Emiliano Insúa

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Emiliano Insúa
Full name	Emiliano Adrian Insúa Zapata
Date of birth	7 January 1989 (1989-01-07) (age 19)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Liverpool
Number	48
Youth clubs
	Boca Juniors
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006-2007 2007 2007-	Boca Juniors → Liverpool (loan) Liverpool	0 (0) 2 (0) 3 (0)
National team
2007- 2008-	Argentina Under-20 Argentina Under-23	5 (0) 1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:55, 26 April 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Emiliano Adrian Insúa Zapata (born January 7, 1989) is a 19-year-old Argentine left-back who had previously played for Boca Juniors, but signed for English Premier League club Liverpool on 28 November 2006, to join the club in January 2007 on loan. At 5'5" tall, Insúa is currently one of the shortest players in the Premiership, along with Aaron Lennon.^[1]

The left back did not make the first-team breakthrough at La Bombonera, but has been tipped for a bright future.

Reds scouts Frank McParland and Eduardo Macia highlighted Insúa's potential to Rafa Benitez and a deal was finalised.

Liverpool will take the player on an initial 18 month loan period ^[2] for which they paid about £100,000 - after which point they will pay a further £1 million to finalise the move^{[citation needed]}. On 28th of April 2007, Insúa made his first start for Liverpool in the Premiership away game against Portsmouth.

Insúa currently represents Argentina at Under-20 level. He was picked to form part of the 20 man Argentina squad for the 2007 South American Youth Championship in Paraguay, and helped Argentina to win the the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada.

His loan move has since turned into a permanent deal, as part of Gabriel Paletta's transfer to Boca.^[3]

[edit] Titles

Season	Club	Title
2007	Argentina Under-20	FIFA U-20 World Cup

[edit] References

^ Premierleague.com Statistics
^ Reds agree Argentine deal. Article on liverpoolfc.tv. Retrieved on 29 November 2006.
^ Lucky escape for Carragher | Liverpool - Times Online

[edit] External links

Emiliano Insúa FIFA competition record
Emiliano Insúa career stats at Soccerbase
Official Liverpool profile

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Liverpool F.C. – current squad

3 Finnan • 4 Hyypia • 5 Agger • 6 Riise • 8 Gerrard • 9 Torres • 10 Voronin • 11 Benayoun • 12 F. Aurélio • 14 Alonso • 15 Crouch • 16 Pennant • 17 Arbeloa • 18 Kuyt • 19 Babel • 20 Mascherano • 21 Lucas • 23 Carragher • 25 Reina • 30 Itandje • 33 Leto • 34 Spearing • 35 Putterill • 36 Flynn • 37 Škrtel • 38 Lindfield • 39 Darby • 40 Martin • 42 El Zhar • 44 Threlfall • 45 San José • 46 Hobbs • 47 Plessis • 48 Insúa • -- Degen • Manager: Benítez

Persondata
NAME	Insúa, Emiliano
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Emil-LA-nah!
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Argentinianfootballer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 1, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH	Argentina
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH