Franco Di Santo

Franco Matías Di Santo (born 7 April 1989) is an Argentine football player who plays as a striker for Wigan Athletic.

Club career

Audax Italiano

Di Santo began his club career in the Chilean team Audax Italiano. In the 2006–07 season he scored 16 goals in 69 matches, including one goal in six matches in the Copa Libertadores. Then, in 2007 he scored 12 in 17 matches for the club, including one goal in four matches in the Copa Sudamericana. On 25 January 2008, Di Santo transferred to Chelsea.

Chelsea

2007–08 season

Di Santo scored on his debut for Chelsea reserves on 11 February 2008, getting a late equalizer in a 2–2 draw with Fulham reserves and scored his second goal in as many appearances, against Reading reserves on 3 March. On 14 April, he scored his first hat-trick for Chelsea's reserve team against Tottenham Reserves; the most spectacular of the three goals being a volley from a Branislav Ivanović cross that found the top right corner. In the last reserve match of the season, Di Santo scored his seventh goal in eight reserve games against Aston Villa. He finished the 2007–08 reserve season with 12 reserve goals in 8 games, during his time at the west London side he was the tallest player ever to play outfield for chelsea.

2008–09 season

Di Santo trained with the first team in 2008–09 pre-season and flew out with the squad on their tour of China....
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