Gonzalo Higuain is an international Argentina team professional player. He was born on 10 December 1987 and his birthplace was Brest, France. Higuain has played in the River Plate, Real Madrid, Napoli, Juventus club, and Argentina national football team. Generally, his playing position is Striker.
His height is 6 feet 1 inch. His nicknamed Ei Pipita or Pipa and his full name is Gonzalo Gerardo Higuain.
Gonzalo Higuain’s height, biography, girlfriend, wife, net worth, age, and football career
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Gonzalo Higuain club and international career
Spanish club Real Madrid started Higuain for 12 million from River Plate in December 2006. On 14 January 2007, his first league match came after three days against Real Zaragoza. Higuain scored a last-minute goal to earn his team a win in a 2-1 against Osasuna.
Besides, he scored the third goal of a 4-1 Barcelona in El Clasico in the season of 2007-08. Higuain scored the winner in Madrid’s victory over Valencia in the Supercopa de Espana in August 2008.
After, he played fantastic in the match against Getafe and scored the decisive goal for the last time, receiving Ream Madrid in a 3-2 win on 21 April 2009.
Afterward, he scored his first hat-trick of the year against Espanyol in a 4-0 win on 2 October 2011.
Argentina’s footballer Higuain scored his 100th La Liga goal as he scored an 88th-minute winner to secure a 2-1 fall of Deportivo de La on 23 February 2013.
Higuain Juventus
Footballer Higuain transferred to rivals Juventus for a fee of 90 million on 26 July 2016. He scored the winning goal on his Juventus debut in their first match against Napoli on 29 October 2016 but did not celebrate his goal in a 2-1 win.
Besides, he scored both goals in a 2-0 away win against Pescara, which included his 200th league goal in Europe on 15 April 2017.
He helped Juventus come from behind to victory the match 2-1 at Wembley Stadium on 7 March 2018.
International career
Higuain played his first international squad in the Argentina under-23 team in the year of 2008. Then he joined the senior squad and was included in the squad for the FIFA World Cup 2010.
In fact, he scored a hat-trick in Argentina’s 4-1 win over South Korea in their 2nd group match.
After, Higuain was a member of the Argentine squad for Copa America 2011 in a home match. He scored the second goal in their 2014 World Cup South American qualifier match on 7 September 2012.
Higuain was included in Argentina’s 23-man squad for the World Cup 2014. Then he made his first start of the Copa America 2015 in the final group match against Jamaica in Vina del Mar.
And then, he was named in the final 23-man squad for the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia.
Higuain honors and news
Footballer Higuain has got the honor to play will individually Serie A Top-scorer:2015-16 with 36 goals, UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2013-14, 2014-15, ESM Team of the Year: 2016-16.
Besides, he got honors respectively FIFA World Cup 2010 Man of the Match vs South Korea, the FIFA World Cup 2014 Man of the Match vs Belgium, and the FIFPro World Cup 4th team in 2016.
All football sports were off for Covid-19, but in July 2020 all club and national sports started successfully.
People also ask
Is Higuain retired?
He retired from the National team in 2019 after scoring 31 goals in 75 matches.
How many goals did Higuain score for Real Madrid?
He scored 107 goals in 190 matches to play the Real Madrid club from 2007 to 2013.
What country is Higuain from?
He is an Argentine footballer but, was born in Brest, France.
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