Fernando Martín Forestieri (born 15 January 1990 in Rosario, Argentina) is an Italian Argentine footballer who plays as a striker for Serie B club Bari, on loan from Udinese. He is nicknamed El Topa.^{[citation needed]}

His career began in 2003 with Newell's Old Boys but in 2003, when he was just 13, Boca Juniors bought him for $50,000. In Buenos Aires, Forestieri became well known for his way of playing, which was compared with Lionel Messi's.^{[says who?]}

In January 2006, at the age of 16, Genoa signed Forestieri on a three-year contract; Boca tried to keep the young player, but failed to do so. In March, Boca contested the regularity of the transfer and, refusing a €300,000 indemnification from Genoa, the Argentine club submitted the case to the AFA.

That summer he played some friendly matches with Genoa, and in one of them Torino president Urbano Cairo saw Forestieri in action and offered 500,000 € for him, but Genoa refused. On 8 November 2006, Forestieri made his official debut with Genoa in a Coppa Italia loss against Empoli.