Agustin Urzi

Agustin Jose Urzi (born 4 May 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Banfield.

Club Career

Urzi's career began in the system of Argentine Primera Division side Banfield, joining the club's academy in 2008. He started appearing in their first-team squad during the 2018–19 season under manager Julio Cesar Falcioni, who selected the forward on the substitutes bench on 25 November 2018, for a fixture with Racing Club; though he was unused. A week later, on 1 December, Urzi made his professional debut in a home defeat to Argentinos Juniors; featuring for the last twenty-seven minutes, having been subbed on in place of Nicolas Silva. He ended the 2018–19 campaign with goals in games against Atletico Tucuman and Newell's Old Boys.

International Career

Urzi trained with the Argentina U19s in March 2018. He was selected by them for the 2018 South American Games in Bolivia, a competition in which he was notably sent off during a semi-final defeat to Uruguay. Urzi was called up by Fernando Batista's U20s in May 2019 for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland. He played in all four of Argentina's fixtures in Poland, as they reached the round of sixteen. Also in 2019, Urzi was picked by the U23s for the Pan American Games in Peru. Urzi appeared in four matches, including in the final against Honduras when he also scored, as they won the trophy. In 2020, Urzi scored one goal in six games as Argentina won the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.

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