Maximiliano Meza (footballer, born 1992)
![]() Meza with Argentina at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Maximiliano Eduardo Meza[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 15 December 1992||
Place of birth | Caá Catí, Argentina[2] | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
Club Cambá Porá | |||
Gimnasia y Esgrima | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2016 | Gimnasia y Esgrima | 100 | (12) |
2016–2018 | Independiente | 55 | (6) |
2019–2024 | Monterrey | 200 | (29) |
International career‡ | |||
2018–2022 | Argentina | 11 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:52, 15 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:13, 2 February 2022 (UTC) |
Maximiliano Eduardo Meza (born 15 December 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger.[2][4]
Club career
[edit]Gimnasia
[edit]Meza, off a stint with Club Cambá Porá, was promoted into Gimnasia y Esgrima's 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.[2][4][5] 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.[2]
Independiente
[edit]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.[2][4] During the 2017–18 season, Meza made nine appearances and scored three goals in Independiente's 2017 Copa Sudamericana winning campaign.[2]
Monterrey
[edit]In January 2019, Meza moved abroad and joined Mexican club Monterrey; signing a five-year contract.[6] He was assigned shirt number 32.[7] He made his Monterrey debut on 13 January 2019 against León, before scoring his first goal in his second appearance on 20 January versus Querétaro.[2] Later that year, Meza appeared eight times as the club won the CONCACAF Champions League; coming off the bench in both legs of the final against Tigres UANL.[2][8] He was later part of the squads that won the 2019–20 Apertura and 2019–20 Copa MX.[2] Meza also appeared in three matches and scored once, versus Al Hilal, at the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup.[2]
International career
[edit]In March 2018, Meza was called up to the senior squad for friendlies with Italy and Spain later that month.[9][10] He made his debut on 27 March against Spain, playing the full ninety minutes of a 6–1 defeat at the Wanda Metropolitano.[2][11] 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.[12][13] He made his first World Cup appearance on 16 June versus Iceland.[2] He was part of a team that won the friendly Adidas Cup against Mexico in November 2018[14][15] He made Lionel Scaloni's initial forty-man squad for the 2019 Copa América, but was removed for the final tournament.[16][17]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]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 | Argentine 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 | Argentine Primera División | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
2017–18 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14[b] | 3 | 2[c] | 0 | 36 | 7 | ||
2018–19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
Total | 55 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 83 | 11 | ||
Monterrey | 2018–19 | Liga MX | 19 | 2 | — | 8[f] | 0 | — | 27 | 2 | ||
2019–20 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | 3[g] | 1 | 39 | 4 | |||
2020–21 | 36 | 7 | — | 1[f] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 9 | |||
Total | 84 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 103 | 15 | ||
Career total | 239 | 28 | 18 | 4 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 294 | 38 |
- ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
- ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
- ^ Appearance(s) in Recopa Sudamericana
- ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
- ^ Appearance in Suruga Bank Championship
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in CONCACAF Champions League
- ^ Appearance(s) in FIFA Club World Cup
International
[edit]- As of match played 1 February 2022[2]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Argentina | 2018 | 10 | 0 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 11 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]Independiente[2]
Monterrey[8]
Individual
- CONCACAF Champions League Team of the Tournament: 2021[18]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Maximiliano Meza profile". Soccerway. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: CF Monterrey" (PDF). FIFA. 5 December 2019. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Maximiliano Meza profile". ESPN FC. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "Maximiliano Meza, de Caá Catí al mundo". Ser Argentino. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Monterrey secure aggregate win over Tigres in CONCACAF Champions League final". ESPN. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ "Argentina derrota a México y se queda con la Copa Adidas 2018". 17 November 2018.
- ^ "Argentina vs. Mexico - 17 November 2018 - Soccerway".
- ^ "Los 40 preseleccionados por Lionel Scaloni para la Copa América". Marca. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ^ "Lista de convocados para la Copa América". Marca. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ "Funes Mori, Ochoa highlight 2021 SCCL Team Of The Tournament". CONCACAF Champions League. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
External links
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- Maximiliano Meza at Soccerway
- 1992 births
- Copa Sudamericana-winning players
- Living people
- Footballers from Corrientes Province
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentina men's international footballers
- 2018 FIFA World Cup players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Argentine Primera División players
- Primera Nacional players
- Liga MX players
- Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers
- Club Atlético Independiente footballers
- C.F. Monterrey players
- CONCACAF Champions Cup-winning players