Look up Roma or roma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Roma may refer to:

Places[link]

Italy

• Rome, the capital of Italy, is called Roma in Italian, Latin and some other languages
• Roma Tre University, a university located in Rome, Italy, and founded in 1992
• Esposizione Universale Roma, commonly EUR, a large complex, now a quarter and business centre, in Rome, Italy

Australia

• Roma, Queensland, a town in Australia
• Roma Street Parkland, covers 16 hectares in the centre of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Roma Street railway station, a station close to the parklands.
• Roma Airport, an airport in Roma, Queensland, Australia. The airport is 7 km from the center of the town
• Roma Courthouse, located at 141 McDowall Street, Roma in Queensland, Australia

Romania

• Roma, Botoşani, a town in Romania

Sweden

• Roma, Sweden, a town in Sweden

United States

• Roma, Texas, a town in the United States

Other countries

• Roma, Lesotho, a town where the National University of Lesotho is situated
• Colonia Roma, a neighbourhood in Mexico City
• Mata Roma, a town and municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil

Roman Empire[link]

• Roma (mythology), Roman deity
• Roma, term for Ancient Rome, a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC

Ethnic groups[link]

• Roma people may refer to :
  • Romani people, an ethnic group with origins in northern India who are widely dispersed with their largest concentrated populations in Europe, especially Central and Eastern Europe, with more recent diaspora populations in the Americas and, to a lesser extent, in North Africa and the Middle East.
  • Roma (Romani subgroup), a subgroup of the Romani people who live primarily in Central and Eastern Europe.
• Muslim Roma, Romani people who adopted Islam
• Ruska Roma, also known as Russian Gypsies (Russian: Русские цыгане), are a subgroup of Romani people, the biggest Romani group of Russia
• Roma Party, a political party in Serbia. It is an ethnic minority party of Roma people

People[link]

• Roma (given name), a female given name
• Roma (actress) (born 1984), South Indian film actress
• Roma Maffia (born 1958), American actress
• Sister Roma, American drag performer
• Roma called Roy, ancient Egyptian High Priest of Amun
• Lisa Roma (1893–1965), American soprano
• David Roma, American television producer, filmmaker and entrepreneur, born in New York City in 1974
• Roma Mitchell (1913–2000), Australian lawyer, judge and state governor
• Roma Ligocka (born 1938), Polish costume designer, writer, and painter
• Roma Downey (born 1960), Irish actress, singer, and producer, best known as Monica, the main character of the TV series Touched by an Angel. Downey is also known as the wife of reality television show producer, Mark Burnett
• Roma Baran, Canadian-American record producer
• Roma Ryan, Irish writer, poet, and lyricist
• Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky (1927–2004), dancer and choreographer
• Roma, short for Roman (name), a male given name

Football, rugby, and soccer[link]

• A.S. Roma, an Italian football team
• Roma Esporte Apucarana, a Brazilian football team
• S.S. Alba-Audace Roma, an Italian football club from the Flaminio area of Rome, originally founded in 1907
• Tashina Roma (born 1986), Australian association footballer currently playing for Australian W-League team Queensland Roar
• Roma United, a Cayman Islander football club based in George Town, which currently play in Cayman Ialands's first division
• Antonio Roma (born 1932), Argentine footballer
• Flavio Roma (born 1974), Italian footballer
• Pedro Roma (born 1970), Portuguese footballer
• Roma, nickname for Juliano Laurentino dos Santos (born 1985), Brazilian footballer

Tennis[link]

• Roma Open, a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts
• Sandra Roma (born 1990), tennis player from Sweden. She reached a career high ranking in juniors of 11 in September 2008. She along with Nikola Hofmanova reached the semi-final of 2007 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Doubles

Other sports[link]

