Leonardo Balerdi

Leonardo Balerdi
Personnel
Surname	Leonardo Julián Balerdi Rosa
birthday	January 26, 1999
place of birth	Villa Mercedes ,  Argentina
size	191 cm
position	Defense , defensive midfield
Juniors
Years	station
2005-2013	Sportivo Pueyrredón
2013-2018	Boca Juniors
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2018	Boca Juniors	5 (0)
2019–	Borussia Dortmund	7 (0)
2019-2020	Borussia Dortmund II	11 (1)
2020–	→  Olympique Marseille  (loan)	0 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
	Argentina U20	at least 7 (0)
2019–	Argentina U23	1 (0)
2019–	Argentina	2 (0)
1 Only league games are given. Status: July 22, 2020 2 As of October 13, 2019

Leonardo Julián Balerdi Rosa (born January 26, 1999 in Villa Mercedes ) is an Argentine football player . The defender is on loan from Borussia Dortmund to Olympique Marseille and is an Argentine national team player.

Career

In the club

Balerdi started playing football at Sportivo Pueyrredón when he was six. As a 14-year-old, the capital city club Boca Juniors signed him after their scout Horacio García spotted the young defender. After his training, Balerdi was appointed to the first team by head coach Guillermo Barros Schelotto in summer 2018 , where he made his professional debut.

A little later, the German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund became aware of the 19-year-old and intended to sign him in summer 2019. In view of the long-term injuries of central defenders Dan-Axel Zagadou and Manuel Akanji , sports director Michael Zorc decided to make the transfer during the winter break of the 2018/19 season . Immediately after their return from the training camp in Marbella , Spain , the Argentine joined the team. For the first time Balerdi was used for the second team in the Regionalliga West . He made his debut in a 2-0 draw on matchday 27 against the second team of 1. FC Köln , and a week later the defender scored his first goal against TV Herkenrath . In August 2019, Balerdi won his first title with the club when the double winner of the previous season, FC Bayern Munich , was defeated 2-0 in the DFL Supercup . On the 14th matchday of the 2019/20 season, the defender was on the field for the first time in the Bundesliga after a substitution in the 5-0 home win over Fortuna Düsseldorf . This was followed by six more short appearances in central midfield, while the Argentine replaced the injured Akanji in central defense in the last game of the season and was again runner-up with Dortmund.

For the 2020/21 season , a loan arrangement was agreed with the French first division club Olympique Marseille .

In the national team

Balerdi was already used for the U20 in his home country. With her he took part in the U20 South American Championship in Chile at the beginning of 2019 , which also served as qualification for the U20 World Cup 2019 . After a facial injury sustained in his only game in the competition, Balerdi was eliminated from the tournament squad. In the end, Argentina finished second behind the first-time South American champions Ecuador and qualified for the World Cup in Poland, although Balerdi was not in the squad.

In September 2019, the defender was nominated for the first time for Argentina and made his international debut in a friendly against Mexico .

successes

Borussia Dortmund

• DFL Supercup Winner : 2019 (without commitment)

Web links

• Leonardo Balerdi in the database of weltfussball.de
• Leonardo Balerdi in the database of transfermarkt.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Messi's sparring partner: Looking for traces with Leonardo Balerdi , kicker.de, accessed on January 15, 2019
2. ↑ Borussia Dortmund signs Leonardo Balerdi , bvb.de, accessed on January 15, 2019
3. ↑ Dortmund wins Supercup against Bayern Munich , spiegel.de, accessed on August 3, 2019
4. ↑ Match report Borussia Dortmund - Fortuna Düsseldorf , weltfussball.de, accessed on December 8, 2019
5. ↑ Olympique Marseille loaned Balerdi , bvb.de, accessed on July 22, 2020
6. ↑ Borussia Dortmund has to return Leonardo Balerdi immediately , derwesten.de, accessed on January 17, 2019
7. ↑ After kicking the face: BVB newcomer Balerdi is out for the time being , transfermarkt.de, accessed on January 29, 2019
8. ↑ Argentina in transition: Balerdi, González and Co. instead of Messi or Agüero , transfermarkt.de, accessed on October 9, 2019