Features
MON 25.04.2016
-He was born on 9 March 1995 in Rosario, Argentina, the hometown of other great players such as Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria and Ever Banega.
-He was unearthed by the scout Jorge Garcia. His talent was spotted when he was just 11 years old, back when he was playing for local Rosario club Alianza Sport, and Garcia took him to San Lorenzo.
-A certain Juan Antonio Pizzi handed him his Argentinian top-flight debut for San Lorenzo against Newell's Old Boys.
-He captained Argentina's Under-20s to glory at the 2015 South American Youth Championship.
-Such was Correa's influence in this triumph that he was named Player of the Tournament.
-When he travelled to the Spanish capital in 2014 to undergo a medical prior to signing for Atletico Madrid, he was diagnosed with a heart tumour. He had to have surgery and ended up sitting out a whole season at club level. He finally notched his first goal for the Rojiblancos on Matchday 4 of the 2015/16 campaign, against SD Eibar.
-On 4 September 2015 he made his senior Argentina debut in a friendly against Bolivia.
-It only took him three minutes to open his goalscoring account with the Albiceleste big boys. The skilful attacker produced a fabulous finish with his very first touch.
-The Atletico forward is affectionately nicknamed Angelito (Little Angel) and The Angel of Boedo, the latter referring to the neighbourhood of Buenos Aires that San Lorenzo call home.
-All of the Argentinian starlet's five league goals in his first season in the Liga BBVA have come in the second half of games, having been summoned from the bench. The latest and most important of these was his winner against Malaga CF this past weekend, which kept Atletico's title challenge going strong. He has established himself as a supreme super sub for Diego Simeone this term.
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