• Pallacanestro Virtus Roma, an Italian basketball team
• Premio Roma, a Group 1 flat horse race in Italy which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Capannelle, Rome, over a distance 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in November
• Roma Masters, a European Tour golf tournament which was played at Castelgandolfo, Rome, Italy in 1992 and 1993. In 1993 the prize fund was £303,544, which was below average for a European Tour event at that time
• Nani Roma (born 1972), Spanish rally car driver
• Paul Roma (Paul Centopani, born 1960), professional wrestler

Theatre and films[link]

• Roma (2004 film), Argentinian film directed by Adolfo Aristarain
• Roma (1972 film), Italian film directed by Federico Fellini
• Roma, città aperta, Rome, Open City, 1945 Italian war drama film
• Roma Bene, a 1971 Italian erotic comedy film, starring Virna Lisi, Nino Manfredi, Irene Papas and Senta Berger
• Mamma Roma, a 1962 film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

Books and fiction[link]

• Roma (2008 book), book by Steven Saylor about Ancient Rome
• Roma Eterna, a 2003 novel by Robert Silverberg which presents an alternate history in which the Roman Empire survives to the present day
• Roma Sub Rosa, the title of the series of mystery novels by Steven Saylor set in, and populated by noteworthy denizens of, Ancient Rome
• Roma (comics), a Marvel comics character
• Love Roma, a Japanese Romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Minoru Toyoda
• Gina Roma, a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Actress Patty Weaver played the role from the fall of 1982 and was last seen in March 2009

Music[link]

• Roma (album), 1991 album by Terry Ronald
• "Roma" (song), 2005 song by Swedish-Iranian singer Cameron Cartio
• Roma (opera), an opera by Jules Massenet
• Roma!, an American rock band
• Roma Symphony (Bizet), a symphony by Georges Bizet, named in reference to the city of Rome
• Arrivederci Roma, a 1955 popular song

Transportation[link]

• Italian battleship Roma (disambiguation), three ships of that name
• Roma (airship), a US army airship (Italian ex-T34) which crashed on February 21, 1922

Food and dining[link]

• Roma rice, an Italian cultivated variety of rice particularly suitable for risotto
• Roma tomato, a plum tomato commonly found in supermarkets
• Tony Roma's, chain restaurant

Other uses[link]

• 472 Roma, an asteroid
• Roma Victor, a 2006 MMORPG based on the Roman Empire in Great Britain in the latter half of the 2nd Century AD. Roma Victor is developed by RedBedlam Ltd. of Brighton and Hove, England
• Nova Roma, an international Roman revivalist movement created in 1998 (or MMDCCLI AUC by the Roman calendar) by Joseph Bloch and William Bradford, later incorporated in Maine as a non-profit organization with an educational and religious mission
• ROMA, Representational Oligonucleotide Microarray Analysis, a genomics technology

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Maarten Stekelenburg

Personal information
Full name	Maarten Stekelenburg
Date of birth	(1982-09-22) 22 September 1982 (age 29)
Place of birth	Haarlem, Netherlands
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Roma
Number	24
Youth career
	Zandvoort '75
	Schoten
1997–2002	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2011	Ajax	191	(0)
2011–	Roma	28	(0)
National team‡
2004–	Netherlands	40	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:30, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Maarten Stekelenburg (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmaːrtə(n) ˈsteːkələ(n)ˌbʏrx]; born 22 September 1982 in Haarlem) is a professional Dutch football goalkeeper who plays for Serie A club Roma and also the Netherlands national football team.

Stekelenburg is product of the Ajax youth system, where he followed in the footsteps of Edwin van der Sar, who he succeeded in the Dutch national team, with whom he reached the final of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Club career[link]

Ajax[link]

Stekelenburg (center, with Urby Emanuelson, Wesley Sneijder, Zdeněk Grygera, and John Heitinga) played for Ajax from 1997–2011.

This section requires expansion.

Stekelenburg began his career at Zandvoort '75 before joining VV Schoten, which he left for Ajax when he was 15 years old. He made his official debut for Ajax on 24 February 2002, in a game against NAC Breda. At the start of the 2002–03 season he won his first prize when Ajax won the Johan Cruijff-schaal. In 2004 he and Ajax won the Eredivisie championship, having played 10 matches that season.

