Lautaro Martinez is an Argentine professional footballer born on 22nd August 1997 in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. The 25-year-old plays as a striker for Argentina's national football team and Serie A club Inter Milan. Martinez is known for his speed and strength and is considered one of the best strikers in the world at present.
Current form:- Martinez plays for inter Milan in the Serie A and Champions league. He made 15 appearances in Serie A and scored 7 Goals with 4 assists. In the champions league, he made 6 appearances and scored one goal and assisted twice.
World Cup records:- Martinez represented Argentina's U-20 team in the 2017 South American Championship where he ended the tournament as a joint-top scorer with five goals. In March 2018 he received his first call for the senior team for two friendly matches against Italy and Spain. He made his debut against Spain as a substitute.
In 2018 he was named to the preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia but was omitted from the final squad. In 2019 Martinez was included in Lionel Scaloni's squad for 2019 Copa America. He scored the opening goal against Qatar in the final group-stage match.
On 10th September he scored his first international hat trick in a friendly against Mexico. On June 1 Martinez scored the opening goal in the Finalissima and also assisted Angel di Maria for a 3-0 win over Italy.
Overall stats:- Martinez started his career with Racing, a club in the Argentine Primera division. He made 60 appearances and scored 27 times. Next, he was bought by Inter Milan and has made 202 appearances and scored 82 goals.
He made 40 international appearances for Argentina and scored 21 goals. He will be next seen in the FIFA world cup 2022.
Prediction for the upcoming world cup:-
Martinez is considered to be one of the finest strikers of the game at present and he has been in a good form recently. Hopes are high in the Argentine football team that he delivers some helpful goals in the tournament for Argentina to make it to the trophy.
