Maxi López
López with Barcelona in 2006
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Maximiliano Gastón López | ||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Torino | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2001 | River Plate | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2005 | River Plate | 56 | (13) |
| 2005–2007 | Barcelona | 14 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | → Mallorca (loan) | 29 | (3) |
| 2007–2009 | FC Moscow | 22 | (9) |
| 2009 | → Grêmio (loan) | 25 | (12) |
| 2010–2014 | Catania | 78 | (23) |
| 2012 | → Milan (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 17 | (4) |
| 2014 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Chievo | 13 | (1) |
| 2015– | Torino | 52 | (12) |
| National team | |||
| 2001 | Argentina U17 | 5 | (3) |
| 2001–2004 | Argentina U20 | 29 | (8) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:53, 15 February 2016 (UTC). |
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Maximiliano "Maxi" Gastón López (born 3 April 1984) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Italian club Torino as a forward.
López holds both an Argentine and an Italian passport. He is known as El Rubio ("The Blonde") and La Gallina de Oro ("The Golden Hen").
López started his career in 1997 with River Plate. On 19 August 2001, at the age of 17, he made his senior debut against Talleres de Córdoba. That same season, the player was officially promoted to the senior squad, following five years with the youth program. With River Plate, he was a standout striker and the club won the Torneo Clausura in 2002, 2003 and 2004. López remained with the club until his transfer to Spanish giants Barcelona in January 2005. With River Plate, he made 56 appearances, scoring 13 goals.
In January 2005, Barcelona signed López for €6.2 million following an injury to striker Henrik Larsson. On his UEFA Champions League debut on 23 February 2005, he came on as a second-half substitute for Ludovic Giuly and within four minutes beat Chelsea defender William Gallas to score an equalizer with his first shot for the club, an eventual 2–1 first-leg win. His only other goal for the club came in a Copa del Rey tie against Zamora on 11 January 2006. López failed to break into the club's first team; in his first season in La Liga, he made just 13 league appearances.
López transferred to Mallorca on loan for the 2006–07 season, scoring 3 goals in 25 matches, and returned to Barcelona in the summer of 2007, only to be sold to FC Moscow on 16 August 2007 after a €2 million transfer fee was agreed to by the clubs. With Moscow, López made 22 league appearances and scored 9 goals. On 13 February 2009, Brazilian club Grêmio signed López on a season-long loan. He made his debut the following month in a game against Santa Cruz. His first goal for the club came against São José-PA on 18 March 2009. On 24 June 2009, López was accused of racism by Cruzeiro player Elicarlos in the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores. López denied the charge and, so far, nothing has been proven. López scored four goals in the 2009 Copa Libertadores and the winner in the centenary Gre-Nal derby match. He was scouted as a transfer target by several European clubs, including Catania, Chievo, Genoa and VfL Wolfsburg.
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