Maxi Biancucchi
| 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 | 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.
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]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.
Flamengo
[edit]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]
Cruz Azul
[edit]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]
Vitória
[edit]On 15 January 2013, Biancucchi signed with Vitória, returning to Brazilian football after about four years.[6][7]
Bahia
[edit]He and his brother Emanuel joined Bahia on 9 January 2014.[8]
Ceará
[edit]Biancucchi started playing for Ceará on 16 January 2017.[9]
Personal life
[edit]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]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 18 September 2014
| 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 | |
Honours
[edit]Sportivo Luqueño
- Liga Paraguaya Apertura: 2007
Flamengo
- Taça Guanabara: 2008
- Taça Rio: 2009
- Campeonato Carioca: 2009
- Série A: 2009
Olimpia
- Liga Paraguaya Clausura: 2011
Vitória
Ceará
- Campeonato Cearense: 2017
References
[edit]- ^ Nascimento*, Vinícius (23 December 2019). "Campeão na dupla Ba-Vi, Maxi Biancucchi anuncia aposentadoria". Jornal CORREIO | Notícias e opiniões que a Bahia quer saber (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "No lugar da cumbia, o argentino quer dançar funk" (in Portuguese). JB Online. 14 August 2007. Retrieved 30 August 2007. [dead link]
- ^ "Santos vence Flamengo por 3 a 0 e afunda o rival" (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 5 August 2007. Retrieved 30 August 2007.
- ^ "Estrangeiros do Flamengo" (in Portuguese). Flapedia. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
- ^ "Atacante do Fla e zagueiro do Flu vão para o futebol mexicano" (in Portuguese). Esporte iG. 5 January 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
- ^ "Contratações confirmadas" (in Portuguese). Esporte Clube Vitória. 15 January 2013. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ "Vitória confirma Maxi Biancucchi e mais dois reforços para temporada" (in Portuguese). Placar. 15 January 2013. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ "Dose dupla: Bahia anuncia irmãos Emanuel e Maxi Biancucchi". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 9 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ^ "Via SMS, Maxi Biancucchi é anunciado como novo reforço do Ceará para 2017". globoesporte.com. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ "Santos vence Flamengo por 3 a 0 e afunda o rival" (in Portuguese). Esportes Último Segundo iG/Gazeta Esportiva. 5 August 2007. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
- ^ "TZ-Online" (in German). UOL Esporte. 1 October 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
External links
[edit]- (in Portuguese) Bio at Brazilian FA database
- (in Portuguese) Player Profile@ Flamengo.com
- Maxi Biancucchi at Soccerway
- 1984 births
- Living people
- People of Marchesan descent
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen
- Argentine people of Italian descent
- Sportspeople of Italian descent
- Argentine men's footballers
- Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe
- Men's association football forwards
- San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
- Club Libertad footballers
- Sportivo Luqueño players
- CR Flamengo footballers
- General Caballero Sport Club footballers
- Cruz Azul footballers
- Club Olimpia footballers
- Esporte Clube Vitória players
- Esporte Clube Bahia players
- Ceará Sporting Club players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Liga MX players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay
- Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay