Carlos Zambrano (footballer)

Carlos Zambrano in April 2010

Carlos Augusto Zambrano Ochandarte (* July 10, 1989 in Callao ) is a Peruvian football player.

Club career

Zambrano began his career at Academia Cantolao, where he played from 2000 to 2006. He then moved at the age of 16 years for FC Schalke 04, for whom he played in the A- youth and was captain. Schalke had previously discovered him at the U- 17 World Cup. In his youth, he scored many goals. From the 2008/ 09 season, he was part of the senior squad and played a total of 16 times for the Gelsenkirchen.

For the 2010/11 season he was loaned for two years at FC St. Pauli, St. Pauli also received an option to purchase. At FC St. Pauli, who went as a climber in the season 2010/ 11, Zambrano was the only non- player who is eligible for the DFB foreigners in the squad. After the direct descent of FC St. Pauli in the Bundesliga 2, he wanted to leave the club; a switch to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim burst, however. In March 2011, Zambrano suffered a tendon tear in the hip flexors, which broke out again in June and put him again for a long time out of action.

On 1 April 2012, the FC St. Pauli took the uncommitted in the loan purchase option on time. The contract was for both the 1st and the 2nd Bundesliga. About the transfer modalities, the clubs agreed not to disclose.

For the 2012/13 season Zambrano moved to Eintracht Frankfurt.

National

2005 Zambrano participated with the Peruvian U- 17 team at the U -17 World Cup in their own country and stood by the Vorrundenaus in all three games in the grid. On 26 March 2008 Zambrano played his first game with the Peruvian national team. In a friendly match against Costa Rica, he was in the starting lineup and scored a goal. In the further course of the year, he went to another three appearances in the World Cup qualifiers. His first Plichtspieltreffer he succeeded on September 11, 2012 in a 1-1 draw in World Cup qualifier against Argentina.