Ignacio Russo
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ignacio Russo Cordero | ||
| Date of birth | 13 December 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tigre | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Gimnasia de Rosario | |||
| ADIUR | |||
| 2016–2020 | Rosario Central | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2026 | Rosario Central | 7 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Chacarita Jrs. (loan) | 33 | (9) |
| 2023 | → Patronato (loan) | 33 | (7) |
| 2024 | → Instituto (loan) | 38 | (6) |
| 2025 | → Tigre (loan) | 35 | (10) |
| 2026– | Tigre | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:33, 27 December 2025 (UTC) | |||
Ignacio Russo Cordero (born 13 December 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Tigre.[2][1]
Russo started out in Rosario with Gimnasia y Esgrima, before later heading to ADIUR.[3] 2016 saw the forward join Rosario Central.[4] Before his breakthrough into the first-team, he scored three goals in twenty-eight matches for the academy and five goals in nineteen games for the reserves.[4] Russo moved into the senior set-up in late-2020, initially appearing on the substitute's bench for fixtures with River Plate and Banfield in the Copa de la Liga Profesional.[2][5] It was in that competition that he made his debut, as he featured for the final sixteen minutes of a draw away to Banfield on 4 December; having replaced Alan Bonansea.[2][6]
On 11 January 2022, Russo joined Primera Nacional club Chacarita Juniors on a one-year loan deal.[7]
Personal life
Russo is the son of manager and former footballer Miguel Ángel Russo.[8]