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MARTÍNEZ

Lautaro Javier Martínez
ARGENTINA · ARG · STRIKER · #22
22 AUG 1997 · Racing Club · Inter Milan
★ 1 WORLD CUPS
El Toro
ARGENTINA · #22

🌎 WORLD CUP RECORD

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TITLES
6
MATCHES
0
GOALS
YEARHOSTAPPSGOALSRESULT
2022Qatar60 ★ WINNER
█ ATTRIBUTES
PACE 81
SHOOTING 88
PASSING 75
DRIBBLING 84
DEFENDING 51
PHYSICAL 83

⚡ DEFINING MOMENTS

▲ 2022 · A starter, then a substitute
Lautaro began Argentina's campaign in the side, leading the line in the shock opening defeat to Saudi Arabia and again against Mexico. Carrying an ankle complaint and short of rhythm, he gave way to Julián Álvarez and watched the rest of the tournament from the bench — a champion who never quite got going.
▲ 2022 · The penalty against the Dutch
Introduced late in a chaotic quarter-final, he kept his nerve where it mattered: with the shoot-out against the Netherlands poised, Lautaro buried the spot-kick that sent Argentina through. It was the contribution of a tournament otherwise spent in reserve.
▲ 2022 · On the pitch at the end
He came on in extra time of the final at Lusail — replacing Álvarez as the match against France swung to penalties — and was on the field when Argentina lifted the trophy. A winner's medal, no goals, and a curious footnote: a striker who finished the tournament as a bystander to the storm.

📜 CAREER TIMELINE

2015
Makes his senior debut for Racing Club in his native Argentina.
2018
Joins Inter Milan for around €22m; omitted from Argentina's final World Cup squad that summer.
2021
Wins the Copa América with Argentina, ending a long wait for major silverware.
2022
Plays six matches at the World Cup in Qatar without scoring as Argentina are crowned champions.
2024
Tops the Copa América scoring charts with five goals, including the extra-time winner against Colombia in the final.
2026
Inter captain and a Serie A top scorer, he carries Argentina's attack as the title defence begins.
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█ THE ALMANAC SPEAKS
PROF. INKSWORTH:

A relentless finisher for club and a serial winner in the blue-and-white, yet the World Cup that gilded his name barely featured him: six appearances, no goals, a place lost to a younger man, and one cool penalty in the dark. The trophy is his all the same. History is not always tidy about who does the deciding.

  • He won the 2022 World Cup without scoring a single goal — six appearances, most of them from the bench.
  • His one decisive act in Qatar was a quarter-final shoot-out penalty against the Netherlands, struck after he had lost his starting place.
  • He was named in Argentina's preliminary 2018 squad but left out of the final 23, making Qatar his first finals four years later.
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Zone: Historical