Javier Mascherano

Argentine association football player and manager

Javier Alejandro Mascherano (born 8 June 1984) is a former Argentine footballer. He played as a center-back or a defensive midfielder. He has played for Liverpool, Barcelona, and the Argentina national team.

Javier Mascherano
Personal information
Full name Javier Alejandro Mascherano[1]
Date of birth (1984-06-08) 8 June 1984 (age 40)[2]
Place of birth San Lorenzo, Argentina
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Position(s) Centre-back / Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
Estudiantes de La Plata
Number 27
Youth career
1999–2003 River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 River Plate 46 (0)
2005–2006 Corinthians 17 (0)
2006–2007 West Ham United 5 (0)
2007–2010 Liverpool 94 (1)
2010–2018 Barcelona 203 (1)
2018–2019 Hebei China Fortune 53 (0)
2019–2020 Estudiantes de La Plata 10 (0)
Total 428 (2)
National team
2003–2004 Argentina U20 22 (1)
2004–2008 Argentina Olympic 18 (0)
2003–2018 Argentina 147 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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As of 27 November 2019[4][5]
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
River Plate 2003–04 Primera División 21 0 13 0 34 0
2004–05 Primera División 25 0 12 1 37 1
Total 46 0 25 1 71 1
Corinthians 2005 Série A 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
2006 Série A 10 0 2 0 5[b] 0 8[c] 0 25 0
Total 17 0 2 0 5 0 9 0 33 0
West Ham United 2006–07 Premier League 5 0 0 0 0 0 2[d] 0 7 0
Liverpool 2006–07 Premier League 7 0 0 0 0 0 4[e] 0 11 0
2007–08 Premier League 25 1 2 0 1 0 13[e] 0 41 1
2008–09 Premier League 27 0 3 0 0 0 8[e] 0 38 0
2009–10 Premier League 34 0 0 0 1 0 13[f] 1 48 1
2010–11 Premier League 1 0 1 0
Total 94 1 5 0 2 0 38 1 139 2
Barcelona 2010–11 La Liga 27 0 7 0 11[e] 0 45 0
2011–12 La Liga 31 0 6 0 10[e] 0 5[g] 0 52 0
2012–13 La Liga 25 0 6 0 8[e] 0 2[h] 0 41 0
2013–14 La Liga 28 0 7 0 9[e] 0 2[h] 0 46 0
2014–15 La Liga 28 0 7 0 12[e] 0 47 0
2015–16 La Liga 32 0 6 0 8[e] 0 5[i] 0 51 0
2016–17 La Liga 25 1 5 0 8[e] 0 2[h] 0 40 1
2017–18 La Liga 7 0 2 0 2[e] 0 1[h] 0 12 0
Total 203 1 46 0 68 0 17 0 334 1
Hebei China Fortune 2018 Chinese Super League 26 0 1 1 27 1
2019 Chinese Super League 27 0 0 0 27 0
Total 53 0 1 1 54 1
Estudiantes 2019–20 Primera División 7 0 1 0 8 0
Career total 425 2 56 2 2 0 138 2 26 2 646 6

Notes

  1. Includes Copa do Brasil, FA Cup, Copa del Rey Chinese FA Cup, Copa Argentina
  2. All appearances in Copa Libertadores
  3. All appearances in Campeonato Paulista
  4. All appearances in UEFA Cup
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 All appearances in UEFA Champions League
  6. Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and one goal in Europa League
  7. One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in Supercopa de España, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Appearances in Supercopa de España
  9. One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in Supercopa de España, one appearance in FIFA Club World Cup

International

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As of 30 June 2018[6]
Argentina national team
Year Apps Goals
2003 1 0
2004 10 0
2005 3 0
2006 8 0
2007 14 2
2008 9 0
2009 10 0
2010 10 0
2011 13 0
2012 8 0
2013 9 0
2014 15 1
2015 12 0
2016 13 0
2017 6 0
2018 6 0
Total 147 3

International goals

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As of 8 June 2014
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 5 July 2007 Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara, Barquisimeto, Venezuela   Paraguay 1–0 1–0 2007 Copa América
2. 8 July 2007   Peru 4–0 4–0
3. 4 June 2014 Estadio Monumental Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 3–0 Friendly

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 2 July 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Argentina U20 1 January 2022 Present 21 13 1 7 061.9
Total 21 13 1 7 061.9

Honours

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Player

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River Plate

Corinthians

Liverpool

Barcelona

Argentina

Manager

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Argentina U20

Individual

Honours

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River Plate

Corinthians

Barcelona

Argentina

Individual

References

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  1. "Acta del Partido celebrado el 02 de enero de 2016, en Barcelona" [Minutes of the Match held on 2 January 2016, in Barcelona] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  2. "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.
  3. "Javier Mascherano: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  4. "Javier Mascherano Player Profile – ESPN FC".
  5. Javier Mascherano at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  6. "Javier Mascherano". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  7. "Copa América 2015 – Team of the tournament". Archived from the original on 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  8. "UEFA Champions League squad of the season". UEFA. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  9. "Mascherano wins 2013/14 player of the year award". 29 October 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  10. "2015 World XI: the Reserve Teams – FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro.org. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  11. "FIFA FIFPro World XI: the reserve teams – FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro.org. 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  12. "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.
  13. "2016–2017 World 11: the Reserve Teams – FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro.org. 23 October 2017. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  14. "Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon – Official Player Awards". 5 January 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  15. "South American Team of the Year". 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  16. "IFFHS MAN TEAM - CONMEBOL - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 26 January 2021.
  17. "Copa América 2015 – Team of the tournament". Archived from the original on 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  18. "Copa América 2016: Awards". Copa America Organisation. 27 June 2016. Archived from the original on 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  19. "UEFA Champions League squad of the season". UEFA. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  20. "Mascherano wins 2013/14 player of the year award". 29 October 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  21. "2015 World XI: the Reserve Teams – FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro.org. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  22. "FIFA FIFPro World XI: the reserve teams – FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro.org. 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  23. "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.
  24. "2016–2017 World 11: the Reserve Teams – FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro.org. 23 October 2017. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  25. "Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon – Official Player Awards". 5 January 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  26. "South American Team of the Year". 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.