Table of Biography
Sergio Aguero is a retired Argentine professional football player who played as a striker. Sergio Aguero is regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation. He has represented his country in several international tournaments as well as he is known for his contribution and his decade-long association with Manchester City.
Early Life
His birth name is Sergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo, widely known as Sergio Aguero is an Argentine citizen. He was born on the 2nd of June 1988, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Similarly, he is also known as Kun Aguero. According to the astrological chart, he has a birth sign of Gemini and is currently 35 years old. He practices the Christian religion and belongs to the Latin ethnicity.
The names of his parents are Leonel del Castillo (father) and Adriana Aguero (mother). His father was a taxi driver while his mother was a homemaker.
In addition, he grew up with his six siblings; Mauricio Del Castillo, Mauritius Del Castillo Aguero, Gaston del Castillo, Gabriela Del Castillo Aguerom Maira Del Castilo Aguero, and Daiana Del Castillo Aguero.
His family’s economic condition was weak. When Sergio was just 2 years old, his family moved to Florencio Varela. Moreover, his father also loved football and he was always supportive of Sergio’s passion for football.
His father took charge of training him, as he could not afford to enroll his son in a football academy, owing to financial hardships. Proper details related to Sergio’s academic background are unknown. From an early, he started playing professionally, and he might have dropped out of high school to pursue a football career.
Professional Career
Sergio Aguero’s football career began at the Argentine club Independiente where, on 5 July 2003, he became the youngest player to play in the Argentine Primera División at 15 years and 35 days, breaking the 27-year record previously set by Diego Maradona.
He went to La Liga club Atlético Madrid in a €23 million deal in 2006, establishing himself as one of the world’s top young players and one of the most productive players in La Liga, earning the Don Balón, the Golden Boy, and the World Soccer Young Player of the Year. While at Madrid, he won the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Super Cup.
In 2011, he joined Premier League team Manchester City for a reported value of £35 million. During his ten years with the club, he won five league titles, including a last-second winner in the last league game of his first season to give the club its first league title in 44 years. He also won a record six EFL Cups and an FA Cup with the club, and he played in the club’s first UEFA Champions League final.
Caption: Sergio Aguero chasing the ball (Source: Stu Forster)
He earned the Premier League Golden Boot and was named to the PFA Team of the Year twice. With 184 goals, he is the fifth all-time Premier League striker and the best non-English scorer in the competition.
He held the record for the most Premier League goals scored by a single player for any single club until Harry Kane broke it in 2022. Moreover, this player joined Barcelona on a free transfer in 2021, before retiring from football at the age of 33 due to illness the following year. He appeared in just four games for the club, scoring one in the first El Clásico of the 2021-22 season.
International Career
Coming to his international career, he represented the Argentina under-20 team as they won the 2005 and 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cups. He competed in the 2008 Olympics, scoring two goals against Brazil in the semi-finals as Argentina won gold.
Caption: Sergio Aguero representing Argentina in a tournament (Source: Pinterest)
Moreover, this player is Argentina’s third-highest all-time goalscorer, with over 100 caps. He has played in three FIFA World Cups (2010, 2014, and 2018) and five Copa Américas (2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, and 2021), winning the Copa América in 2021.
Net Worth 2024
As of 2024, this former professional football player has an estimated net worth of $80 million. He has been able to make good fortune from his football career, contract, bonus, brand endorsement, advertisement, and different ventures.
Relationship Status
Caption: Sergio Aguero with his girlfriend, Karina Tejeda (Source: The Sun)
Sergio Aguero currently dating his girlfriend, Karina Tejeda. By profession, Karina is a Pop Star in the South American Country. The couple is open about their relationship and has been in several time public places.
However, he was married to Giannina Maradona (daughter of legendary footballer Maradona) in the past. The couple has a son named Benjamin. Meanwhile, the couple divorced in 2012.
Sergio Aguero – Body Measurements
Caption: Sergio Aguero with Argentine footballer, Lionel Messi (Source: Marca.com)
This former footballer stands 5 feet 8 inches tall (1.73 m) and weighs around 77 kg (170 lbs). In addition, he has a pair of dark brown eyes with black hair color and his body measurement is 40-32-13.5 inches.
Social Media
On his Instagram page ‘@kunaguero’ there are over 30.9 million. Likewise, there are over 16.7 million followers on his Twitter page ‘@aguerosergiokun’, and over 23 million followers on his Facebook page.
In addition, he has an official self-titled YouTube channel and there are over 4.32 million subscribers on the channel.