Profile Mario Balotelli

Personal information

Full name : Mario Barwuah Balotelli
Date of birth : 12 August 1990
Place of birth : Palermo, Italy
Height : 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position : Striker
Current club : Manchester City
Number : 45
Youth career :
2001–2006 Lumezzane
Senior career
2005–2006 Lumezzane
2006–2010 Internazionale
2010– Manchester City
National team :
2008– Italy U21
2010– Italy

Club career

Lumezzane

Balotelli began his career with Lumezzane. At the age of 15, he was heralded towards the senior side, making his senior debut within a Serie C1 league match against Padova.

Internazionale

Having had an unsuccessful trial with Barcelona ancient 15, Balotelli was signed via Internazionale within 2006, onto a credit import with an choice towards purchase. He activated within their under-17 squad otherwise attended the Primavera under-20 team at the age of 16. He scored a tie-breaking disadvantage into the Primavera league final 1–0 victory again Sampdoria, prompting tall praise from civilians incorporating Inter chiefs Massimo Moratti.

Balotelli made his former team and Serie A debut within December 2007, replacing David Suazo within a 2–0 victory against Cagliari. Three days afterwards, he featured within the activating lineup within a Coppa Italia match against Reggina, scoring two goals within a 4–1 win. Balotelli benefited national consideration as soon as he scored two goals against Juventus within the replace foot of the Coppa Italia quarter-finals, being instrumental within a 3–2 away victory for the Nerazzurri. His former Serie A goal otherwise arrived within April 2008 within a 2-0 away victory against Atalanta. Inter went onto towards victory the 2007–08 scudetto. Balotelli was a spare within the 2008 Supercoppa Italiana final against Roma. He arrived onto as a substitute for Luís Figo, scoring within the 83rd minute. Inter went onto towards victory the final 6–5 onto disadvantages as soon as the match ended 2–2.

Balotelli within 2008

Before the activate of the 2008–09 season Balotelli signed a three-year contract with Inter. The maximum length he could sign.[23] In November 2008, he scored his former Champions League goal, against Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta, becoming the youngest Inter musician ever towards score within the Champions League. At 18 years and 85 days he hammered the previous file predetermined via Obafemi Martins, at 18 years and 145 days. In April 2009, Balotelli scored Inter's goal within a 1–1 draw with Juventus, and was racially abused via Juventus fans around the toy, incorporating chants such as "a Black Italian does not exist". This ruled towards Massimo Moratti remarking that he would possess heaved his team off whether he had been show . The racist chants were also sentenced via Juventus chiefs Giovanni Cobolli Gigli. Juventus were handed a one toy house supporter ban because of the incident. Inter won the Serie A for the fourth moment within a row.

Zlatan Ibrahimović with Balotelli

In his second season with Inter's former team, Balotelli had a number of disciplinary complications, most significantly embroiling Inter brain instructor José Mourinho whom barred him from the senior team within the second halves of January. The Portuguese boss reported "as far as I'm feared, a young boy want him cannot allow himself towards educate less than civilians want Figo, Córdoba, and Zanetti." Earlier that season Mourinho had charged Balotelli of appearing a scarcity of effort within training. Balotelli also persisted towards be attacked with racist chants around the season, becoming the focus of Juventus fans even during toys not embroiling Internazionale at all; such choruses otherwise ruled towards Juventus being fined twice and the club eventually being punished with a partial stadium closure due towards cycled racist chants.

Balotelli's disciplinary complications and difficult correlation with Mourinho persisted within the 2009–10 season. In November, Inter drew 1–1 against Roma and Mourinho assailed his musicians, even going as far as remarking that Balotelli "came approaching a zero rating". The young striker again incurred the wrath of Juve fans within the heated Derby d'Italia away encounter with Juventus onto 5 December 2009 which Inter forgotten 2–1. When he was elbowed via Juve midfielder Felipe Melo within the shoulder, he collapsed onto the pitch clutching his face and was quickly booked whilst Melo was posted off for a second yellow card. The incident sparked a fiery altercation between teammate Thiago Motta and Juve goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. The falling-out between musician and executive reached its peak within the eve of the UEFA Champions League second foot against Chelsea, as soon as the young striker was not called-up consecutive an altercation with Mourinho.The youngster was otherwise assailed via numerous senior musicians such as captain Javier Zanetti and veteran defender Marco Materazzi as well as his own agent, within the wake of Inter's 1–0 victory at Stamford Bridge, London. In March, he arrived below heavy criticism from fans as soon as he publicly sported a Milan (Inter's crosstown rivals) jersey onto the Italian appear Striscia la Notizia.

