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 nameGonzalo Gerardo Higuaín[1]
Date of birth (1987-12-10) 10 December 1987 (age 36)[2]
Place of birthBrest, France
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3][4]
Position(s)Striker
Youth career
Club Palermo
1997–2005River Plate
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2007River Plate35(13)
2007–2013Real Madrid190(107)
2013–2016Napoli104(71)
2016–2020Juventus105(48)
2018–2019AC Milan (loan)15(6)
2019Chelsea (loan)14(5)
2020–2022Inter Miami67(29)
Total530(279)
National team
2008Argentina U231(2)
2009–2018Argentina75(31)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Argentina
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up2014 Brazil
Copa América
Runner-up2015 Chile
Runner-up2016 United States
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5][6]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
River Plate2004–05Argentine Primera División40000040
2005–06Argentine Primera División145004[a]2187
2006–07Argentine Primera División178002[a]0198
Total351300624115
Real Madrid2006–07La Liga192202[b]0232
2007–08La Liga258415[b]0349
2008–09La Liga3422217[b]01[c]14424
2009–10La Liga3227107[b]24029
2010–11La Liga1710216[b]22513
2011–12La Liga35225112[b]32[c]05426
2012–13La Liga2816509[b]12[c]14418
Total19010721448852264121
Napoli2013–14Serie A3217529[d]54624
2014–15Serie A37184116[e]81[f]25829
2015–16Serie A353620524238
Total1047111330151214691
Juventus2016–17Serie A3824431251[f]05532
2017–18Serie A3516421051[f]05023
2019–20Serie A32831821[f]04411
Total1054811630123014966
AC Milan (loan)2018–19Serie A156105[g]21[f]0228
Chelsea (loan)2018–19Premier League145202[g]01[h]0195
Inter Miami2020MLS9191
2021MLS30123012
2022MLS2816201[i]03116
Total672920107029
Career total530279481312139124711335
  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 teamYearAppsGoals
Argentina200931
2010106
201195
201284
201354
2014113
201582
2016136
201720
201860
Total7531
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.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
110 October 2009Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Peru1–02–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
23 March 2010Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany  Germany1–01–0Friendly
317 June 2010FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa  South Korea2–04–12010 FIFA World Cup
43–1
54–1
627 June 2010FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa  Mexico2–03–12010 FIFA World Cup
77 September 2010Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Spain2–04–1Friendly
816 July 2011Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe, Argentina  Uruguay1–11–1 (4–5 p)2011 Copa América
96 September 2011Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh  Nigeria1–03–1Friendly
107 October 2011Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Chile1–04–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
113–0
124–1
132 June 2012Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Ecuador2–04–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
147 September 2012Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina  Paraguay2–13–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
1511 September 2012Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru  Peru1–11–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
1616 October 2012Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile  Chile2–02–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
17[a]6 February 2013Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden  Sweden3–13–2Friendly
1822 March 2013Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Venezuela2–03–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
193–0
2014 August 2013Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy  Italy1–02–1Friendly
215 July 2014Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil  Belgium1–01–02014 FIFA World Cup
2214 October 2014Hong Kong Stadium, Wan Chai, Hong Kong  Hong Kong2–07–0Friendly
234–0
2420 June 2015Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile  Jamaica1–01–02015 Copa América
2530 June 2015Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción, Chile  Paraguay6–16–12015 Copa América
2628 May 2016Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina  Honduras1–01–0Friendly
2718 June 2016Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United States  Venezuela1–04–1Copa América Centenario
282–0
2921 June 2016NRG Stadium, Houston, United States  United States3–04–0Copa América Centenario
304–0
316 October 2016Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru  Peru2–12–22018 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.