José Agustín Mauri (born 16 May 1996) is a professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder for Argentine
Primera División
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club
Sarmiento Sarmiento may refer to:
Places Argentina
*Sarmiento Department, San Juan, a subdivision of the San Juan Province
*Sarmiento Department, Santiago del Estero, a subdivision of the Santiago del Estero Province
*Sarmiento Department, Chubut, a subdivi ...
.
Born in Argentina, Mauri is of Italian descent and has represented Italy internationally at youth level.
Club career
Parma
Mauri made his debut for Parma as a substitute on 3 December 2013 in the fourth round of the
Coppa Italia, replacing
Gianni Munari for the last 27 minutes of a 4–1 home win against
A.S. Varese 1910 at the
Stadio Ennio Tardini
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.
On 11 April 2015, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win against
Juventus
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...
, with his team in last position and the opponents leading the league. He described it as "the happiest day of my life".
AC Milan
At the start of the 2015–16 season, Mauri joined
AC Milan on a four-year deal on a free transfer. However, Milan also paid €4 million to unknown parties. Mauri made his first full debut on 1 December, playing 99 minutes of a Coppa Italia game against
Crotone
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, with Milan winning 3–1 after extra time. He made his Serie A debut for Milan against Chievo Verona on 13 March 2016, playing the last five minutes of the 0–0 away draw.
Empoli
On 30 August 2016, he was loaned out to Serie A club
Empoli
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for the season.
Talleres
On 27 September 2019, he moved to
Argentine Primera División
The Primera División (; en, "First Division"), known officialy as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Binance for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA).
Th ...
side
Talleres de Córdoba.
Sporting Kansas City
On 5 August 2021, Mauri signed with
MLS side
Sporting Kansas City
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on a one-and-a-half year deal. In April 2022, the club mutually agreed to terminate contract of Mauri.
Sarmiento
On 12 December 2022, Mauri returned to Argentina, joining
Primera División
Primera may refer to
* Nissan Primera, a car
* Primera Air, a former airline
* Primera división (disambiguation), multiple top division football leagues
* Primera, Texas, a town in Cameron County, Texas
* Alí Primera, Venezuelan musician, compos ...
club
Sarmiento Sarmiento may refer to:
Places Argentina
*Sarmiento Department, San Juan, a subdivision of the San Juan Province
*Sarmiento Department, Santiago del Estero, a subdivision of the Santiago del Estero Province
*Sarmiento Department, Chubut, a subdivi ...
, signing a one-year contract.
International career
As one of his grandmothers was Italian, Mauri is eligible for both
Argentina and
Italy. Despite playing for Italy's youth international squads, Mauri declined a call-up to the Italian U20 squad, declaring his desire to represent solely Argentina in international competition.
Personal life
His older brother
Juan Mauri
Juan Alberto Mauri (born 29 December 1988) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a midfielder. He also holds Italian citizenship.
Club career
He made his Primera B Nacional debut for Olimpo on 24 October 2009 in a game against All Boys.
In Au ...
is also a football player and signed with
Milan at the same time as José did.
Career statistics
Club
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mauri, Jose
1996 births
Living people
Footballers from La Pampa Province
Men's association football midfielders
Italian men's footballers
Italy men's youth international footballers
Argentine men's footballers
Italian people of Argentine descent
Argentine people of Italian descent
Serie A players
Parma Calcio 1913 players
AC Milan players
Empoli FC players
Talleres de Córdoba footballers
Sporting Kansas City players
Major League Soccer players