Maximiliano Meza (footballer, born 1992)

Not to be confused with Maximiliano Meza (footballer, born 1997).

Maximiliano Meza
Meza with Argentina at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Maximiliano Eduardo Meza[1]
Date of birth (1992-12-15) 15 December 1992 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth Caá Catí, Argentina[2]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 River Plate
Number 8
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)
2024– River Plate 11 (3)
International career‡
2018–2022 Argentina 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:44, 4 December 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 for River Plate.[2][4]

Club career

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Gimnasia

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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

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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

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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]

River Plate

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In August 2024, Meza returned to Argentina and joined River Plate.

International career

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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

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Club

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As of 16 May 2021[2][4]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
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
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in Recopa Sudamericana
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  5. ^ Appearance in Suruga Bank Championship
  6. ^ a b Appearance(s) in CONCACAF Champions League
  7. ^ Appearance(s) in FIFA Club World Cup

International

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As of match played 1 February 2022[2]
National team Year Apps Goals
Argentina 2018 10 0
2022 1 0
Total 11 0

Honours

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Independiente[2]

Monterrey[8]

Individual

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ a b c d "Maximiliano Meza profile". ESPN FC. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Maximiliano Meza, de Caá Catí al mundo". Ser Argentino. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Meza fue vendido a Rayados de Monterrey". TyC Sports. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Meza fue presentado en Monterrey". IAM Noticias. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Monterrey secure aggregate win over Tigres in CONCACAF Champions League final". ESPN. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Lista de convocados". Argentine Football Association. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Spain 6-1 Argentina: goals, as it happened, report". AS. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Lionel Messi, Paulo Dybala highlight 35-man Argentina World Cup squad". ESPN. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "Argentina derrota a México y se queda con la Copa Adidas 2018". 17 November 2018.
  15. ^ "Argentina vs. Mexico - 17 November 2018 - Soccerway".
  16. ^ "Los 40 preseleccionados por Lionel Scaloni para la Copa América". Marca. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  17. ^ "Lista de convocados para la Copa América". Marca. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  18. ^ "Funes Mori, Ochoa highlight 2021 SCCL Team Of The Tournament". CONCACAF Champions League. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
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