He became the first goalkeeper at Ajax in the 2005–06 season. In 2006 he won his first KNVB Cup. At the start of the 2006–07 season he won his second Johan Cruijff-schaal, which he helped his team defend the next season, and later on in 2006–07, he won his second KNVB Cup.

Stekelenburg was named Ajax "Player of the Year" for the 2007–08 season, succeeding Wesley Sneijder. During the 2008–09 season, he lost his place in the goal to Kenneth Vermeer due to injuries. He re-established himself as the first-choice keeper under new manager Martin Jol and subsequently had a very strong season for both Ajax and the Dutch national side. During the 2009-10 season Stekelenburg went on to have a consistent season, playing in all of Ajax's Eredivisie games and Europa League games, after they were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League in the group stages. Stekelenburg unfortunately sustained a finger injury which kept him out for the remainder of the season. He made a total of 51 appearances on the 2010/11 season in all competitions.

After winning the 2010/11 Eredivisie on May 15, 2011, Stekelenburg dropped the trophy while standing on top of the Ajax team coach with Vertonghen. He won Ajax Player of the Year for the second time.^[2]

Roma[link]

On August 1, 2011 it was announced that Stekelenburg officially transferred to the Italian club for an estimated €6 million, making him the first Dutch footballer to ever play for Roma.^[3] He picked the no. 24 shirt, which is the day his son was born.^[4] He made his debut on 11 September 2011, against Cagliari.

International career[link]

Stekelenburg with Lorenzo Ebecilio and Gregory van der Wiel (behind: Toby Alderweireld, Vurnon Anita, and Jeroen Verhoeven).

Stekelenburg made his international debut for the Netherlands on 3 September 2004 against Liechtenstein, whom they beat 3–0.

2006 World Cup[link]

He was called up by then manager Marco van Basten for the squad of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, but he did not play any game during this tournament as Edwin van der Sar was first choice.

Euro 2008[link]

Despite his international debut in 2004, Stekelenburg was called up to Marco van Basten's Euro 2008 squad to play as understudy to Edwin van der Sar. He took part in the Group C match against Romania on 17 June. With Netherlands already having qualified for the quarter finals, coach Marco van Basten fielded a second-string side, to give players like Stekelenburg a game.

In a September 2008 friendly match against Australia, Stekelenburg was sent off after 44 minutes into the first half for fouling Joshua Kennedy. Stekelenburg is the first goalkeeper of the Dutch national side ever to receive a red card.

2010 World Cup[link]

Since the retirement of Edwin van der Sar from the national team, Stekelenburg has been the first-choice keeper under manager Bert van Marwijk. Stekelenburg was included in the preliminary squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.^[5] On 27 May 2010, van Marwijk announced that he would be part of the final squad of 23 participating in the competition.^[6] Stekelenburg helped the Netherlands reach the final of the competition against Spain by making big saves throughout the tournament, memorably the save from Kaká in the Netherlands 2-1 victory against Brazil in the quarterfinals. Only conceding 6 goals in the whole tournament (2 of them being penalty kicks). Then despite making a number of saves in the final, he ended up on the losing side, conceding the only goal of the game to Andrés Iniesta in the 116th minute of the match.

Statistics[link]

Club[link]

Stekelenburg (right) with Jan Vertonghen at Ajax.

Statistics accurate as of match played 8 May 2011^[8][9][10]

Maarten Stekelenburg with Holland.

