Gonzalo Higuaín
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 December 1987
(aged 37)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Brest, France | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3][4] | ||
| Playing position | 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) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career statistics
Club
| 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 | ||
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appearances in Copa Libertadores
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España
- ↑ Five appearances and four goals in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, fourteen appearances and seven goals in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearance in the EFL Cup
- ↑ Appearance in MLS Cup Playoffs
International
| 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.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 October 2009 | Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 2 | 3 March 2010 | Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | |
| 3 | 17 June 2010 | FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup | |
| 4 | 3–1 | |||||
| 5 | 4–1 | |||||
| 6 | 27 June 2010 | FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup | |
| 7 | 7 September 2010 | Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2–0 | 4–1 | Friendly | |
| 8 | 16 July 2011 | Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe, Argentina | 1–1 | 1–1 (4–5 p) | 2011 Copa América | |
| 9 | 6 September 2011 | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly | |
| 10 | 7 October 2011 | Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina | 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 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 14 | 7 September 2012 | Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 15 | 11 September 2012 | Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 16 | 16 October 2012 | Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 17[a] | 6 February 2013 | Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden | 3–1 | 3–2 | Friendly | |
| 18 | 22 March 2013 | Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 19 | 3–0 | |||||
| 20 | 14 August 2013 | Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly | |
| 21 | 5 July 2014 | Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup | |
| 22 | 14 October 2014 | Hong Kong Stadium, Wan Chai, Hong Kong | 2–0 | 7–0 | Friendly | |
| 23 | 4–0 | |||||
| 24 | 20 June 2015 | Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2015 Copa América | |
| 25 | 30 June 2015 | Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción, Chile | 6–1 | 6–1 | 2015 Copa América | |
| 26 | 28 May 2016 | Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | |
| 27 | 18 June 2016 | Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United States | 1–0 | 4–1 | Copa América Centenario | |
| 28 | 2–0 | |||||
| 29 | 21 June 2016 | NRG Stadium, Houston, United States | 3–0 | 4–0 | Copa América Centenario | |
| 30 | 4–0 | |||||
| 31 | 6 October 2016 | Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
- Notes
- ↑ 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
Real Madrid[8]
- La Liga: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12
- Copa del Rey: 2010–11; runner-up 2012–13
- Supercopa de España: 2008, 2012
Napoli[8]
Juventus[8]
- Serie A: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
- Coppa Italia: 2016–17, 2017–18; runner up 2019–20[9]
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2016–17[10]
Chelsea
Argentina[8]
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2014
- Copa América runner-up: 2015,[13] 2016
Individual
- Serie A Team of the Year: 2013–14,[14] 2015–16,[15] 2016–17[16]
- UEFA Europa League Squad of the season: 2013–14, 2014–15[17]
- ESM Team of the Year: 2015–16[18]
- Forward of the "Ideal Team of America": 2006[19]
- FIFA FIFPro World XI 4th team: 2016[20]
- Juventus MVP of the Year: 2016–17,[21] 2017–18[22]
- MLS Comeback Player of the Year: 2022[23]
Gonzalo Higuaín Media
Higuaín during a match in the Champions League group stage against AC Milan in October 2010
Higuaín in a Champions League game against CSKA Moscow in February 2012
Higuaín attempting to dribble past Emir Spahić of Sevilla in February 2013
Higuaín in action against Dnipro in May 2015
Higuaín playing for Juventus in 2017
Higuaín on loan at Chelsea in 2019
Higuaín (#9) celebrates his hat-trick against South Korea with teammates during the World Cup on 17 June 2010.
Higuaín challenging Germany's Mats Hummels and Manuel Neuer in the 2014 World Cup Final
Higuaín with Argentina at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
References
- ↑ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 01 de junio de 2013, en Madrid" [Minutes of the Match held on 1 June 2013, in Madrid] (in español). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. 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 11 June 2019.
- ↑ "Gonzalo Higuaín" (in italiano). Eurosport. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ↑ "Gonzalo Higuain". Fox Sports (in italiano). Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Gonzalo Higuaín at Soccerway
- ↑ Higuain Statistics Archived 8 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
- ↑ "Sweden vs Argentina". ESPN.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "G. Higuaín – Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Coppa: Napoli beat Juventus on penalties". Football Italia. 17 June 2020.
- ↑ Bevan, Chris (3 June 2017). Juventus 1–4 Real Madrid. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40123279. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ↑ McNulty, Phil (29 May 2019). Chelsea 4–1 Arsenal. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48368406. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ↑ McNulty, Phil (24 February 2019). Chelsea 0–0 Manchester City. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47268861. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ↑ Chile 0–0 Argentina (Chile win 4–1 on penalties). 5 July 2010. https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33085977. 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 italiano). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Gran Galà del calcio, la Juventus fa incetta di premi" (in italiano). 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.
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Inter Miami's Gonzalo Higuain named 2022 MLS Comeback Player of the Year". Major League Soccer. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
