Jonatan Maidana

Jonatan Ramón Maidana (born 29 July 1985) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Jonatan Maidana

Maidana with River Plate in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Jonatan Ramón Maidana[1]
Date of birth	(1985-07-29) 29 July 1985 (age 39)[1]
Place of birth	Adrogué, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	Los Andes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2005	Los Andes	37	(3)
2005–2008	Boca Juniors	44	(0)
2008–2010	Metalist Kharkiv	34	(0)
2010	→ Banfield (loan)	13	(0)
2010–2019	River Plate	196	(4)
2019–2020	Toluca	43	(3)
2021–2024	River Plate	27	(0)
International career
2005	Argentina U20	1	(1)
2011–2016	Argentina	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

After an initial period in Los Andes, Maidana transferred to Boca Juniors and made his debut with a 9-minute substitute appearance in a 2–2 draw with São Paulo F.C. in the 2006 Recopa Sudamericana.

On 31 August 2008, Metalist Kharkiv secured Maidana's transfer for $3.15 million.^[2] Two years later, in January 2010, he was loaned to reigning Argentine champions Banfield.^[3]

After six months in Banfield, Maidana joined River Plate,^[4] rivals of his former team Boca Juniors. Maidana first goal for River^[5] was the winning goal in the 1–0 victory over Boca for the 2010 Apertura's Superclásico.^[6]

In January 2019, Maidana signed for Mexican side Toluca.^[7] On 18 December 2020, he left Toluca.^[8]

On 13 February 2021, Maidana agreed his return to River Plate.^[9]

International career

Maidana represented the Argentina national under-20 football team. In 2008, he made his debut for the U-23 team in an unofficial friendly against Guatemala, scoring in the 5–0 victory.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 June 2023^[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental[a]		Other[b]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Los Andes	2004–05	Primera B Metropolitana	37	3	0	0	–		–		37	3
Boca Juniors	2005–06	Argentine Primera División	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	2006–07		16	0	0	0	7	1	–		23	1
	2007–08		28	0	0	0	15	0	–		43	0
	Total		44	0	0	0	22	1	–		66	1
Metalist	2008–09	Ukrainian Premier League	20	0	3	0	10	0	–		33	0
	2009–10		14	0	1	0	4	0	–		19	0
	Total		34	0	4	0	14	0	–		29	0
Banfield (loan)	2009–10	Argentine Primera División	13	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	21	0
River Plate	2010–11	Argentine Primera División	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	3
	2011–12	Primera Nacional	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	0
	2012–13	Argentine Primera División	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
	2013–14		29	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	35	1
	2014		15	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	20	0
	2015		16	0	1	0	14	1	4	0	35	1
	2016		11	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	17	0
	2016–17		22	1	5	0	3	0	1	0	31	1
	2017–18		14	0	6	2	11	0	1	0	32	2
	2018–19		5	0	3	0	7	0	1	0	16	0
	Total		196	4	16	2	48	2	10	0	270	8
Toluca	2018–19	Liga MX	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	0
	2019–20		21	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	25	2
	2020–21		12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	1
	Total		43	3	4	0	2	0	0	0	49	3
River Plate	2021	Argentine Primera División	13	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	18	0
	2022		7	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	12	0
	2023		5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	Total		25	0	5	0	6	0	0	0	36	0
Career total			392	10	29	2	100	3	10	0	531	15

1. Includes the Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana and UEFA Europa League.
2. Includes the FIFA Club World Cup, Recopa Sudamericana and Supercopa Argentina.

Honours

Boca Juniors

• Copa Sudamericana (1): 2005
• Recopa Sudamericana (1): 2006
• Argentine Primera División (2): 2006 Clausura, 2008 Apertura
• Copa Libertadores (1): 2007

River Plate

• Primera B Nacional (1): 2011–12 Primera B Nacional
• Argentine Primera División (2): 2014 Final, 2023
• Copa Campeonato: 2013–14
• Copa Sudamericana (1): 2014
• Recopa Sudamericana (2): 2015 2016
• Copa Libertadores (2): 2015, 2018
• Suruga Bank Championship (1): 2015
• Copa Argentina (2): 2016, 2017
• Supercopa Argentina (2): 2017, 2019

Argentina

• Copa América: Runner-up 2016
• Superclásico de las Américas: 2017

References

1. "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2015: List of Players: River Plate" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2015. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2015.
2. "Boca vende a Maidana". Fichajes.net (in Spanish). 15 August 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
3. El Gallego Maidana Archived 19 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine at Olé (in Spanish)
4. "Sigue siendo River Plate". www.ambito.com. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
5. Plate, Club Atletico River. "Los números de Maidana en River". caRiverPlate.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2023.
6. Claudio Mauri (16 November 2010). "River tuvo la fuerza que le faltó a Boca para levantarse". Cancha Llena (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
7. "El Toluca hace oficial la salida de Jonatan Maidana". Marca (in Spanish). 18 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
8. "Maidana llega a Toluca". TUDN (in Spanish). 20 January 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
9. "Maidana: "Le agradezco a Gallardo que me abrió las puertas"". Diaro Olé (in Spanish). 13 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
10. Jonatan Maidana at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 January 2014.

External links

• Jonatan Maidana – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Argentine Primera statistics^[usurped] at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
• Jonathan Ramon Maidana at BDFA (in Spanish)