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The city of Cardiff has recruited the 28-year-old from the French club of Nantes
Just three days after signing for Premier League club Cardiff City, Emiliano Sala was on a light plane that disappeared Monday night, confirmed the French authorities. He was one of two people aboard the Piper Malibu, gone off Alderney, in the Channel Islands.
Emiliano Sala was born in Santa Fe Argentina – but it is in France that he 's forged a reputation.
Of the top five scorers in the league this season, Sala scored 12 goals, a score higher than one goal every two games.
This prompted Cardiff to pay Nantes a club record for a man who has spent his entire professional career in the French leagues.
Sala was born on October 31, 1990 in the small rural community of Cululu, Santa Fe province, about 340 km northwest of Buenos Aires.
After having progressed within the youth team of the Argentinean club Proyecto Crecer, he moved to France to sign for Bordeaux.
But, after making his debut at age 21, he fought to buy time and a series of loan moves followed.
He spent respectively 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons at US Orleans and Niort, scoring 37 goals in 74 games.
Emiliano Sala was presented in Cardiff City on Saturday
When he took that goal form in a loan period with Caen in 2015, Nantes had enough – and had bought the 6-foot striker for a reported EUR 1 million.
Three and a half years – and 42 goals later – aroused the interest of the Premier League.
West Ham, Everton, Leicester, Crystal Palace, Fulham and Southampton were all related to Sala, but it was Cardiff who had their man – eclipsing the £ 11 million they paid for Gary Medel to sign.
When her signature was announced, Sala said, "It makes me very happy and I look forward to starting the training, meeting my new teammates and getting to work."
In a later tweet, he wrote, "I know the challenge is great, but together we will achieve it."
Two days later, he published his latest tweet, a photo of him and his former teammates in Nantes. This was subtitled "ciao".
Source: bbc.com
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