Uruguayan football player

Gómez and the second or maternal family name is González. In this spanish name, the beginning or paternal surname isand the second or enate class name is MaximilianoMaxiGómez González ( spanish pronunciation : [ ˈmaksi ˈɣomes ] ; born 14 August 1996 ) is a uruguayan professional football player who plays as a striker for La Liga clubhouse Valencia and the Uruguay home team.

Having begun his career with Defensor Sporting, he moved to Spain in 2017, where he represented Celta and Valencia in La Liga. A fully international for Uruguay since 2017, he was selected for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the Copa América of 2019 and 2021 .

Club career [edit ]

Defensor Sporting [edit ]

Born in Paysandú, Gómez joined Defensor Sporting ‘s youth apparatus in 2013, from CA Litoral. [ 2 ] He made his beginning team debut on 15 September 2015, coming on as a deep utility for Héctor Acuña in a 1–0 away win against Universitario for the year ‘s Copa Sudamericana. [ 3 ] Gómez made his Primera División debut on 4 October 2015, but in a 0–4 away passing against Nacional. [ 4 ] His beginning senior goal came on 16 October, the last in a 2–3 home get the better of against Montevideo Wanderers. [ 5 ] On 31 October 2015, Gómez scored a brace in a 4–1 home route of Juventud de Las Piedras ; he repeated the feat on 20 November in a 2–2 home draw against El Tanque Sisley, and besides in a 3–2 home success over Danubio the following 28 February. On 22 May 2016, he scored four goals in a 6–5 aside win against El Tanque Sisley, and finished his first gear season with 14 goals in only 21 matches. [ 6 ] After only four goals in 14 matches in the 2016 campaign, Gómez contributed with ten goals in 12 matches in 2017 ; highlights included a brace in a 2–0 away win against Danubio on 5 March 2017. [ 7 ]

Celta [edit ]

Gómez with Celta in 2018

In May 2017, Gómez signed a five-year cover with La Liga english Celta Vigo, moving abroad for the beginning time in his career. [ 8 ] He made his debut for the club on 19 August, starting and scoring a brace in a 2–3 home loss against Real Sociedad, [ 9 ] and finished his debut season with 17 goals from 36 games, one-seventh highest in the division. [ 10 ] Gómez contributed 13 goals in 2018–19 as Celta finished one place above relegation. This included one on the final day, as they defeated newly crowned champions FC Barcelona 2–0 at Balaídos. [ 11 ]

valencia [edit ]

On 14 July 2019, Gómez signed a sign with Valencia CF until 2024, with his release clause set at €140 million. [ 12 ] The deal saw Valencia pay up €14.5 million with Santi Mina and Jorge Sáenz moving in the diametric direction, the latter join Celta on a biennial lend deal. [ 13 ] He made his debut on 24 August aside to his former baseball club, playing the first hour of a 1–0 loss before being replaced by Rodrigo. [ 14 ] Gómez scored his first finish for the Che on 14 September, coming off the bench to web at the end of a 5–2 loss to Barcelona at the Camp Nou. [ 15 ] Against the same opponents on 25 January 2020, he scored both goals in a 2–0 victory at Mestalla, preserving his team ‘s unbeaten home plate season and inflicting a beginning frustration of Quique Setién ‘s spell in charge of the opponents. [ 16 ]

International career [edit ]

Gómez made his external debut for Uruguay on 10 November 2017 in a scoreless friendly away to Poland, as a 74th-minute ersatz for Giorgian De Arrascaeta. [ 17 ] Manager Óscar Tabárez called him up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, [ 18 ] where he made his inaugural competitive appearance in the final group game as an added-time substitute in a 3–0 succeed over the hosts in Samara. [ 19 ] On 26 March 2019, Gómez scored his beginning international finish to round off a 4–0 victory over Thailand and win the China Cup. [ 20 ] He was called up for the Copa América in 2019 and 2021, both in Brazil. [ 21 ] [ 22 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 22 September 2021[23][24]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Defensor Sporting 2015–16 Uruguayan Primera División 21 14 4[a] 0 25 14
2016 14 4 0 0 14 4
2017 12 10 1[a] 1 13 11
Total 47 28 5 1 52 29
Celta Vigo 2017–18 La Liga 36 17 3 0 39 17
2018–19 35 13 1 0 36 13
Total 71 30 4 0 75 30
Valencia 2019–20 La Liga 33 10 3 1 6[b] 0 1[c] 0 43 11
2020–21 31 7 0 0 31 7
2021–22 6 1 0 0 6 1
Total 70 18 3 1 6 0 1 0 80 19
Career total 184 74 7 1 11 1 1 0 203 76

International [edit ]

As of match played 9 September 2021[25]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Uruguay 2017 2 0
2018 7 0
2019 8 2
2020 2 1
2021 3 0
Total 22 3
Scores and results list Uruguay’s goal tally first.[25]

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