International[link]

Statistics accurate as of match played 15 May 2011^[11]

Honours[link]

Club[link]

Ajax

• Eredivisie (2): 2003–04, 2010–11
• KNVB Cup (3): 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10
• Johan Cruijff Shield (4): 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007

International[link]

Netherlands

• FIFA World Cup Runner-up: 2010

Individual[link]

• AFC Ajax Player of the Year: 2008, 2011

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Maarten Stekelenburg

• Maarten Stekelenburg – FIFA competition record
• Official Ajax profile
• (Dutch) Wereld van oranje.nl Profile
• National Football Teams

Netherlands squads v t e Netherlands squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Van der Sar (c) 2 Jaliens 3 Boulahrouz 4 Mathijsen 5 Van Bronckhorst 6 Landzaat 7 Kuyt 8 Cocu 9 Van Nistelrooy 10 Van der Vaart 11 Robben 12 Kromkamp 13 Ooijer 14 Heitinga 15 De Cler 16 Maduro 17 Van Persie 18 Van Bommel 19 Vennegoor of Hesselink 20 Sneijder 21 Babel 22 Timmer 23 Stekelenburg Coach: Van Basten v t e Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 2008 1 van der Sar (c) 2 Ooijer 3 Heitinga 4 Mathijsen 5 van Bronckhorst 6 de Zeeuw 7 van Persie 8 Engelaar 9 van Nistelrooy 10 Sneijder 11 Robben 12 Melchiot 13 Timmer 14 Bouma 15 de Cler 16 Stekelenburg 17 de Jong 18 Kuyt 19 Huntelaar 20 Afellay 21 Boulahrouz 22 Vennegoor of Hesselink 23 van der Vaart Coach: van Basten v t e Netherlands squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup Runners-Up 1 Stekelenburg 2 Van der Wiel 3 Heitinga 4 Mathijsen 5 Van Bronckhorst (c) 6 Van Bommel 7 Kuyt 8 De Jong 9 Van Persie 10 Sneijder 11 Robben 12 Boulahrouz 13 Ooijer 14 De Zeeuw 15 Braafheid 16 Vorm 17 Elia 18 Schaars 19 Babel 20 Afellay 21 Huntelaar 22 Boschker 23 Van der Vaart Coach: Van Marwijk v t e Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 2012 1 Stekelenburg 2 Van der Wiel 3 Heitinga 4 Mathijsen 5 Bouma 6 Van Bommel (c) 7 Kuyt 8 N. de Jong 9 Huntelaar 10 Sneijder 11 Robben 12 Vorm 13 Vlaar 14 Schaars 15 Willems 16 Van Persie 17 Strootman 18 L. de Jong 19 Narsingh 20 Afellay 21 Boulahrouz 22 Krul 23 Van der Vaart Coach: Van Marwijk

Alexis Sánchez

Personal information
Full name	Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez
Date of birth	(1988-12-19) 19 December 1988 (age 23)[1]
Place of birth	Tocopilla, Chile
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)[2]
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Barcelona
Number	9
Youth career
2004–2005	Cobreloa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005–2006	Cobreloa	47	(12)
2006–2007	Colo-Colo	32	(5)
2007–2008	River Plate	23	(4)
2008–2011	Udinese	95	(20)
2011–	Barcelona	25	(12)
National team‡
2006–	Chile	45	(14)
2007	Chile U20	12	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 March 2012

Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈleksis ˈsantʃes]; born 19 December 1988), is a Chilean footballer who plays as a forward for FC Barcelona and for the Chilean national team. He is well known for his excellent dribbling ability, great speed, and his unusual strength for a fast winger.

Sánchez began his career as a youth player for Cobreloa in 2003, aged 15, for then be promoted to the first adult team, two years later. His precocious talent caught the attention of Udinese, team of the Italian Serie A, and signed the 17-year-old for US$3million in May 2006, but was immediately loaned out to Colo-Colo, and then River Plate where he was able to mature in less physically demanding confines than the Italian first division.

He joined Udinese after becoming champion of the Argentine and Chilean leagues in June 2008. Sánchez made a steady progress in his first two seasons at Udinese, and in the 2010–11 season he established himself as one of the key player's that allowed Udinese to finish fourth in Serie A. On 27 February 2011, Sánchez scored four of seven goals as his team defeated Palermo 7-0, playing only the first 52 minutes of the game. This event meant he broke the record of goals scored by a Chilean player (in a single match) in the Italian Serie A, thus beating the records set by his historic countrymen Marcelo Salas and Iván Zamorano.

