Gonzalo Higuaín
Argentine association football player
Gonzalo Higuaín (born 10 December 1987) is an Argentine football player who plays as a striker. He plays for Inter Miami and Argentina national team. He is nicknamed ''El Pipita''.
![]() Higuaín with Juventus in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 10 December 1987||
Place of birth | Brest, France | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3][4] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Inter Miami | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–2005 | River Plate | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2007 | River Plate | 35 | (13) |
2007–2013 | Real Madrid | 190 | (107) |
2013–2016 | Napoli | 104 | (71) |
2016–2020 | Juventus | 105 | (48) |
2018–2019 | → Milan (loan) | 15 | (6) |
2019 | → Chelsea (loan) | 14 | (5) |
2020– | Inter Miami | 60 | (22) |
National team | |||
2008 | Argentina U23 | 1 | (2) |
2009–2018 | Argentina | 75 | (31) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 October 2020 |
Career statisticsEdit
ClubEdit
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental[nb 1] | Other[nb 2] | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
River Plate | 2004–05 | Argentine Primera División | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
2005–06 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 2 | — | 18 | 7 | ||||
2006–07 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 19 | 8 | ||||
Total | 35 | 13 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 15 | |||
Real Madrid | 2006–07 | La Liga | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 23 | 2 | ||
2007–08 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | — | 5 | 0 | — | 34 | 9 | ||||
2008–09 | 34 | 22 | 2 | 1 | — | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 24 | |||
2009–10 | 32 | 27 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 2 | — | 40 | 29 | ||||
2010–11 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | — | 6 | 2 | — | 25 | 13 | ||||
2011–12 | 35 | 22 | 5 | 1 | — | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 26 | |||
2012–13 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 18 | |||
Total | 190 | 107 | 21 | 4 | — | 48 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 264 | 121 | |||
Napoli | 2013–14 | Serie A | 32 | 17 | 5 | 2 | — | 9 | 5 | — | 46 | 24 | ||
2014–15 | 37 | 18 | 4 | 1 | — | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 29 | |||
2015–16 | 35 | 36 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 2 | — | 42 | 38 | ||||
Total | 104 | 71 | 11 | 3 | — | 30 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 146 | 91 | |||
Juventus | 2016–17 | Serie A | 38 | 24 | 4 | 3 | — | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 32 | |
2017–18 | 35 | 16 | 4 | 2 | — | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 23 | |||
2019–20 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | — | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 11 | |||
Total | 105 | 48 | 11 | 6 | — | 30 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 149 | 66 | |||
Milan (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie A | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 8 | |
Chelsea (loan) | 2018–19 | Premier League | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 19 | 5 | |
Inter Miami | 2020 | Major League Soccer | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
Career total | 469 | 251 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 647 | 307 |
- Notes
- ↑ Includes Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Includes Supercopa de España, Supercoppa Italiana
InternationalEdit
- As of match played 26 June 2018[5]
National team | Season | Apps | Goals |
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Argentina[5] | |||
2009 | 3 | 1 | |
2010 | 10 | 6 | |
2011 | 9 | 5 | |
2012 | 8 | 4 | |
2013 | 5 | 4 | |
2014 | 11 | 3 | |
2015 | 8 | 2 | |
2016 | 13 | 6 | |
2017 | 2 | 0 | |
2018 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 75 | 31 |
International goalsEdit
- As of match played 26 June 2018. Argentina score listed first, score column indicates score after each Higuaín goal.[5]
HonoursEdit
ClubEdit
Higuaín (wearing blue) playing for Napoli against future club Juventus in the 2014 Supercoppa Italiana: Higuaín would score both Napoli goals in normal time and also convert in the penalty shoot-out, which Napoli won.
Real Madrid[7]
- La Liga: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12
- Copa del Rey: 2010–11; runner-up 2012–13
- Supercopa de España: 2008, 2012
Napoli[7]
Juventus[7]
- Serie A: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
- Coppa Italia: 2016–17, 2017–18; runner up 2019–20[8]
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2016–17[9]
Chelsea
InternationalEdit
Argentina[7]
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2014
- Copa América runner-up: 2015,[12] 2016
IndividualEdit
Awards
- Serie A Team of the Year: 2013–14,[13] 2015–16,[14] 2016–17[15]
- UEFA Europa League Squad of the season: 2013–14, 2014–15[16]
- ESM Team of the Year: 2015–16[17]
- Forward of the "Ideal Team of America": 2006[18]
- FIFA FIFPro World XI 4th team: 2016[19]
- Juventus MVP of the Year: 2016–17,[20] 2017–18[21]
Performances
Records
- Most goals in a single Serie A season: 36 goals in 2015–16[23]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 01 de junio de 2013, en Madrid" [Minutes of the Match held on 1 June 2013, in Madrid] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ↑ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2019.
- ↑ "Gonzalo Higuaín" (in Italian). Eurosport. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ↑ "Gonzalo Higuain". Fox Sports (in Italian). Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Gonzalo Higuaín at Soccerway
- ↑ Higuain Statistics Archived 8 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "G. Higuaín – Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Coppa: Napoli beat Juventus on penalties". Football Italia. 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ↑ Bevan, Chris (3 June 2017). "Juventus 1–4 Real Madrid". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ↑ McNulty, Phil (29 May 2019). "Chelsea 4–1 Arsenal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ↑ McNulty, Phil (24 February 2019). "Chelsea 0–0 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ↑ "Chile 0–0 Argentina (Chile win 4–1 on penalties)". BBC Sport. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ↑ "Conte miglior allenatore del 2013–14, ma Agnelli: "È permaloso"" [Conte best coach of 2013–14, but Agnelli: "He's touchy"] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Gran Galà del calcio, la Juventus fa incetta di premi" (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ↑ "Buffon named best player". Football Italia. 27 November 2017.
- ↑ "UEFA Europa League squad of the season". UEFA.com. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ↑ Das Ist das ESM-Team der Saison: Die Top-11 des Europäischen Fußballs. kicker (in German). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- ↑ South American Team of the Year Archived 21 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Rsssf.com (16 January 2009). Retrieved on 17 April 2014.
- ↑ "2016 World 11: the reserve teams – FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro.org. 9 January 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ↑ "Gonzalo Higuain, MVP of the season!". Juventus.com. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ↑ "Gonzalo Higuain wins MVP of the Year!". Juventus.com. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ↑ "Luca Toni: Hellas Verona striker shares Serie A golden boot at 38". BBC Sport. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ↑ "Napoli's Gonzalo Higuain sets Serie A goals record with 36 in a season". ESPN. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.