Ángel Di María, Argentina footballer: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Ángel Di María is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right winger or attacking midfielder for and captains Argentine Primera División club Rosario Central. Known for his dribbling and playmaking, Di María is the all-time Argentine top assist provider in the UEFA Champions League (41) and ranks second overall.

Di María began his career with Rosario Central but first came into prominence at Benfica after signing for the club in 2007, aged 19. He helped Benfica win the Primeira Liga, the club's first league title in five years, and two Taça da Liga titles. In 2010, Di María moved to Spanish club Real Madrid in a transfer worth €25 million, where he won the 2011–12 La Liga title and the 2013–14 Champions League, amongst other honours. In 2014, Di María was selected in the FIFPRO Men's World 11 and the UEFA Team of the Year. After a falling out with the board at Madrid, he signed for Manchester United in 2014 in a then-British record deal worth £59.7 million (€75.6 million), and inherited the iconic number 7 shirt.

After only one season, Di María left England to join Paris Saint-Germain in 2015. In France, Di María won five Ligue 1 titles, five Coupes de France, and four Coupes de la Ligue, which includes three domestic quadruples, and helped the club reach their first Champions League final in 2020. He ranks within the club's top-10 highest goalscorers and is their all-time leader in assists, with 112. He joined Italian side Juventus for free in the summer of 2022, before returning to Benfica in 2023. In 2024–25, he helped Benfica win the Taça da Liga title. He returned to his boyhood club Rosario in 2025, winning the Primera División in his first season back.

Di María debuted for Argentina internationally in 2008. Playing for the country's Olympic team at the 2008 Olympic Games, Di María scored the winning goal against Nigeria in the final to win Argentina their second successive Olympic gold medal in football. He has 145 caps for his country, including appearing in ten major tournaments; he featured in four FIFA World Cups for Argentina; helping his country reach the final in 2014 and win its third World Cup in 2022, scoring the second goal in the final. Furthermore, Di María was also part of the Argentina squads that reached four Copa América finals, in 2015, 2016, 2021 and 2024, winning the latter two; he netted the only goal in the 2021 final to win Argentina their first trophy in 28 years. He retired from the national team after winning the 2024 Copa América final.