Sánchez made his international debut for his national team against New Zealand in April 2006, becoming the youngest player ever playing for the national team with only 17 years and 4 months, and scored his first goal against Switzerland in a 2–1 loss, being also the first goal of the Marcelo Bielsa era. During the Bielsa period, he was Chile's top scorer with 12 goals, surpassing Humberto Suazo's previous record of 11 goals.

Early life[link]

Sánchez was born in Tocopilla to a family of fishermen. His biological father abandoned Sánchez and his family to go work in a mine, leaving Sánchez to help his family out financially from an early age.

According to his relatives and his closest friends, Sánchez was an extroverted boy at school. Sánchez washed cars in a graveyard to earn some money. His fanaticism for football was shared with all his family, especially with José Delaigue, his uncle-in law and adoptive father. Being a former amateur football player, Delaigue saw great potential in the young Sánchez.^[3]

At the age of 15 while playing football with his friends in the neighborhood, he impressed the mayor of Tocopilla, who awarded him his first football boots. The mayor's decision was a worthwhile one, while playing for Tocopilla in a regional tournament, Sánchez dominated, in one particular match he scored 8 goals.

Club career[link]

Udinese[link]

Loan spells[link]

In July 2006, he was loaned to one of Chile's biggest teams, Colo-Colo on a season-long deal. His loan was due to a maturation project^{[citation needed]} that Udinese implemented with youth players. After a notable season in the Cacique, and winning two league titles, it was assumed that Sánchez would return to Italy. He was loaned out again, however, this time to Argentina's River Plate.

Return to Udinese[link]

After a successful season in Argentina, in July 2008, Sánchez left South America to officially join Udinese, where he would suit up with Chilean compatriot Mauricio Isla. Sánchez made his non-competitive debut in a 3–0 win over Bassano and was named the man of match.^[4] On 14 September, he played his first game in Serie A in a 1–0 loss with Juventus and four days later, he made his European debut against Borussia Dortmund. On 19 October 2008, Sánchez scored his first league goal against Lecce. After this first goal, Sánchez got into a minor slump, in which he took much criticism. The criticism ended after scoring the winning goal in the 90th minute against Bologna in a 1–0 win, being named the man of match.^{[citation needed]}

In the following season, Sánchez played an important role for Udinese at Coppa Italia 2009–10, being a key player in the team that eliminated Milan, assisting Gökhan Inler for the winning goal.^[5] In the semi-final second leg, Sánchez was the man of match after playing a successful game against Roma, including scoring his first Coppa Italia goal in the 81st minute. It was not enough, however, as the aggregate score was 2–1 in favor of Roma.^[6] By the end of this year, Sánchez scored a total of five goals (four at the end of tournament) in 32 appearances.

Along with his compatriot Mauricio Isla, playing for Udinese Calcio

On 27 February 2011, Sánchez scored four of seven goals as his team defeated Palermo 7–0, playing only the first 52 minutes of the game. This event meant he broke the record of goals scored by a Chilean player (in a single match) in the Italian Serie A,^[7] thus beating the records set by his historic countrymen Marcelo Salas and Iván Zamorano.

During his successful season at Udinese Calcio, Sánchez and Italian striker Antonio Di Natale became one of the best scoring duos in Serie A tallying 39 goals between then, two goals short of the Del Piero–Trezeguet duo that completed 41 goals in the 2007–08 season. In recognition of his achievements he was named the world's most promising youngster of the 2011 season, by the users of FIFA.com, where users had to choose between Sánchez, Gareth Bale, Javier Pastore, Ganso and Neymar in a poll.^[8] Sánchez ranked 56th in the May 2011 edition of Castrol Performance Index and 24th among the forwards.

