Maximiliano Meza (footballer, born 1992)

Not to be confused with Maximiliano Meza (footballer, born 1997).

Maximiliano Meza

Meza with Argentina at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Maximiliano Eduardo Meza [1]
Date of birth	(1992-12-15) 15 December 1992 (age 32) [1]
Place of birth	Caá Catí, Argentina [2]
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [3]
Position	Winger
Team information
Current team	River Plate
Number	8
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)
2019–2024	Monterrey	200	(29)
2024–	River Plate	14	(4)
International career‡
2018–2022	Argentina	11	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:09, 14 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 02:13, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Maximiliano Eduardo Meza (born 15 December 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for River Plate. ^{[2] [4]}

Club career

Gimnasia

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]

Independiente

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]

Monterrey

In January 2019, Meza moved abroad and joined Mexican club Monterrey; signing a five-year contract. ^[6] He was assigned shirt number 32. ^[7] He 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]

River Plate

In August 2024, Meza returned to Argentina and joined River Plate.

International career

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]}

Career statistics

Club

As of 16 May 2021 ^{[2] [4]}

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		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

1. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
2. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
3. Appearance(s) in Recopa Sudamericana
4. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
5. Appearance in Suruga Bank Championship
6. Appearance(s) in CONCACAF Champions League
7. Appearance(s) in FIFA Club World Cup

International

As of match played 1 February 2022 ^[2]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Argentina	2018	10	0
	2022	1	0
Total		11	0

Honours

Independiente ^[2]

• Copa Sudamericana: 2017
• Suruga Bank Championship: 2018

Monterrey ^[8]

• Liga MX: Apertura 2019
• Copa MX: 2019–20
• CONCACAF Champions League: 2019, 2021

Individual

• CONCACAF Champions League Team of the Tournament: 2021 ^[18]

References

1. "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.
2. "Maximiliano Meza profile". Soccerway. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
3. "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: CF Monterrey" (PDF). FIFA. 5 December 2019. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2019.
4. "Maximiliano Meza profile". ESPN FC. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
5. "Maximiliano Meza, de Caá Catí al mundo". Ser Argentino. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
6. "Meza fue vendido a Rayados de Monterrey". TyC Sports. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
7. "Meza fue presentado en Monterrey". IAM Noticias. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
8. "Monterrey secure aggregate win over Tigres in CONCACAF Champions League final". ESPN. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
9. "Lista de convocados". Argentine Football Association. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
10. "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.
11. "Spain 6-1 Argentina: goals, as it happened, report". AS. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
12. "Lionel Messi, Paulo Dybala highlight 35-man Argentina World Cup squad". ESPN. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
13. "Argentina World Cup squad: Paulo Dybala included but Mauro Icardi misses out on 23-man group for Russia" . The Independent. 21 May 2018. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
14. "Argentina derrota a México y se queda con la Copa Adidas 2018". 17 November 2018.
15. "Argentina vs. Mexico - 17 November 2018 - Soccerway".
16. "Los 40 preseleccionados por Lionel Scaloni para la Copa América". Marca. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
17. "Lista de convocados para la Copa América". Marca. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
18. "Funes Mori, Ochoa highlight 2021 SCCL Team Of The Tournament". CONCACAF Champions League. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

External links

• Maximiliano Meza at Soccerway