Pablo Magnín, the ‘9′ of Melgar who does not watch television, checks his cell phone once a day and reads philosophy books

magnin, reinforcement of ‘Domino’ for the entire 2023 season -Liga 1 and Copa Libertadores-, was born in San Jerónimo Norte (Argentina), the city where he just began his career with the lower ranks of Club Libertad. He then joined the minor divisions of Unión de Santa Fe, a club where he finished forging himself as a player.

On March 9, 2010, he made his professional debut in the Second Division at almost 20 years of age. The following year, he achieved promotion with Unión, but he could not stay in the First Division for a long time despite having taken a greater role on the pitch. That is why in 2014 he reached a new promotion with this team.

So the race Pablo Magnin It has been alternating between the First and Second Division. In addition to Unión, the Argentine striker has worn the jerseys of Instituto, San Martín (SJ), Temperley, Sarmiento Junín, and lastly Tigre. The only time he played abroad was in 2016 with San Luis de Chile (one goal in 10 games).

Now it will be his second experience outside his country with nothing more and nothing less than melgar, but not before having left his mark on Tigre. With this club, he managed to be the First National scorer two years in a row (2020 and 2021), also being champion of this division the previous year.

With a total of 33 goals in 77 gamesthe 32-year-old center forward said goodbye to the ‘Azules del Norte’ in style and next year, which begins this weekend, he will undertake one of the greatest challenges of his career in the White City of Arequipa.

An existentialist passionate about music

Pablo Magnin He is a different footballer from the common denominator. He always tries to enjoy his vocation, but he prefers to do it more as a “normal” person than as a celebrity who is seen on television every weekend at a court. It’s the mode he prefers to stick with.

“I go to the bank and I don’t queue. I go to the butcher shop and they give me the meat. I go to the market and they give me this. I have to do a paperwork, I call two people and they do the paperwork for you. All that because I kick the ball. If I didn’t play football I would have to be a normal person.”meditated the striker in an interview with the Argentine media El Litoral.

“I calculate that when I stop playing, those things are not going to happen. So I try to be a normal person. Many kids when they see the first contracts, that they make notes, that people know about them, can get dizzy and take paths that are not the right ones. I try to always be oblivious to that “he added.

In that context, Pablo Magnin, already in his last years as a footballer, sees a future far from the king of sports. He doesn’t agree with continuing in this environment after hanging up his boots. It’s his personal decision and he makes a lot of sense with what he thinks.

In addition, the Argentine ‘9’ is a fairly simple guy who is indifferent to TV programs, social networks or any news on the internet. He doesn’t like that wave. He prefers to stay away from those things and focus on others that he is passionate about such as reading, listening to music (blues, jazz and Argentine rock) and playing the guitar.

“Social networks do not entertain me. I don’t have TV in my house because I don’t watch. I don’t watch those programs that all the people in Argentina watch. But there is a life before that (…) I don’t read newspapers either and I only use my cell phone once a day. Nothing more”revealed.

Evidently, magnin It is totally different from what is often seen in a footballer today. And as a lover of reading, he has a particular interest in philosophy, which he reads, studies and even puts into practice in his own way.

“I read a lot of philosophy. Always old authors. I like existentialists (current oriented to human existence). I read Soren Kierkegaard, Milan Kundera, Albert Camus”counted.

This is, then, the new reinforcement of melgar: a striker who has the ’10’ and Maradona’s signature tattooed on his right leg, who likes to remain oblivious to the modernity of things, but not goals.