Barcelona[link]

On 20 July 2011, FC Barcelona confirmed they had agreed a €26 million fee (plus €11m in certain bonuses) with Udinese for the transfer of Sánchez, thus becoming the first Chilean to ever play for the club.^[9][10][11] "Sánchez is very young," said manager Josep Guardiola. "He can play in all three attacking positions, he shows intense defensive skills, he's direct and from what I've been told, he's a very nice kid."^[10] The transfer was finalised five days later when he passed a medical and signed a five-year contract.^[12][13] "I want to learn from players like Lionel Messi and Xavi Hernández—and I want to help the club win more titles," said Sánchez.^[12]

Alexis Sanchez celebrate 2011 FIFA Club World Cup win.

The Chilean star's debut season for the blaugrana was heavily plagued with short-term injuries. Sanchez made his debut on 14 August 2011 against arch rivals Real Madrid in the 2012 Supercopa de España first leg away match, and picked up a thigh injury after a tough challenge by Marcelo.^[14] Barcelona won the tie 5-4 on aggregate. He made his return two weeks later as a substitute in the 2012 UEFA Super Cup, won by Barca 2-0. Alexis then started the opening match of La Liga, at home against Villarreal CF, and scored his first goal in a 5-0 win. A week later, on 10 September 2011, he was stretchered off after 30 minutes following a challenge from Dani Estrada in a La Liga match against Real Sociedad.^[15] Sánchez returned on 1 November 2011 in an away match against Viktoria Plzeň.^[16] He also scored against Real Madrid on 10 December 2011 to equalize the game which they went on to win 1-3.

On 14 February 2012, Sánchez scored the first and second UEFA Champions League goals of his career in Barcelona's 3-1 victory against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

International career[link]

Sánchez made his international debut for his national team against New Zealand on 27 April 2006. He was called up by the coach José Sulantay to play with his country in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup celebrated in Canada, achieving an historic performance, finishing in third place of the tournament.

After his participation in the youth championship, he scored his first goal in the Marcelo Bielsa era in a 2–1 loss against Switzerland on 7 September 2007. Due to the three-months injury that he suffered playing for River Plate, Sánchez missed the first four games of the FIFA World Cup qualification. Fully recovered now, he led to Chile to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, becoming the team's star player. His best game during the qualifiers was in a 4–0 win over Bolivia, scoring two goals of the victory.

Prior to the 2011 Copa América, Sánchez had scored 2 goals in 4 games, against Uruguay and Estonia. On 29 June 2011, he was selected in the 23-man squad for Copa América.

International goals[link]

Sánchez – goals for Chile[17]
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 September 2007	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Switzerland	1–1	2–1	Friendly match
2.	4 June 2008	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile	Guatemala	1–0	2–0	Friendly match
3.	4 June 2008	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile	Guatemala	2–0	2–0	Friendly match
4.	11 February 2009	Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, South Africa	South Africa	0–2	0–2	Friendly match
5.	28 March 2009	Estadio Monumental "U", Lima, Peru	Peru	0–1	1–3	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification
6.	10 June 2009	Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile	Bolivia	3–0	4–0	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification
7.	10 June 2009	Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile	Bolivia	4–0	4–0	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification
8.	12 August 2009	Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby, Denmark	Denmark	1–2	1–2	Friendly match
9.	26 May 2010	Estadio Municipal de Calama, Calama, Chile	Zambia	1–0	3–0	Friendly match
10.	26 May 2010	Estadio Municipal de Calama, Calama, Chile	Zambia	2–0	3–0	Friendly match
11.	30 May 2010	Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción, Chile	Israel	2–0	3–0	Friendly match
12.	17 November 2010	Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile	Uruguay	1–0	2–0	Friendly match
13.	19 June 2011	Estadio Monumental, Santiago, Chile	Estonia	4–0	4–0	Friendly match
14.	8 July 2011	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina	Uruguay	1–1	1–1	2011 Copa América

Career statistics[link]

Club[link]

¹Includes continental competitive competitions, including the Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana and UEFA Champions League.

²Includes other competitive competitions, including the FIFA Club World Cup, Supercopa de España and UEFA Super Cup.

