We Want Ezequiel Garay to Join Lazio!

Name: Ezequiel Marcelo Garay
Date of Birth: October 10, 1986
Place of Birth: Rosario (Argentina)
Height: 1.89 meters
Weight: 83 kilos
Position: Defender

Ezequiel Marcelo Garay (born October 10, 1986 in Rosario) is an Argentine football player, who plays for Real Madrid. He was Racing Santander on loan for the 2008-2009 season but has now returned to the former. His main position is as central defender however he can also play at right back and other positions. While at Racing Santander, he proved himself to be a consistent set-piece taker, regularly scoring free-kicks and penalties.

At the early age of 18, Ezequiel Garay made his professional debut in 2004 for his home town club, Newell's Old Boys, in the Argentine Primera. His first match was an important one against Gimnasia de La Plata where he helped Los Leprosos clinch the Apertura championship.

His profile was raised even higher in 2005 where he was a part of Argentina's U-20 World Cup winning side which included such young stars like Lionel Messi, Sergio Agüero, Fernando Gago, and Oscar Ustari. Garay made 12 more appearances for Newell's in 2005 and had the honor of scoring his first goal for the club in a 2-1 win over Rosario Central in the Rosario derby. He ended up transferring to Racing de Santander in the Spanish Primera in late 2005 after only making 13 appearances for Newell's at the professional level.

After a short and expected settling in period during his first partial season, Garay established himself as a first team regular for Racing that fall where he featured in central defense. He started 30 of Racing's 38 league matches in 2006/2007 where he not only provided tidy defending, but also displayed polished offensive skills as he netted nine goals that season. Most of these came from the penalty spot as his ability to strike a free kick made him an unusual commodity, a talented defender who also had advanced technical skills.

Once again, he displayed a knack for performing well in big situations as his initial strike for Racing was a beautiful free kick against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu. In the return fixture, he bagged a brace from the penalty spot in Racing’s memorable win over Los Blancos which, at the time, looked like it might derail Madrid’s bid for the Primera title that year. Even more impressive in Garay’s performance was the fact that his mistake allowed Madrid to initially take the lead before his late game heroics helped Los Verdiblancos gain a memorable result. Racing ended up finishing 10th that season which was their best finish since returning to the Primera in 2002. His performance at the club level earned Garay a few call-ups to the senior Argentina national team where he expects to establish himself in central defense for the next World Cup.

The 2007–2008 season was a mixed bag for Garay at Racing. While he played a large part in Racing finishing 6th in the Primera which secured a UEFA Cup spot for next season, injuries limited him to only playing in 22 league matches. However, with his considerable talent as well as increased profile, he was already well on the radar screen of many top clubs.

In 2008, Racing sold him to Real Madrid but they can use him on loan until June 2009.

Is this a rumour or Football Manager talent only?

He was one of the best defenders in Spain with Racing and he would not be a Real Madrid player if it was Football Manager talent..

A lethal defender who can score! If you havent seen how commanding this centre back is in real life than you would know that he will be available if we go for him as Perez is cleaning out the closet!

Real surely won't need him after losing Cannavaro.

El MaEsTro wrote:

He was one of the best defenders in Spain with Racing and he would not be a Real Madrid player if it was Football Manager talent..

A lethal defender who can score! If you havent seen how commanding this centre back is in real life than you would know that he will be available if we go for him as Perez is cleaning out the closet!

I meant you're a FM talent

Garay is owned by Barca... chill down..they signed him last summer and was loaned out ... or it was Madrid I don't know .. but for sure he has a contract with one of those two teams

its madrid.

What about caceres from barca, its not like he EVER EVER ´plays and they will have milito back for next season-

I admire everyone has dreams, but you guys can't be serious?

He would be a lot of money, and why would he leave madrid when cannavaro is gone...he will take over this role as CB and be important for them..

His market value is not over 10million.. i am sure of that.. REAL MADRID over pay to get their players

valdanito_10 wrote:

its madrid.

What about caceres from barca, its not like he EVER EVER ´plays and they will have milito back for next season-

I was thinking about Caceres the other day too, but they will only loan him out this coming season, and to a Spanish side so I guess we don't have too much of a chance. But he would be great in Italy I believe.

Caceres is amazing aswell.. i agree.. he is another defender which would be great to bring over here

The only thing there haven't been any informations that Lazio want Garay or Caceres .. Stop with these topics! Talk only about realistic signings not about players you would love to see in Rome ..

ahaha after Collocini here is Garay))
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