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''.
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| 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] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| 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[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | — | 18 | 7 | ||
| 2006–07 | Argentine Primera División | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 19 | 8 | ||
| Total | 35 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 41 | 15 | |||
| Real Madrid | 2006–07 | La Liga | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 23 | 2 | |
| 2007–08 | La Liga | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 34 | 9 | ||
| 2008–09 | La Liga | 34 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 7[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 44 | 24 | |
| 2009–10 | La Liga | 32 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | — | 40 | 29 | ||
| 2010–11 | La Liga | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | — | 25 | 13 | ||
| 2011–12 | La Liga | 35 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 12[lower-alpha 2] | 3 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 54 | 26 | |
| 2012–13 | La Liga | 28 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 9[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 44 | 18 | |
| Total | 190 | 107 | 21 | 4 | 48 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 264 | 121 | ||
| Napoli | 2013–14 | Serie A | 32 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 9[lower-alpha 4] | 5 | — | 46 | 24 | |
| 2014–15 | Serie A | 37 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 16[lower-alpha 5] | 8 | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 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[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 55 | 32 |
| 2017–18 | Serie A | 35 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 50 | 23 | |
| 2019–20 | Serie A | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 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[lower-alpha 7] | 2 | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 22 | 8 |
| Chelsea (loan) | 2018–19 | Premier League | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 8] | 0 | 19 | 5 |
| Inter Miami | 2020 | MLS | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | |||
| 2021 | MLS | 30 | 12 | — | — | — | 30 | 12 | ||||
| 2022 | MLS | 28 | 16 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 9] | 0 | 31 | 16 | ||
| Total | 67 | 29 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 70 | 29 | |||
| Career total | 530 | 279 | 48 | 13 | 121 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 711 | 335 | ||
- Appearances in Copa Libertadores
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- 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
- Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance in the EFL Cup
- Appearance in MLS Cup Playoffs
International
Higuaín in Argentine colours
| 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 |
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| 1 | 10 October 2009 | Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Peru | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 3 March 2010 | Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany |  Germany | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 3 | 17 June 2010 | FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa |  South Korea | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup |
| 4 | 3–1 | |||||
| 5 | 4–1 | |||||
| 6 | 27 June 2010 | FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa |  Mexico | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup |
| 7 | 7 September 2010 | Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina |  Spain | 2–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 8 | 16 July 2011 | Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe, Argentina |  Uruguay | 1–1 | 1–1 (4–5 p) | 2011 Copa América |
| 9 | 6 September 2011 | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh |  Nigeria | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 10 | 7 October 2011 | Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina |  Chile | 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 |  Ecuador | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 14 | 7 September 2012 | Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina |  Paraguay | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 15 | 11 September 2012 | Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru | Peru | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 16 | 16 October 2012 | Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile | Chile | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 17[lower-alpha 1] | 6 February 2013 | Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden |  Sweden | 3–1 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 18 | 22 March 2013 | Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Venezuela | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 19 | 3–0 | |||||
| 20 | 14 August 2013 | Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy |  Italy | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 21 | 5 July 2014 | Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup |
| 22 | 14 October 2014 | Hong Kong Stadium, Wan Chai, Hong Kong |  Hong Kong | 2–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
| 23 | 4–0 | |||||
| 24 | 20 June 2015 | Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile |  Jamaica | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2015 Copa América |
| 25 | 30 June 2015 | Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción, Chile | Paraguay | 6–1 | 6–1 | 2015 Copa América |
| 26 | 28 May 2016 | Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina |  Honduras | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 27 | 18 June 2016 | Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United States | Venezuela | 1–0 | 4–1 | Copa América Centenario |
| 28 | 2–0 | |||||
| 29 | 21 June 2016 | NRG Stadium, Houston, United States |  United States | 3–0 | 4–0 | Copa América Centenario |
| 30 | 4–0 | |||||
| 31 | 6 October 2016 | Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru | 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
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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]
- La Liga: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12
- Copa del Rey: 2010–11; runner-up 2012–13
- Supercopa de España: 2008, 2012
Napoli[8]
- Coppa Italia: 2013–14
- Supercoppa Italiana: 2014
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
- UEFA Europa League: 2018–19[11]
- EFL Cup runner-up: 2018–19[12]
Argentina[8]
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2014
- Copa América runner-up: 2015,[13] 2016
Individual
- Serie A top scorer: 2015–16
- 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]
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.
- "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 Italian). Eurosport. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- "Gonzalo Higuain". Fox Sports (in Italian). Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- Gonzalo Higuaín at Soccerway
- Higuain Statistics Archived 8 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
- "Sweden vs Argentina". ESPN.
- "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". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- McNulty, Phil (29 May 2019). "Chelsea 4–1 Arsenal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- McNulty, Phil (24 February 2019). "Chelsea 0–0 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- "Chile 0–0 Argentina (Chile win 4–1 on penalties)". BBC Sport. 5 July 2010. 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 Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Gran Galà del calcio, la Juventus fa incetta di premi" (in Italian). 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.
- Das Ist das ESM-Team der Saison: Die Top-11 des Europäischen Fußballs (in German). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - 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.
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