Maximiliano Meza (footballer, born 1992)

Maximiliano Eduardo Meza (Spanish pronunciation: [maksimiˈljano ˈmesa]; born 15 December 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or winger for Liga MX club Monterrey and the Argentina national team.[2][3]

For other people named Maximiliano Meza, see Maximiliano Meza (disambiguation).
Maximiliano Meza
Meza playing for Argentina at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Maximiliano Eduardo Meza[1]
Date of birth (1992-12-15) 15 December 1992[1]
Place of birth Caá Catí, Argentina[2]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder / Winger
Club information
Current team
 Monterrey
Number 11
Youth career
Club Cambá Porá
Gimnasia y Esgrima
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Gimnasia y Esgrima 100 (12)
2016–2018 Independiente 55 (6)
2019– Monterrey 69 (5)
National team‡
2018– Argentina 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 November 2018 (UTC)

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][3][4] 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][3] 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.[5] He was assigned shirt number 32.[6]

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][7] 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 Argentina squad for friendlies with Italy and Spain later that month.[8][9] He made his debut on 27 March against Spain, playing the full ninety minutes of a 6–1 defeat at the Wanda Metropolitano.[2][10] 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.[11][12] 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[13][14] He made Lionel Scaloni's initial forty-man squad for the 2019 Copa América, but was removed for the final tournament.[15][16]

Career statistics

Club
As of 6 February 2021[2][3]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gimnasia y Esgrima 2012–13 Primera B Nacional 14020—00160
2013–14 Primera División 365000000365
2014 7010000080
2015 32430—00354
2016 9310—00103
2016–17 2010—0030
Total 1001280000010812
Independiente 2016–17 Primera División 252104[lower-alpha 1]000302
2017–18 1931114[lower-alpha 2]32[lower-alpha 3]0367
2018–19 111114[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 5]0172
Total 55632223308311
Monterrey 2018–19 Liga MX 192008[lower-alpha 6]000272
2019–20 29172—3[lower-alpha 7]1394
2020–21 21200—00212
Total 695728031878
Career total 224231843036127831
  1. Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
  2. Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
  3. Appearance(s) in the Recopa Sudamericana
  4. Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores
  5. Appearance(s) in the Suruga Bank Championship
  6. Appearance(s) in the CONCACAF Champions League
  7. Appearance(s) in the FIFA Club World Cup

International
As of 21 November 2018[2]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Argentina 2018100
Total100

Honours

Independiente[2]

Monterrey[7]

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Maximiliano Meza profile". Soccerway. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  3. "Maximiliano Meza profile". ESPN FC. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. "Maximiliano Meza, de Caá Catí al mundo". Ser Argentino. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  5. "Meza fue vendido a Rayados de Monterrey". TyC Sports. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  6. "Meza fue presentado en Monterrey". IAM Noticias. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  7. "Monterrey secure aggregate win over Tigres in CONCACAF Champions League final". ESPN. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  8. "Lista de convocados". Argentine Football Association. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  9. "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.
  10. "Spain 6-1 Argentina: goals, as it happened, report". AS. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  11. "Lionel Messi, Paulo Dybala highlight 35-man Argentina World Cup squad". ESPN. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  12. "Argentina World Cup squad: Paulo Dybala included but Mauro Icardi misses out on 23-man group for Russia". The Independent. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  13. https://www.everyfutbol.co/2018/11/argentina-derrota-a-mexico-y-se-queda-con-la-copa-adidas-2018.html/amp
  14. https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2018/11/17/world/friendlies/argentina/mexico/2927963/
  15. "Los 40 preseleccionados por Lionel Scaloni para la Copa América". Marca. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  16. "Lista de convocados para la Copa América". Marca. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
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