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Meza with Argentina at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Maximiliano Eduardo Meza | ||
Date of birth | (1992-12-15) 15 December 1992 (age 32) | ||
Place of birth | General Paz, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Monterrey | ||
Number | 32 | ||
Youth career | |||
Gimnasia y Esgrima | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2016 | Gimnasia y Esgrima | 100 | (12) |
2016–2018 | Independiente | 55 | (6) |
2019– | Monterrey | 5 | (2) |
International career | |||
2018– | Argentina | 10 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:53, 9 February 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:53, 9 February 2019 (UTC) |
Maximiliano Eduardo Meza (born 15 December 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Monterrey and the Argentina national team.
Career
Club
Meza began his career in the youth ranks of Gimnasia y Esgrima, he was promoted into the first-team in 2012 and subsequently made his professional debut on 10 December against Deportivo Merlo in the Primera B Nacional, he made fourteen league appearances in total in Gimansia's promotion-winning season of 2012–13. In the following season, Meza became a regular for the club as he made thirty-six appearances and scored five goals; the first five goals of his career. Over the next three league campaigns he made fifty-three appearances in all competitions while scoring seven goals, the last coming versus Colón on 23 May 2016.
On 18 September 2016, a week after making his 100th league appearance for Gimnasia, he left the club to sign for fellow Primera División club Independiente. His Independiente debut came in a 2016 Copa Sudamericana Round of 16 match against Brazilian side Chapecoense on 22 September. During the 2017–18 season, Meza made nine appearances and scored three goals in Independiente's 2017 Copa Sudamericana winning campaign. In December 2018, Meza completed a move to Mexican football by joining Monterrey of Liga MX; signing a five-year contract. He was assigned the shirt number 32.
International
In March 2018, Meza was called up to the Argentina squad for friendlies with Italy and Spain later that month. He made his debut on 27 March against Spain, playing the full ninety minutes of a 6–1 defeat at the Wanda Metropolitano. Meza was selected in Argentina's official squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup on 21 May, having previously made the preliminary squad on 14 May. He made his first World Cup appearance on 16 June versus Iceland.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 9 February 2019
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Gimnasia y Esgrima | 2012–13 | Primera B Nacional | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
2013–14 | Primera División | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 5 | |
2014 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
2015 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4 | |||
2016 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |||
2016–17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
Total | 100 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 12 | ||
Independiente | 2016–17 | Primera División | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
2017–18 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 7 | ||
2018–19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
Total | 55 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 83 | 11 | ||
Monterrey | 2018–19 | Liga MX | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Career total | 159 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 195 | 24 |
- Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
- Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
- Appearance(s) in the Recopa Sudamericana
- Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores
- Appearance(s) in the Suruga Bank Championship
International
- As of 1 February 2019
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Argentina | 2018 | 10 | 0 |
Total | 10 | 0 |
Honours
Independiente
References
- ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2018. p. 1. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ "Maximiliano Meza profile". Soccerway. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "Maximiliano Meza profile". ESPN FC. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- "Meza fue vendido a Rayados de Monterrey". TyC Sports. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- "Meza fue presentado en Monterrey". IAM Noticias. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- "Lista de convocados". Argentine Football Association. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- "Jorge Sampaoli dio la lista de jugadores locales para los amistosos de la selección: Maximiliano Meza, la sorpresa". La Nación. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- "Spain 6-1 Argentina: goals, as it happened, report". AS. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- "Lionel Messi, Paulo Dybala highlight 35-man Argentina World Cup squad". ESPN. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- "Argentina World Cup squad: Paulo Dybala included but Mauro Icardi misses out on 23-man group for Russia". The Independent. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
External links
- Maximiliano Meza at Soccerway
C.F. Monterrey – current squad | |
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Argentina squad – 2018 FIFA World Cup | ||
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- People from Corrientes Province
- Argentine footballers
- Argentina international footballers
- 2018 FIFA World Cup players
- Association football midfielders
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Argentine Primera División players
- Primera B Nacional players
- Liga MX players
- Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata footballers
- Club Atlético Independiente footballers
- C.F. Monterrey players