Maximiliano Eduardo Meza (born 15 December 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club Monterrey.[2][4]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Maximiliano Eduardo Meza[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 15 December 1992||
Place of birth | Caá Catí, Argentina[2] | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team 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 | 177 | (25) |
International career‡ | |||
2018–2022 | Argentina | 11 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:19, 3 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:13, 2 February 2022 (UTC) |
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][4][5] 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][4] 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.[6] He was assigned shirt number 32.[7]
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][8] 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]
In March 2018, Meza was called up to the senior squad for friendlies with Italy and Spain later that month.[9][10] He made his debut on 27 March against Spain, playing the full ninety minutes of a 6–1 defeat at the Wanda Metropolitano.[2][11] 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.[12][13] 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[14][15] He made Lionel Scaloni's initial forty-man squad for the 2019 Copa América, but was removed for the final tournament.[16][17]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Gimnasia y Esgrima | 2012–13 | Primera B Nacional | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
2013–14 | Argentine Primera División | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 5 | |
2014 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
2015 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4 | |||
2016 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |||
2016–17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
Total | 100 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 12 | ||
Independiente | 2016–17 | Argentine Primera División | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
2017–18 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14[b] | 3 | 2[c] | 0 | 36 | 7 | ||
2018–19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
Total | 55 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 83 | 11 | ||
Monterrey | 2018–19 | Liga MX | 19 | 2 | — | 8[f] | 0 | — | 27 | 2 | ||
2019–20 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | 3[g] | 1 | 39 | 4 | |||
2020–21 | 36 | 7 | — | 1[f] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 9 | |||
Total | 84 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 103 | 15 | ||
Career total | 239 | 28 | 18 | 4 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 294 | 38 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Argentina | 2018 | 10 | 0 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 11 | 0 |
Independiente[2]
Monterrey[8]
Individual