Maximiliano_Meza_(footballer,_born_1992)

Maximiliano Meza (footballer, born 1992)

Maximiliano Meza (footballer, born 1992)

Argentine footballer

Maximiliano Eduardo Meza (born 15 December 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club Monterrey.[2][4]

For other people named Maximiliano Meza, see Maximiliano Meza (disambiguation).
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Club career

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]

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] Ahead of January 2019, Meza completed a move to Mexico by joining Monterrey of Liga MX; signing a five-year contract.[6] He was assigned shirt number 32.[7]

Meza 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]

International career

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

Club

As of 16 May 2021[2][4]
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  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. Appearance(s) in CONCACAF Champions League
  7. Appearance(s) in FIFA Club World Cup

International

As of match played 1 February 2022[2]
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Honours

Independiente[2]

Monterrey[8]

Individual

References

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