Axel Werner

Axel Wilfredo Werner (born 28 February 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Mexican club Atlético San Luis on loan from Spanish club Atlético Madrid as a goalkeeper.

Axel Werner
Werner with Atlético Madrid in 2018
Personal information
Full name Axel Wilfredo Werner
Date of birth (1996-02-28) 28 February 1996
Place of birth Rafaela, Argentina
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Atlético San Luis
(on loan from Atlético Madrid)
Number 13
Youth career
Atlético Rafaela
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Atlético Rafaela 11 (0)
2016– Atlético Madrid 1 (0)
2016–2017 → Boca Juniors (loan) 2 (0)
2018 → Huesca (loan) 6 (0)
2019 → Málaga (loan) 0 (0)
2019– → Atlético San Luis (loan) 1 (0)
National team
2013 Argentina U17 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 February 2019

Club career

Born in Rafaela, Werner was an Atlético Rafaela youth graduate. On 10 August 2015 he made his professional debut, starting in a 5–1 routing of Deportivo Merlo, for the year's Copa Argentina.[1]

Werner made his Primera División debut on 3 October 2015, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Arsenal.[2] In March 2016 he was chosen as a first-choice, as starter Germán Montoya was injured;[3] the latter subsequently moved to Belgrano.

On 20 August 2016, Werner signed a five-year contract with La Liga club Atlético Madrid, being immediately loaned to Boca Juniors for one season.[4] He returned to Atleti ahead of the 2017–18 season, being third-choice behind Jan Oblak and Miguel Ángel Moyà.[5]

On 8 March 2018, after Moyà was released, Werner made his competitive debut for Atlético by starting in a 3–0 UEFA Europa League home defeat of FC Lokomotiv Moscow. On 29 April, he made his La Liga debut by playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 win at Deportivo Alavés.

On 11 July 2018, Werner joined newly promoted La Liga club SD Huesca on one-year loan.[6]

On 21 June 2019, Werner one again went on loan, this time to Atlético San Luis in Mexico.[7]

International career

In 2013, Werner was called up to Argentina under-17s for the year's FIFA U-17 World Cup, as a backup to Augusto Batalla.[8] He appeared in only one match in the tournament, a 1–4 loss against Sweden on 8 November.[9]

On 1 July 2016, Werner was called up for the Summer Olympics in the place of Batalla, who was impeded to play by his club, River Plate.[10]

Honours
Boca Juniors
Atlético Madrid

References
  1. "Copa Argentina: Atlético Rafaela goleó a Merlo y pasó a octavos" [Copa Argentina: Atlético Rafaela thrashed Merlo and went through the last 16] (in Spanish). La Nación. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  2. "Rafaela le empató a Arsenal, en Sarandí" [Rafaela drew with Arsenal, in Sarandí] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  3. "Después de las buenas actuaciones de Werner, Montoya ya puede volver" [After the good performances of Werner, Montoya already can return] (in Spanish). Diario Castellanos. 19 April 2016. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  4. "Agreement with Atlético Rafaela for the transfer of Axel Werner". Atlético Madrid. 20 August 2016. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  5. "Werner será el tercer portero del Atlético" [Werner will be the third-choice goalkeeper of Atlético] (in Spanish). Marca. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  6. "Axel Werner to join Huesca on a one-year loan". Atlético Madrid. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  7. "Axel Werner es el nuevo arquero de Atlético San Luis". AS Mexico. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  8. "U-17: List of the 10 teams". CONMEBOL. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  9. "Argentina Sub-17 fue goleada por Suecia y no pudo lograr el bronce en el Mundial" [Argentina under-17 was thrashed by Sweden and could not get the bronze at the World Cup] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  10. "Werner por Batalla" [Werner for Batalla] (in Spanish). Olé. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.


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