| Intro | Argentine footballer | ||||
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Athlete Football player Association football player |
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| From | Argentina | ||||
| Type | Sports | ||||
| Gender | male | ||||
| Birth | 15 September 1984, Rosario, Rosario Department, Santa Fe Province, Argentina | ||||
| Age: | 35 years | ||||
| Star sign | Virgo | ||||
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Maximiliano Daniel Biancucchi Cuccittini, usually known as Maxi Biancucchi (born 15 September 1984), is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for Brazilian side Ceará.
Career
Early career
He started his career playing for San Lorenzo of Argentina. 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
He 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. And scored his first goal in a 1-0 win over rivals Fluminense in the 2007 Brazilian Série A.
Maxi ranks sixteenth in number of appearances by a foreigner for Flamengo in the club’s history.
Cruz Azul
He 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.
Vitória
On 15 January 2013, Maxi signed with Vitória, returning to Brazilian football after about four years.
Bahia
He and his brother Emanuel joined Bahia on 9 January 2014.
Ceará
He started playing for Ceará on 16 January 2017.
Personal life
He is the cousin of Barcelona player Lionel Messi and brother of Emanuel Biancucchi who played for Girona in Spain. He is also nicknamed “El primo de Messi” (Messi’s cousin).
Career statistics
| 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 |
| Total | 14 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 2 | |
| Tacuary | 2005 | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 0 | |
| Fernando de la Mora | 2006 | 16 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 6 |
| Total | 16 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 6 | |
| Sportivo Luqueño | 2007 | 19 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 8 |
| Total | 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 |
| Total | 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 | |
Honors
- Liga Paraguaya Apertura: 2007
- Taça Guanabara: 2008
- Taça Rio: 2009
- Campeonato Carioca: 2009
- Série A: 2009
- Liga Paraguaya Clausura: 2011
- Campeonato Baiano: 2013
- Campeonato Cearense: 2017