Maxi López

pemain sepak bola di Argentina
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Maximiliano Gastón López (lahir 3 April 1984) adalah seorang Argentine footballer pesepakbola yang bermain sebagai striker di Serie A klub Milan, pinjaman dari Catania. López juga berkewarganegaraan Italian.Kesalahan pengutipan: Tag <ref> harus ditutup oleh </ref> With the club, López made 22 league appearances scoring 9 goals, but on February 13, 2009, Brazilian club, Grêmio signed López on a 1-year loan from FC Moscow.[1] During his season long loan, the striker managed 11 goals in 25 league starts, and was scouted as a transfer target by several European clubs including Calcio Catania, Chievo Verona, Genoa CFC, Ajax, and Vfl Wolfsburg

Maxi López
Informasi pribadi
Nama lengkap Maximiliano Gastón López
Tanggal lahir 3 April 1984 (umur 40)
Tempat lahir Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tinggi 188 m (616 ft 9+12 in)
Posisi bermain Striker
Informasi klub
Klub saat ini Milan
Nomor 21
Karier junior
1997–2001 River Plate
Karier senior*
Tahun Tim Tampil (Gol)
2001–2005 River Plate 56 (13)
2005–2007 Barcelona 14 (1)
2006–2007Mallorca (loan) 29 (3)
2007–2009 FC Moscow 22 (9)
2009–2010Grêmio (loan) 25 (12)
2010– Catania 64 (22)
2012–Milan (loan) 3 (1)
Tim nasional
2001 Argentina U17 5 (3)
2001–2004 Argentina U20 29 (8)
* Penampilan dan gol di klub senior hanya dihitung dari liga domestik dan akurat per 14 December 2011
‡ Penampilan dan gol di tim nasional akurat per 7 October 2011

Loan to Grêmio

In February 2009 López went out on loan for one year to Gremio and made his debut the following month in a game against Santa Cruz. His first goal for the club came against Esporte Clube São José on March 18, 2009. On June 24, 2009, López was accused of racism by Cruzeirio player Elicarlos in the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores. Lopez denied the charge and, so far, nothing has been proven. Lopez scored four goals in the Copa Libertadores 2009, and the winner in the centenary Gre-Nal derby match.

Catania and Milan

On January 20, 2010 Lopez signed a four-year contract with Calcio Catania, in the Italian Serie A.[2] He scored his first league goal on 7 February 2010 in a 1–0 away win against S.S. Lazio.[3] Lopez went on to score 12 goals in 17 appearances as Catania managed a 12th place finish in the league. During the 2010-11 season Lopez only scored 8 goals, but finished as Catania's leading scorer.[4] On January 27, 2012, Lopez finally reached a deal with Milan and officially signed by Milan on a Loan deal and definitive option to buy him in summer.[5] He scored his first goal as a Milan player on February 11 , 2012 in an away game against Udinese Calcio, equalizing for Milan before going on to assist Stephan El Shaarawy to score the game-winning goal.

International career

Maxi López represented his birth nation of Argentina at Under-15, Under-17 and Under-20 levels, also taking part to the 2003 South American Youth Championship. He is currently eligible for both Argentina and Italy, as he holds both citizenships and has never represented any national team at senior level. In July 2010 he explicitly stated he might accept a call-up from the Azzurri.[6]

Maxilopezian "Church"

Lopez's surprising change of luck from being a criticised forward in River Plate to being signed by world's giants FC Barcelona made him an Internet meme in his native Argentina. Satirical blogs were created lobbying for his inclusion in the Argentinian squad for the 2006 World Cup. After the Argentinian elimination of the cup (without Lopez getting any caps at all) the nature of the meme changed to a series of reasons explaining his lack of time play on Barcelona with hyperbolic claims about Lopez's virility, skilfulness and a supposed affair with the wife of Barcelona's coach Frank Rijkaard which closely resembled Chuck Norris Facts. In interviews, Lopez has stated that he is ok with this unexpected following and the Church of the "White Drogba". (As he is known after missing a crucial Penalty kick for River against Arch-enemies Boca Juniors on the same week Didier Drogba missed one against Egypt in the final of 2006 African Cup of Nations) [7][8]

Personal life

He is currently married to Wanda Nara , and has two children with her.

Club statistics

Per 12 December 2011..
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
River Plate 2001–02 17 1 17 1
2002–03 6 1 6 1
2003–04 17 6 17 6
2004–05 16 5 16 5
Total 56 13 56 13
Barcelona
2004–05 8 0 0 0 2 1 10 1
2005–06 6 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 9 1
Total 14 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 19 2
Mallorca
2006–07 29 3 2 2 31 5
Total 29 3 2 2 31 5
FC Moscow
2007 9 6 9 6
2008 13 3 0 0 1 0 14 3
Total 22 9 0 0 1 0 23 9
Gremio
2009 25 12 0 0 9 4 7 1 41 17
Total 25 12 0 0 9 4 7 1 41 17
Catania
2009–10 17 11 17 11
2010–11 35 8 2 2 37 10
2011–12 14 3 1 1 15 4
Total 66 22 3 3 69 25
Milan
2011–12 3 1 0 0 3 1
Career totals 215 60 7 6 13 5 7 1 242 72

Honours

River Plate

Barcelona

  1. ^ "MAXI LOPÉZ IS OFFICIALLY PRESENTED". Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense. 2009-02-17. Diakses tanggal 2010-01-20. 
  2. ^ Kesalahan pengutipan: Tag <ref> tidak sah; tidak ditemukan teks untuk ref bernama Catania
  3. ^ "Lazio 0–1 Catania". ESPN Star. 2010-02-07. Diakses tanggal 2010-02-07. 
  4. ^ "Maxi Lopez - Performance Data 2010-11 season". transfermarkt.co.uk. 2011-07-01. Diakses tanggal 2011-07-02. 
  5. ^ http://www.football-italia.net/node/15074.  Tidak memiliki atau tanpa |title= (bantuan)
  6. ^ "Catania, Maxi Lopez: "Pronto a indossare la maglia della Nazionale italiana"" (dalam bahasa Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 2010-07-15. Diakses tanggal 2010-07-31. 
  7. ^ "Conocer a Wanda fue mi mejor golazo" (dalam bahasa Spanish). Ole. 2009-01-09. Diakses tanggal 2011-01-07. 
  8. ^ "Los hinchas copan la web" (dalam bahasa Spanish). La Manhana de Cordoba. 2008-01-02. Diakses tanggal 2011-01-07.