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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''.

Gonzalo Higuaín
Higuaín with Juventus in 2019
Personal information
Full name Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín[1]
Date of birth (1987-12-10) 10 December 1987 (age 36)[2]
Place of birth Brest, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3][4]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Club Palermo
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 → AC Milan (loan) 15 (6)
2019 → Chelsea (loan) 14 (5)
2020–2022 Inter Miami 67 (29)
Total 530 (279)
National team
2008 Argentina U23 1 (2)
2009–2018 Argentina 75 (31)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Argentina
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 2014 Brazil
Copa América
Runner-up 2015 Chile
Runner-up 2016 United States
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5][6]
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division 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 Argentine Primera División 14 5 0 0 4[a] 2 — 18 7
2006–07 Argentine Primera División 17 8 0 0 2[a] 0 — 19 8
Total 35 13 0 0 6 2 — 41 15
Real Madrid 2006–07 La Liga 19 2 2 0 2[b] 0 — 23 2
2007–08 La Liga 25 8 4 1 5[b] 0 — 34 9
2008–09 La Liga 34 22 2 1 7[b] 0 1[c] 1 44 24
2009–10 La Liga 32 27 1 0 7[b] 2 — 40 29
2010–11 La Liga 17 10 2 1 6[b] 2 — 25 13
2011–12 La Liga 35 22 5 1 12[b] 3 2[c] 0 54 26
2012–13 La Liga 28 16 5 0 9[b] 1 2[c] 1 44 18
Total 190 107 21 4 48 8 5 2 264 121
Napoli 2013–14 Serie A 32 17 5 2 9[d] 5 — 46 24
2014–15 Serie A 37 18 4 1 16[e] 8 1[f] 2 58 29
2015–16 Serie A 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[f] 0 55 32
2017–18 Serie A 35 16 4 2 10 5 1[f] 0 50 23
2019–20 Serie A 32 8 3 1 8 2 1[f] 0 44 11
Total 105 48 11 6 30 12 3 0 149 66
AC Milan (loan) 2018–19 Serie A 15 6 1 0 5[g] 2 1[f] 0 22 8
Chelsea (loan) 2018–19 Premier League 14 5 2 0 2[g] 0 1[h] 0 19 5
Inter Miami 2020 MLS 9 1 — — — 9 1
2021 MLS 30 12 — — — 30 12
2022 MLS 28 16 2 0 — 1[i] 0 31 16
Total 67 29 2 0 — 1 0 70 29
Career total 530 279 48 13 121 39 12 4 711 335
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España
  4. ↑ Five appearances and four goals in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, fourteen appearances and seven goals in UEFA Europa League
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  8. ↑ Appearance in the EFL Cup
  9. ↑ Appearance in MLS Cup Playoffs

International

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Higuaín in Argentine colours
Appearances and goals by national team and year[5]
National team Year Apps Goals
Argentina 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
Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Higuaín goal.
List of international goals scored by Gonzalo Higuaín[5]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 October 2009 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Peru 1–0 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 3 March 2010 Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany   Germany 1–0 1–0 Friendly
3 17 June 2010 FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa   South Korea 2–0 4–1 2010 FIFA World Cup
4 3–1
5 4–1
6 27 June 2010 FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa   Mexico 2–0 3–1 2010 FIFA World Cup
7 7 September 2010 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Spain 2–0 4–1 Friendly
8 16 July 2011 Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe, Argentina   Uruguay 1–1 1–1 (4–5 p) 2011 Copa América
9 6 September 2011 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh   Nigeria 1–0 3–1 Friendly
10 7 October 2011 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Chile 1–0 4–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 3–0
12 4–1
13 2 June 2012 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Ecuador 2–0 4–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
14 7 September 2012 Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina   Paraguay 2–1 3–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
15 11 September 2012 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru   Peru 1–1 1–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
16 16 October 2012 Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile   Chile 2–0 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
17[a] 6 February 2013 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden   Sweden 3–1 3–2 Friendly
18 22 March 2013 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Venezuela 2–0 3–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
19 3–0
20 14 August 2013 Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy   Italy 1–0 2–1 Friendly
21 5 July 2014 Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil   Belgium 1–0 1–0 2014 FIFA World Cup
22 14 October 2014 Hong Kong Stadium, Wan Chai, Hong Kong   Hong Kong 2–0 7–0 Friendly
23 4–0
24 20 June 2015 Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile   Jamaica 1–0 1–0 2015 Copa América
25 30 June 2015 Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción, Chile   Paraguay 6–1 6–1 2015 Copa América
26 28 May 2016 Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina   Honduras 1–0 1–0 Friendly
27 18 June 2016 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United States   Venezuela 1–0 4–1 Copa América Centenario
28 2–0
29 21 June 2016 NRG Stadium, Houston, United States   United States 3–0 4–0 Copa América Centenario
30 4–0
31 6 October 2016 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru   Peru 2–1 2–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
Notes
  1. ↑ Higuaín is sometimes miscredited as having scored the first goal in this game; however, it was officially recorded as an own goal by Sweden's Mikael Lustig.[7]

Honours

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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[8]

Napoli[8]

Juventus[8]

Chelsea

Argentina[8]

Individual

References

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  1. ↑ "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. Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 18 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 11 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Gonzalo Higuaín" (in Italian). Eurosport. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Gonzalo Higuain". Fox Sports (in Italian). Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Gonzalo Higuaín at Soccerway
  6. ↑ Higuain Statistics Archived 8 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
  7. ↑ "Sweden vs Argentina". ESPN.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "G. Higuaín – Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Coppa: Napoli beat Juventus on penalties". Football Italia. 17 June 2020.
  10. ↑ Bevan, Chris (3 June 2017). "Juventus 1–4 Real Madrid". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  11. ↑ McNulty, Phil (29 May 2019). "Chelsea 4–1 Arsenal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  12. ↑ McNulty, Phil (24 February 2019). "Chelsea 0–0 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  13. ↑ "Chile 0–0 Argentina (Chile win 4–1 on penalties)". BBC Sport. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  14. ↑ "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.
  15. ↑ "Gran Galà del calcio, la Juventus fa incetta di premi" (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  16. ↑ "Buffon named best player". Football Italia. 27 November 2017.
  17. ↑ "UEFA Europa League squad of the season". UEFA.com. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  18. ↑ Das Ist das ESM-Team der Saison: Die Top-11 des Europäischen Fußballs (in German). Retrieved 9 May 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  19. ↑ South American Team of the Year Archived 21 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Rsssf.com (16 January 2009). Retrieved on 17 April 2014.
  20. ↑ "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.
  21. ↑ "Gonzalo Higuain, MVP of the season!". Juventus.com. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  22. ↑ "Gonzalo Higuain wins MVP of the Year!". Juventus.com. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  23. ↑ "Inter Miami's Gonzalo Higuain named 2022 MLS Comeback Player of the Year". Major League Soccer. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
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