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_(cropped).jpg) Almada during the 2023 MLS All-Star Game | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Thiago Ezequiel Almada[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 April 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ciudadela, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team |
Lyon (on loan from Botafogo) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Santa Clara | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2018 | Vélez Sarsfield | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Vélez Sarsfield | 45 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Atlanta United | 77 | (23) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Botafogo | 17 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | → Lyon (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Argentina U20 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Argentina U23 | 13 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Argentina | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Thiago Ezequiel Almada (born 26 April 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Ligue 1 club Lyon, on loan from Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Botafogo. He also plays for the Argentina national team.
Almada was a member of the Argentina team that won the 2022 FIFA World Cup, making history by becoming the first active Major League Soccer (MLS) player to win the tournament. He also won the 2024 Copa Libertadores with Botafogo
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Argentina (ARG)" (PDF). FIFA. 18 November 2022. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ "Thiago Almada". Atlanta United FC. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.