Mauro Emanuel Icardi is an Argentinean professional football player who presently plays as a striker for the Argentinean national football team and for the Italian football club ‘Internazionale.’ He has been serving as the captain of ‘Internazionale’ since 2015. He started his career in football with the Spanish football team ‘Vecindario’ at the age of 9 and proved his mettle by netting more than 500 goals in various youth categories of the club. He got offers from various clubs such as ‘Real Madrid,’ ‘Arsenal,’ and ‘Liverpool.’ He finally joined ‘Barcelona’ in 2008. After almost three years, he joined ‘Sampdoria’ in 2011. His senior career with ‘Sampdoria’ began in 2012 and he joined ‘Internazionale’ in 2013. He, along with Luca Toni of ‘Hellas Verona,’ became the joint winner of the ‘Capocannoniere’ title after both of them became top-scorers of the 2014–2015 season of ‘Serie A,’ with 22 goals each. Icardi was enlisted in the ‘Serie A Team of the Year’ in 2014–2015 and crossed the 100-goal mark in a ‘Serie A’ in March 2018. He became part of Argentinean national ‘Under-20’ football team in 2012 and made his senior international debut with the Argentinean national football team in October 2013.