Mauro Matias Zarate (born March 18, 1987 in Haedo, Moron Partido, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentine professional football player, currently playing for Al-Sadd in the Qatar National First Division.
Mauro is the brother of Rolando Zarate.
Playing career
Zarate made his full debut on April 21 2004 against Arsenal de Sarandi.
Zarate shared the top-scorer award for the Apertura 2006 with Rodrigo Palacio (Boca Juniors) with 12 goals each.
On June 18, 2007, Zarate signed a 2-year deal with Al-Sadd in the Qatari League in a deal thought to be worth around $20M.
In 2007 Zarate helped the Argentina Under-20 team to win the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, he scored the winning goal in the final against the Czech Republic.
