Maxi Biancucchi
Argentine footballer
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Maximiliano Daniel Biancucchi Cuccittini (born 15 September 1984), is an Argentine former[1] professional footballer who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maximiliano Daniel Biancucchi Cuccittini | ||
| Date of birth | 15 September 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 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 | |||
Career
Early career
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
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
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
On 15 January 2013, Biancucchi signed with Vitória, returning to Brazilian football after about four years.[6][7]
Bahia
He and his brother Emanuel joined Bahia on 9 January 2014.[8]
Ceará
Personal life
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
- 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
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