Cristian Óscar Maidana (born January 24, 1987) is an Argentine

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who plays as a winger for Los Andes.

Club career

Banfield

Maidana made his professional debut for Banfield in 2006, and rapidly established himself as a regular first-team player.

Europe

In December 2007, the Argentine club reached an agreement with

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for Maidana's transfer to the Russian side for a $3.5 million fee. On January 16, 2009 he was loaned to

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. In the second half of the year, he returned to Spartak but was seriously injured in his very first game after the comeback (a Russian Cup match against

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Latin America

On December 14, 2010, Maidana was loaned to

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, back in Argentina. In the middle of 2011 he signed with the club

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of Chile, being together with Gabriel Roth, star reinforcements for the talquino team which won promotion to the first division. In early 2012, renewed its link with Rangers for the next 2 seasons. On July 19, 2012 the Rangers president, Richard Pini, confirmed his move to Atlante of Mexico. On July 26, 2012, Jose Antonio Garcia, CEO of Atlante confirmed his arrival at the club. For the 2013-2014 season Maidana returned to Argentina to play for

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Philadelphia Union

Maidana signed with

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club

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on January 15, 2014. His first goal for the Union was the winning goal in a 2-1 win at Sporting Kansas City on May 14, 2014.

Houston Dynamo

On December 7, 2015, Maidana was traded to

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alongside teammate

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in exchange for allocation money and the #6 selection in the

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International career

Maidana made his debut for

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on May 18, 2006 in the

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in a 1-0 loss to

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. He traveled with

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for the

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as an extra player for training purposes.

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