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Javier Matías Pastore (born 20 June 1989) is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Argentina national football team as an attacking midfielder. He started his career with Talleres and then Huracán in his native Argentina before moving to Serie A team Palermo in 2009 for a fee of reported €4.7 million. In 2011 Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain bought him for a reported €39.8 million.

Huracán

<\/STRONG>During the 2008 season, he was loaned to Huracán of the Argentine Primera. Pastore made his professional debut for Huracán on 24 May 2008 in a 1–0 loss with River Plate. In the 2009 Clausura championship, he established himself as a regular first team player for the club under the management of Ángel Cappa. This was his breakthrough tournament, where his side narrowly missed out on the championship title. His performance against River Plate was particularly lauded where he opened the scoring with a 25-yard shot and then scored again with a piece of individual brilliance helping Huracán win 4–0 in the club's biggest win against River Plate in over 60 years. He ended up as the team's top scorer with seven goals and three assists. Pastore and teammate Matías De Federico were integral to Huracán's title challenge that season.

Palermo

<\/STRONG>On 11 July 2009 Palermo formally announced the signing of Pastore for five years until 30 June 2014, with the transfer fee being about €4.7 million. Before his move to Palermo, the player was also linked to number of other top European clubs, including Manchester United, FC Porto, AC Milan, and Chelsea.

His debut was on 15 August in the Coppa Italia, while his debut in Serie A was eight days later. His breakthrough game was on 4 October against Juventus, when he assisted Edinson Cavani's goal in a 2–0 win, appearing in all the websites and national newspapers. He scored his first Serie A goal on 30 January 2010 in a 2–4 away defeat to Bari. In his first season at Palermo, Pastore proved himself as being a promising but inexperienced youngster, playing mostly as a second half substitute under head coaches Walter Zenga and, later, Delio Rossi.

He then established himself as a regular under the tutelage of Rossi, playing usually in a role behind the regular striking duo of Fabrizio Miccoli and Edinson Cavani. Thanks to his performances, all praised by fans and pundits, Palermo finished off the season in 5th place, qualifying for the Europa League. In the 2010–11 season, on 14 November, Pastore scored his first career hat-trick in a derby match against Catania. On 30 July 2011, Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini revealed that a fee had been agreed over Javier Pastore's transfer to PSG.

Paris Saint-Germain

<\/STRONG>On 6 August 2011, Paris Saint-Germain formally announced the signing of Pastore, wearing the number 27. The transfer fee throughout was €39.8 million. However due to third-party ownership by his agent Marcelo Simonian, which would received €12.5 million (not known it included agent fee or not) and Palermo announced through its website, said the club only received €22.8 million.

The president of Palermo, Maurizio Zamparini, had started the legal action, despite FIGC did not allowed any Italian club formed any agreement with third parties, which Zamparini risked a sports punishment for himself. Pastore scored his first goal in a Ligue 1 match against Stade Brest in a 1-0 win on 11 September 2011.<\/P>","0C852134AA40B2DD":"1","A7F9B63E25A659E5":"Javier Pastore","A16D5E6475634BB126EF698FB3550B8C":"900000.00","DA5E7C1A0F1CB829A66A16651D2472FD":"Italy,Argentina","82CBDCB828DBDF896209A361CA981BCF":"","0A9B0394F31973591937C38F2F471911":"Elche,AS Roma,Paris Saint-Germain,Palermo,CA Huracan,Talleres Cordoba,Talleres Cordoba(U20)","0FCC2F07B9D0EBFD":"Qatar SC","8DC362CCE065919BCF40467C0DE6A7E8":"
Individual
<\/STRONG>Serie A Young Footballer of the Year: 2010","e_index":1};