In the wake of the modern tense situation, Balotelli freed a announcement of apology within Internazionale's official website, that reads:
“ "I am sorry for the situation that has been designed recently. I am the former fellow whom has suffered because I adore football and I need towards play, and already I am waiting within silence so I can replace towards being practical towards my team. I need towards put the beyond rear me, glance towards the future and pay spotlight onto the upcoming commitments and earn myself ready."

Mario Balotelli
”

After being frozen out of the team due towards the situation, Balotelli was recalled towards the squad for the match against Bologna and he spotted his replace with a goal within a 3–0 win. However, he once again inflicted controversy within a Champions League semi-final against Barcelona onto twenty April, as he threw his jersey onto the ground as soon as the final whistle, within reaction towards Inter fans whom had booed him towards assail his destitute performance; his reaction, which inflicted notable disappointment among fans, teammates and football pundits, was succeeded via an tackle via a low category of supporters towards physically attack Balotelli as soon as the end of the game.

After such events, Balotelli was barred from a row of toys, incorporating the second foot of the Champions League semifinal versus Barcelona, but was successively featured within the remaining two fits of the Italian league that ruled Inter towards victory its 18th national title, as well as the fifth one within a row.

Manchester City

After weeks of speculation approximately his future, onto 12 August 2010 Inter and Manchester City reached an dealing onto Balotelli's shift towards England, suspected towards be round £24 million, which was made official the consecutive day as soon as the musician successfully finalised a medical. At Manchester City, Balotelli countered his former boss Roberto Mancini.

On 19 August 2010, Balotelli arrived onto as a spare towards score onto his debut against FC Timişoara within a 1–0 away victory within the Europa League. In that match he also stung the lateral meniscus within his right knee. On eight September he underwent surgery that observed him sidelined until October. Balotelli made his Premier League debut as a spare onto 24 October within a 0-3 house defeat towards Arsenal and made his full debut onto thirty October within a 2-1 away defeat towards Wolverhampton Wanderers. Balotelli scored his former and second Premier League goals onto seven November within a 0-2 victory away towards West Brom.[48] In the equivalent toy Balotelli obtained a red card for violent behave as the outcome of a conflict with Youssuf Mulumbu, which his executive Roberto Mancini explained as unfair. Balotelli scored the former two of City's three goals within the 3-0 defeat of FC Red Bull Salzburg within the UEFA Europa League.

International career

Due towards bureaucratic complications Balotelli was unable towards respond call-ups towards the Italian national under-15 and under-17 teams, as he was still conceived towards be a Ghanaian immigrant.

On seven August 2007, five days ahead of his 17th birthday, Balotelli obtained his former senior International call-up from Ghana instructor Claude Le Roy for a friendly against Senegal at the New Den stadium within London, England onto 21 August 2007. However, he deteriorated the bid referring once again his goodwill towards play for Italy when he becomes eligible. He also reported his goodwill towards portray Italy at international grade once he acquired an Italian passport.

Italy U-21 instructor Pierluigi Casiraghi reported his aim towards dub up Balotelli once he elicited Italian citizenship. On 13 August 2008, Balotelli was finally granted Italian citizenship, so Casiraghi branded him onto 29 August towards collaborate the Azzurrini for the fits against Greece and Croatia. On his debut the 5 September 2008 he scored his former international goal within a 1–1 draw with Greece U-21's, otherwise scored two goals against Israel within the 2009 Euro U-21 qualification play-offs.

In February 2009, Italy under-21 instructor Pierluigi Casiraghi criticised Balotelli as soon as he missed a flight towards Trieste whereas Casiraghi was retention a coaching session. Balotelli was claimed towards possess overslept and had towards momentum there himself towards collaborate the lie down of the team.

Balotelli was named within the final 23-man squad for the 2009 European Championships and scored the gate goal against the hosts Sweden within the 23rd minute. Barely 15 minutes afterwards, he was otherwise guided a straight red card for retaliating at Swedish defender Pontus Wernbloom but Italy managed towards victory 2–1. Italy topped their category towards approach within the competition and Balotelli replaced for the semi-final against Germany but the Azzurrini forgotten 1–0.

Despite prevalent criticism within the media, Balotelli was branded up for the Italian Under-21 match against Hungary. In the 2–0 victory Balotelli was singled out for his impressive performance.[60] Many pundits whom monitored the toy publicly branded onto Italy instructor Marcello Lippi towards dub him up towards the senior squad.

Balotelli obtained his former call-up for the Italy senior team as portion of the squad informed via novel brain instructor Cesare Prandelli for a friendly match against Côte d'Ivoire, the former match as soon as the 2010 World Cup. On ten August 2010, two days ahead of his 20th birthday, he made his debut within that match partnering Cassano and Amauri, within a 1-0 loss.