 17 goals in international cups: 12 in the Copa Libertadores, four in the Copa Sudamericana and one in the FIFA Club World Cup.
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On 29 June 2010, Mauro Boselli signed a four-year deal with Wigan Athletic for an undisclosed fee.
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Mauro Boselli made his debut in the opening game of the Premier League season against Blackpool, and scored his first competitive goal for the club against Swansea City in the League Cup on 26 October 2010.
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However, following his first goal for the club, Mauro Boselli found settling into the English Premier League difficult.
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Mauro Boselli finished as the club's top goalscorer in both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, featuring in 29 games and netting 11 goals.
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Mauro Boselli returned to Wigan after a year and a half on loan at two different clubs.
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Mauro Boselli was issued the squad number 19 as Franco Di Santo had taken his original number 9 shirt.
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Mauro Boselli is currently the club's second highest goalscorer in its entire history, with 130 goals scored in all competitions.
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In 2018, whilst at Leon, Mauro Boselli reached marking 200 career goals.
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For 2019, Mauro Boselli disputed 26 games, scored 8 goals and gave two assistances for Corinthians between the local tournament and the Copa Sudamericana, he won the 2019 Paulista Championship.
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In September 2021, Mauro Boselli departed to Argentina for family matters with permission from Cerro Porteno and was absent from the team, which resulting in the passing of his mother as communicated by the club.
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On 6 January 2022, Mauro Boselli joined Estudiantes de La Plata.
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On 2 November 2023, Mauro Boselli announced he would retire from professional football at the end of the season.
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In 2005, Mauro Boselli was part of the Argentina U-20 national team that finished third in the South American Youth Championship.
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However, Mauro Boselli was not part of the final World Cup squad.
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On 27 September 2009, Mauro Boselli was called for a local league based Argentina national team to play a friendly match against Ghana.