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[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Brest, France | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3][4] | ||
| Playing position | 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 statistics
Club
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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[5]
- La Liga: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12
- Copa del Rey: 2010–11; runner-up 2012–13
- Supercopa de España: 2008, 2012
Napoli[5]
Juventus[5]
- Serie A: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
- Coppa Italia: 2016–17, 2017–18; runner up 2019–20[6]
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2016–17[7]
Chelsea
International
Argentina[5]
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2014
- Copa América runner-up: 2015,[10] 2016
International goals
- As of match played 26 June 2018. Argentina score listed first, score column indicates score after each Higuaín goal.[11]
Honours
Individual
Awards
- Serie A Team of the Year: 2013–14,[12] 2015–16,[13] 2016–17[14]
- UEFA Europa League Squad of the season: 2013–14, 2014–15[15]
- ESM Team of the Year: 2015–16[16]
- Forward of the "Ideal Team of America": 2006[17]
- FIFA FIFPro World XI 4th team: 2016[18]
- Juventus MVP of the Year: 2016–17,[19] 2017–18[20]
Performances
Records
- Most goals in a single Serie A season: 36 goals in 2015–16[22]
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
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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 Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Gonzalo Higuain". Fox Sports (in Italian). Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "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. 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.
- ↑ Gonzalo Higuaín at Soccerway
- ↑ "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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Gran Galà del calcio, la Juventus fa incetta di premi" (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "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.
- ↑ Luca Toni: Hellas Verona striker shares Serie A golden boot at 38. 31 May 2015. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32953037. 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.