Mauro Icardi is Known for his excellent attacking movement, positioning, and eye for goal, he mainly operates in central areas inside the penalty box. He is an accurate and efficient finisher with his head and either foot inside the area. He is also known for his ability to score from few touches, although he can also hold up the ball in order to create space or chances for other players, and play off of his teammates.
Mauro Icardi is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Argentina national team. He is regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation. He ranks number 18th among all players of Ligue 1.
Icardi began his footballing career at the youth teams of Vecindario and passed through La Masia, the youth system of La Liga club Barcelona, before moving to Serie A club Sampdoria to begin his professional career in 2012.
After an impressive season, he joined Inter Milan in July 2013, where he developed into one of the most prolific strikers in Europe. Icardi won the Capocannoniere in both the 2014–15 and 2017–18 seasons. In 2019, Icardi signed for Paris Saint-Germain on an initial one-year loan deal, where he won a domestic treble. He then joined the club permanently in a €50 million deal.
Icardi made his senior debut for Argentina in October 2013 but since has played sparingly. Icardi was controversially left out of Argentina's final squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Mauro Icardi was born on 19th February 1993 in Rosario, the largest city in central Argentina. His birth name is Mauro Emanuel Icardi. He holds an Argentine nationality and belongs to the Argentine-European ethnic group. He is of partial Italian origin through his paternal ancestors named Icardi from Piedmont and Da Mezan from Venice. His star sign is Pisces. He is a follower of Christianity.
Mauro Icardi was born into a poor family. His father Juan Carlos Icardi is a former butcherer and restaurant manager while his mother Analia Rivero is a housewife. He was raised up in his hometown Rosario till he was nine years old. Then he moved to the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, with his parents. He has a younger brother named Guido Icardi and a sister named Ivana Icardi.
Little Mauro wasn't interested in playing football since his childhood. But in fact, it was his father who encourage and push him to play football as he had wanted his son to be a star player in the future. His father admitted him to a youth academy of local football a Juvenile team in Sarratea in the north of Argentina from where he began his football journey.
Mauro Icardi is married to Argentine media personality Wanda Nara. Wanda Nara was married to Icardi's former Sampdoria teammate Maxi López, but the couple split after her relationship with Icardi was exposed. She and López began divorce proceedings in December 2013.
Nara and Icardi subsequently married on 27 May 2014, not long after the divorce was finalized, at a small ceremony in Buenos Aires. They have two daughters, Francesca, born on 19 January 2015, and Isabella, born on 27 October 2016. In October 2021, the couple made a headline after Wanda posted a stunning statement that revealed the couple had signed divorce papers.
The duo’s marriage appeared to be at an end last week after Nara made the explosive allegation that the Paris Saint-Germain striker had been cheating on her. However, after weeks of being in the spotlight due to a cheating scandal and the possibility of a breakup, Mauro Icardi and Wanda Nara finally reconciled after they signed the divorce.
As of 2021, the net worth of Mauro Icardi is estimated to be € 77 Million. On January 7, 2014, while joining the senior squad of Inter Milan, the market value of 21 years Icardi was €12 million. Now after seven years his market value has reportedly become €28 million, updated on 16th December 2021.
In September 2019, Mauro Icardi signed a five-year contract with Paris Saint-German and with the signing, PSG made a deal to pay him a massive salary of € 12.7 million annually making him the highest-paid player of the Club. As of 2021, Icardi is earning a weekly salary of €184,615 which is € 9.6 million annually. This time in case earning, he ranks 13th among all players of PSG.
The professional player hasn't lack behind from living an extravagant lifestyle through his massive earnings. He owns an amazing £2.5 million Italian villa overlooking Lake Como in the city of Brienno. He has family property in his hometown Rosario where his parents live peacefully.
He is very fond of high-end cars and his car collection consists of Lamborghini Huracan Spyder(£218,000), Bentley Bentayga ($247,725), Rolls-Royce Ghost($315,000), Hummer H2 ( $60,000), Range Rover Sport ($69,500).
Mauro Icardi is 6 ft tall and his body weight is around 80 Kg. He has an Athletic build body. As a football player, he regularly does workout and gym exercises to keep him fit and active. He has a side part hairstyle + high bald fade hairstyle that is dark brown in color. His eye color is Blue.
He always does heavy exercise which includes weight lifting, push-ups, Single-leg squats, Dumbbell bench step-ups, and others. He arrives every morning at the PSG football training center for warm-ups and training. He has carved a tattoo of Lion and his cubs his stomach, and chest.