Maximiliano Meza

Maximiliano Eduardo Meza (born 15 December 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Argentine Primera Division club Independiente.

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. 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. He was assigned shirt number 32. 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. He was later part of the squads that won the 2019–20 Apertura and 2019–20 Copa MX. He made his debut on 27 March against Spain, playing the full ninety minutes of a 6–1 defeat at the Wanda Metropolitano. 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. He made his first World Cup appearance on 16 June versus Iceland. He made Lionel Scaloni's initial forty-man squad for the 2019 Copa América, but was removed for the final tournament.

Career statistics Club

2017–18

2018–19

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2018–19

2019–20

2020–21

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International updated|match played 1 February 2022| Liga MX All-Star: 2024