Agustín José Urzi (born 4 May 2000) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club Juárez.

Club career

Urzi's career began in the system of

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side Banfield, joining the club's academy in 2008. He started appearing in their first-team squad during the 2018–19 season under manager Julio César Falcioni, who selected the forward on the substitutes bench on 25 November 2018, for a fixture with Racing Club; though he was unused. A week later, on 1 December, Urzi made his professional debut in a home defeat to

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; featuring for the last twenty-seven minutes, having been subbed on in place of Nicolás Silva. He ended the 2018–19 campaign with goals in games against

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and

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International career

Urzi trained with the Argentina U19s in March 2018. He was selected by them for the 2018 South American Games in Bolivia, a competition in which he was notably sent off during a semi-final defeat to Uruguay. Urzi was called up by

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's U20s in May 2019 for the

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in Poland. He played in all four of Argentina's fixtures in Poland, as they reached the round of sixteen. Also in 2019, Urzi was picked by the U23s for the

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in Peru. Urzi appeared in four matches, including in the final against Honduras when he also scored, as they won the trophy. In 2020, Urzi scored one goal in six games as Argentina won the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.

Career statistics

Honours

Argentina U23 *

: 2019 * Pre-Olympic Tournament:

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