Maximiliano Eduardo Meza (born 15 December 1992) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club

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Club career

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

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in the

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, he made fourteen league appearances in total in Gimansia's promotion-winning season of

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. 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. On 18 September 2016, a week after making his 100th league appearance for Gimnasia, he left the club to sign for fellow Primera División club Independiente. His Independiente debut came in a

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Round of 16 match against Brazilian side Chapecoense on 22 September. During the 2017–18 season, Meza made nine appearances and scored three goals in Independiente's

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winning campaign. Ahead of January 2019, Meza completed a move to Mexico by joining

; signing a five-year contract. He was assigned shirt number 32. Meza made his Monterrey debut on 13 January 2019 against León, before scoring his first goal in his second appearance on 20 January versus

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. Later that year, Meza appeared eight times as the club won the

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; coming off the bench in both legs of the final against

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. He was later part of the squads that won the 2019–20 Apertura and

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. Meza also appeared in three matches and scored once, versus Al Hilal, at the

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International career

In March 2018, Meza was called up to the senior squad for friendlies with

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and

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later that month. He made his debut on 27 March against Spain, playing the full ninety minutes of a 6–1 defeat at the

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. Meza was selected in Argentina's official squad for the

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on 21 May, having previously made the preliminary squad on 14 May. He made his first World Cup appearance on 16 June versus

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. He was part of a team that won the friendly Adidas Cup against Mexico in November 2018 He made

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's initial forty-man squad for the

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, but was removed for the final tournament.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Independiente *

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Monterrey *

: Apertura 2019 *

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: 2019–20 *

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Individual *

Team of the Tournament:

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Meza, Maximiliano 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Corrientes Province Argentine footballers Argentina international footballers 2018 FIFA World Cup players Association football midfielders Argentine expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players Liga MX players Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers Club Atlético Independiente footballers C.F. Monterrey players