Lautaro Martínez

Lautaro Martínez
Martínez in 2025
Personal information
Full name Lautaro Javier Martínez
Date of birth (1997-08-22) 22 August 1997
Place of birth Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Inter Milan
Number 10
Youth career
2006–2014 Liniers
2014–2015 Racing Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Racing Club 48 (22)
2018– Inter Milan 237 (115)
International career
2016–2017 Argentina U20 11 (7)
2018– Argentina 70 (32)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Argentina
FIFA World Cup
Winner2022 Qatar
Copa América
Winner2021 Brazil
Winner2024 United States
2019 Brazil
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
Winner2022 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:31, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

Lautaro Javier Martínez (born 22 August 1997), also known mononymously as Lautaro, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Inter Milan, whom he captains, and the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the best forwards in the world, he is known for his goalscoring, positioning inside the box, and link-up play.

Martínez began his senior career with Argentine Primera División side Racing Club, before signing with Inter Milan in 2018 in a transfer worth €22.7 million. With Inter, he has gone on to win two Serie A titles, two Coppa Italias, and reached the final of the UEFA Europa League in 2020 and the UEFA Champions League in 2023 and 2025. He also won the Serie A Most Valuable Player and finished as league top scorer in the 2023–24 season. Martínez currently ranks as Inter Milan's sixth-highest all-time top goalscorer.

Martínez first represented Argentina at youth level, playing in both the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2017 South American U-20 Championship. He made his senior international debut in 2018 and has won the 2021 Copa América, 2022 FIFA World Cup, and 2024 Copa América, winning the Golden Boot as top scorer of the latter and scoring the winner in the final.