Maxi López
Argentine footballer (born 1984) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maximiliano Gastón López (born 3 April 1984) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker. He holds both an Argentine and an Italian passport.[4][5] He is known as El Rubio ("The Blonde"), and La Gallina de Oro ("The Golden Hen").[6]
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Full name | Maximiliano Gastón López[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1984-04-03) 3 April 1984 (age 40)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–2001 | River Plate | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2004 | River Plate | 70 | (16) |
2005–2007 | Barcelona | 14 | (0) |
2006–2007 | → Mallorca (loan) | 29 | (3) |
2007–2009 | FC Moscow | 22 | (9) |
2009 | → Grêmio (loan) | 25 | (12) |
2010–2014 | Catania | 78 | (23) |
2012 | → Milan (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2012–2013 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 17 | (4) |
2014 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 11 | (1) |
2014–2015 | Chievo | 13 | (1) |
2015–2017 | Torino | 60 | (14) |
2017–2018 | Udinese | 28 | (2) |
2018–2019 | Vasco da Gama | 32 | (10) |
2019–2020 | Crotone | 14 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Sambenedettese | 23 | (3) |
Total | 430 | (97) | |
International career | |||
2001 | Argentina U17 | 5 | (3) |
2001–2004 | Argentina U20 | 29 | (8) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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Formed at River Plate, he spent most of his career in Italy, making 215 Serie A appearances and scoring 46 goals for Catania, A.C. Milan, Sampdoria, Chievo, Torino and Udinese. He also played in Spain for Barcelona and Mallorca, winning the La Liga and UEFA Champions League double with the former in 2006, and for Grêmio and Vasco da Gama in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.