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Stephan El Shaarawy
Early Life
Stephan El Shaarawy was born in the Italian province of Savona on October 27, 1992. His father was of Egyptian nationality and his mother was Italian, hence the nickname which he would later obtain as the "Il Faraone".
Genoa
El Shaarawy started his youth career with Serie A side Genoa; he was scouted at age 14. With 2 years of tough training and working his way up in the youth ranks, El Shaarawy's talents were remarkable. He was called up to the senior squad when he was only 16 years and 55 days old.
He made his debut in an away match against Chievo, coming on for ten minutes. He became the fourth youngest player in the history of Serie A. In that season he only made 3 appearances and made the bench many times.
Padova
In the season of 2010-11, Stephan El Shaarawy was loaned out to Padova who are in Serie B. During his loan time at Padova, El Shaarawy quickly emerged as a key player, leading his side to the promotion playoff finals, where they unfortunately lost to Novara. However El Shaarawy was awarded Serie B Player of the Year in 2011.
AC Milan
On June 25, 2011, Stephan El Shaarawy signed for Serie A side AC Milan. He made his debut on September 18, 2011 in an away game against Napoli in Serie A in a 3-1 defeat. Three days later, he came on for the injured Alexandre Pato and scored his first goal for the Rossoneri in a 1-1 draw against Udinese.
The first half of the season 2011-12 went very well for Stephan El Shaarawy making a total of 7 appearances, rumours spread that El Shaarawy would be sent out on loan again. After having talks with the coach they both reached a mutual decision, in which El Shaarawy would fight for his place.
It was then that his performances for Milan began to improve and have led him to becoming one of the most highly rated youngsters in Italy.
The following year, Stephan El Shaarawy signed a new five-year contract with Milan. He scored his first UEFA Champions League goal on the 3rd of October against Zenit St. Petersburg thus becoming Milan's youngest goal scorer in the competition.
He then went onto to score 2 goals against Napoli in an important league match. His form didn't stop there. Goals came in the next game against Catania scoring 2 goals with the final result ending in a 3-1 victory.
He finished the first half season as the top scorer in the Serie A with 14 goals, and was also Milan's top scorer in all competitions with 16 goals. Eventually the Italian side managed an impressive third place finish.
International Career
Stephan El Shaarawy was originally qualified to play for the Egyptian National Team, but was denied by current coach Hassan Shehata. El Shaarawy then chose to play for Italy; he started with the U-17 team where he took part at both the UEFA U-17 Euro 2009 and the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
On August 15, 2012, after years of work and progression, he finally made his senior debut for Italy in a 2-1 defeat in a friendly against England. He scored his first goal for Italy on his third appearance, which was on November 14, 2012 in a 2-1 win against France.
This year He ended His contract with AC Milan and transfer to france league. He sign new contract with AS Monaco.
Source : http://www.history-of-soccer.org/stephan-el-shaarawy.html
