| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maximiliano Daniel Biancucchi Cuccittini | ||
| Date of birth | 15 September 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| San Lorenzo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | San Lorenzo | 2 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Libertad | 2 | (0) |
| 2005 | General Caballero | 14 | (2) |
| 2005 | Tacuary | 10 | (0) |
| 2006 | Fernando de la Mora | 16 | (6) |
| 2007 | Sportivo Luqueño | 19 | (8) |
| 2007–2009 | Flamengo | 45 | (5) |
| 2010–2013 | Cruz Azul | 26 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | → Olimpia (loan) | 62 | (12) |
| 2013 | Vitória | 23 | (11) |
| 2014–2015 | Bahia | 48 | (7) |
| 2016 | Olimpia | 4 | (1) |
| 2017 | Ceará | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Rubio Ñu | 16 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Maximiliano Daniel Biancucchi Cuccittini (born 15 September 1984), is an Argentine former [1] professional footballer who played as a forward.
Biancucchi started his career playing for San Lorenzo of Argentina. [2] He also played for Paraguayan clubs, including Sportivo Luqueño, where he won the 2006–07 Apertura Championship of the Liga Paraguaya, before joining Brazilian club Flamengo, in July 2007.
Biancucchi played his first match as a Flamengo player on 5 August 2007, a Brazilian Série A match against Santos at Estádio Vila Belmiro, in which he came on as a substitute for Roger. [3] And scored his first goal in a 1–0 win over rivals Fluminense in the 2007 Brazilian Série A.
Maxi ranks sixteenth in a number of appearances by a foreigner for Flamengo in the club's history. [4]
Biancucchi joined Cruz Azul of Mexico in 2010. Maxi scored his first goal for Cruz Azul against Deportivo Toluca. After he scored another goal against Tigres. He later scored 2 goals for Cruz Azul on the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League. [5]
On 15 January 2013, Biancucchi signed with Vitória, returning to Brazilian football after about four years. [6] [7]
He and his brother Emanuel joined Bahia on 9 January 2014. [8]
Biancucchi started playing for Ceará on 16 January 2017. [9]
He is the cousin of Lionel Messi (the son of his mother's sister) and as a result is often nicknamed El primo de Messi ("Messi's cousin"). [10] He is the older brother of Emanuel Biancucchi of Vila Nova in Brazil. [11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | State and Regional League | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| General Caballero | 2005 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 | ||||||
| Tacuary | 2005 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| Fernando de la Mora | 2006 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 6 | ||||||
| Sportivo Luqueño | 2007 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 8 | ||||||
| Flamengo | 2007 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 2 | ||||||
| 2008 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 35 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| Total | 45 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 69 | 7 | |
| Cruz Azul | 2009–10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |||
| Total | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 3 | |||
| Olimpia (loan) | 2011 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 6 | ||
| 2012 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 36 | 7 | |||
| Total | 62 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 72 | 13 | |||
| Vitória | 2013 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 42 | 17 |
| Bahia | 2014 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 4 |
| 2015 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 52 | 15 | |
| Total | 48 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 91 | 19 | |
| Career Total | 263 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 68 | 16 | 373 | 75 | |
Sportivo Luqueño
Flamengo
Olimpia
Vitória
Ceará