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Juan Foyth
Argentine footballer (born 1998) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Juan Marcos Foyth (born 12 January 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as right-back for La Liga club Villarreal and the Argentina national team.
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Full name | Juan Marcos Foyth[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1998-01-12) 12 January 1998 (age 26)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Villarreal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Estudiantes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Estudiantes | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2021 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Villarreal (loan) | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021– | Villarreal | 61 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Argentina U20 | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018– | Argentina | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2023 (UTC) |
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Having begun his professional career at his hometown club Estudiantes, he went on to play in the Premier League for Tottenham Hotspur and in La Liga for Villarreal. He won the UEFA Europa League with the latter club in 2021.
Foyth made his senior international debut for Argentina in 2018 and was part of their squad that came third at the 2019 Copa América and won the 2022 Finalissima and 2022 FIFA World Cup.