Statistics accurate as of match played 29 April 2012^{[18][19][20][21]}

National team[link]

^[17]

Honours[link]

Club[link]

Colo-Colo

• Chilean Primera División (2): 2006 Clausura, 2007 Apertura
• Copa Sudamericana (1): Runner-up 2006

River Plate

• Primera División de Argentina (1): 2008 Clausura

Barcelona

• Copa del Rey (1): 2011–12
• Supercopa de España (1): 2011
• UEFA Super Cup (1): 2011
• FIFA Club World Cup (1) : 2011

International[link]

• FIFA U-20 World Cup (1): Third place 2007

Individual[link]

• Serie A Player of the Month (1): February 2011

Personal life[link]

Sánchez's adoptive father, José Delaigue, died of a heart attack in June 2011 at age 75. On 19 June, in Chile's 4–0 win over Estonia, on his team's last goal that Sánchez scored he removed his jersey during his celebration to reveal a photo of Delaigue on his undershirt.

References[link]

External links[link]

• FC Barcelona profile
• La Liga profile
• Transfermarkt profile
• 2010 FIFA World Cup profile
• Alexis Sánchez at National-Football-Teams.com
• Alexis Sánchez – FIFA competition record
• Alexis Sánchez – UEFA competition record

Chile squads v t e Chile squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Bravo (c) 2 Fuentes 3 Ponce 4 Isla 5 Contreras 6 Carmona 7 Sánchez 8 Vidal 9 Suazo 10 Valdívia 11 González 12 Pinto 13 Estrada 14 Fernández 15 Beausejour 16 Orellana 17 Medel 18 Jara 19 Fierro 20 Millar 21 Tello 22 Paredes 23 Marín Coach: Bielsa v t e Chile squad – 2011 Copa América 1 Bravo (c) 2 Silva 3 Ponce 4 Isla 5 Contreras 6 Carmona 7 Sánchez 8 Vidal 9 Suazo 10 Valdívia 11 Jiménez 12 Pinto 13 Estrada 14 Fernández 15 Beausejour 16 Fierro 17 Medel 18 Jara 19 Muñoz 20 Millar 21 Gutiérrez 22 Paredes 23 Garcés Coach: Borghi

Erik Lamela

Personal information
Full name	Erik Manuel Lamela
Date of birth	(1992-03-25) 25 March 1992 (age 20)
Place of birth	Florida, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Roma
Number	8
Youth career
	River Plate
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2009–2011	River Plate	36	(4)
2011–	Roma	29	(4)
National team‡
2011–	Argentina U-20	4	(3)
2011–	Argentina	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 May 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 July 2011

Erik Manuel Lamela (born 25 March 1992) is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Roma.

Club career[link]

River Plate[link]

Lamela made his first team debut for Club Atlético River Plate on 14 June 2009, in a game against Tigre for the 2009 Clausura tournament. He entered the field on the 80th minute, substituting Robert Flores. Lamela scored his first goal for River on 5 December 2010 in a match against Colón for the Apertura tournament. He scored his second goal against Lanús in the final fixture of that Apertura, helping River win the match 4–1.

The midfielder was a regular starter for River during the 2010–11 Argentine Primera División season, playing 34 games and scoring 4 goals.^[2] He helped his team to finish in an overall sixth place that would have qualified them for the 2011 Copa Sudamericana. However, due to the relegation format of the Argentine Primera that accounts a team's last three seasons, River was relegated after losing a playoff with Belgrano.

Roma[link]

On 6 August 2011, Lamela joined Serie A club A.S. Roma for a fee €12 million, plus €2 million bonus (which activated after his 20th appearances).^[3] Roma also paid the agent Martijn Odems an additional €3.2 million (to Orel B.V.) plus 10% added value if the player was sold above €12M and lastly tax to Argentina of €3.06 million On 23 October 2011, he scored his first goal in Serie A against Palermo.

International career[link]

He took part at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup with the Argentina national U-20 team.

He made his debut with the Argentina national team on 25 May 2011, in a friendly game against Paraguay.

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Club[link]

As of 13 May 2012^[4]