Emanuel Insúa

Emanuel Insúa
Personal information
Full name Emanuel Mariano Insúa Zapata
Date of birth (1991-04-10) 10 April 1991
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current team
 Panathinaikos
Number 3
Youth career
2004–2012 Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Boca Juniors 38 (2)
2012–2013 → Godoy Cruz (loan) 33 (1)
2015 Granada 12 (0)
2015–2017 Udinese 0 (0)
2016 → Newells Old Boys (loan) 15 (2)
2016–2017 → Racing Club (loan) 20 (0)
2017– Panathinaikos 21 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 October 2018

Emanuel Mariano Insúa Zapata (born 10 April 1991) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Greek Superleague club Panathinaikos as a left back.

Club career

Born in Buenos Aires, Insúa was a Boca Juniors youth graduate. He made his professional debut on 25 April 2012, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–1 away draw against Olimpo, for the season's Copa Argentina.[1]

Insúa made his league debut on 20 May, starting in a 2–0 away win against Racing Club.[2] In July 2012 he was loaned to fellow league team Godoy Cruz, appearing in 33 matches; he also scored his first professional goal for the club, netting the last in a 2–0 home win against Atlético Rafaela on 19 August.[3]

Insúa returned to Boca in June 2013, and was assigned to the main squad. He appeared more regularly with the club in the following campaigns. He scored his first goal for the Azul y Oro on 18 August, against the same opponent.[4]

On 20 January 2015 Insúa signed a four-and-a-half year contract with La Liga side Granada CF, for a transfer fee estimated in the region of €2.5 million.[5] He made his debut in the competition five days later, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–2 away draw against Deportivo de La Coruña.[6] On 22 August 2015 Insúa was loaned to Genoa for one year, with a buyout clause[7], but eventually joined Udinese Calcio, for the kick off of the 2015-16 season. He managed to play only once with the club for Coppa Italia.

On 23 August 2017, Insúa left Udinese Calcio after one season and a half, mostly spent playing as loanee first for Newell's Old Boys, then for Racing Avellaneda, and officially signed over to Super League club Panathinaikos, on a 3-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[8] The Argentine left back is another who has failed to have an impact in the club. He has struggled to dislodge Niklas Hult from the starting side. He has found playing minutes hard to come by and his red card at PAOK will not win over any fans. If, as rumoured, Hult departs, the club will find itself in a sticky situation at left back. On 24 February 2018, the 26-year-old from Buenos Aires changed direction skillfully with a cheeky backheel before sending a superb curling shot with the outside of his left foot past a hopeless Nikos Melissas, sealing the score in a 2-0 home win game. It was his first goal with the club. [9]

Personal life

Insúa's older brother, Emiliano, is also a footballer and left back.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Boca eliminó a Olimpo en maratónica definición por penales" [Boca knocked out Olimpo in the marathonic penalty shootout] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 25 April 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Con un golazo de Viatri, Boca superó a Racing en Avellaneda" [With a scorcher from Viatri, Boca overcame Racing in Avellaneda] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 20 May 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Godoy Cruz le ganó 2–0 a Rafaela y llegó a la punta" [Godoy Cruz defeated Rafaela by 2–0 and arrived at the top] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 19 August 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Boca se recuperó y derrotó a Atlético de Rafaela" [Boca recovers themselves and defeated Atlético de Rafaela] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 18 August 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Emanuel Insúa, rojiblanco hasta 2019" [Emanuel Insúa, rojiblanco until 2019] (in Spanish). Granada's official website. 20 January 2015. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Ibanez snatches late Granada point". ESPN FC. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Genoa, definito l'ingaggio di Emanuel Insua" [Genoa, defined the signing of Emanuel Insua] (in Italian). Tuttosport. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Συμφωνία με τον Εμάνουελ Ινσούα". www.pao.gr. 23 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Κοιτάζει πλέον ψηλότερα ο Παναθηναϊκός, άνετα 2-0 τη Λαμία". www.sport24.gr. 24 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "Emiliano beat Emanuel". Marca.com. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
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