Javier Mascherano

Javier Alejandro Mascherano (born 8 June 1984) is a former Argentine footballer. He played as a center-back or a defensive midfielder. He has played for Liverpool, Barcelona, and the Argentina national team.

Javier Mascherano

Personal information
Full name	Javier Alejandro Mascherano[1]
Date of birth	(1984-06-08) 8 June 1984 (age 40)[2]
Place of birth	San Lorenzo, Argentina
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Position(s)	Centre-back / Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Estudiantes de La Plata
Number	27
Youth career
1999–2003	River Plate
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2005	River Plate	46	(0)
2005–2006	Corinthians	17	(0)
2006–2007	West Ham United	5	(0)
2007–2010	Liverpool	94	(1)
2010–2018	Barcelona	203	(1)
2018–2019	Hebei China Fortune	53	(0)
2019–2020	Estudiantes de La Plata	10	(0)
Total		428	(2)
International career
2003–2004	Argentina U20	22	(1)
2004–2008	Argentina Olympic	18	(0)
2003–2018	Argentina	147	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 November 2019^[4][5]

Club	Season	League			National Cup[a]		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
River Plate	2003–04	Primera División	21	0	—				13	0	—		34	0
	2004–05	Primera División	25	0	—				12	1	—		37	1
	Total		46	0	—				25	1	—		71	1
Corinthians	2005	Série A	7	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0	8	0
	2006	Série A	10	0	2	0	—		5[b]	0	8[c]	0	25	0
	Total		17	0	2	0	—		5	0	9	0	33	0
West Ham United	2006–07	Premier League	5	0	0	0	0	0	2[d]	0	—		7	0
Liverpool	2006–07	Premier League	7	0	0	0	0	0	4[e]	0	—		11	0
	2007–08	Premier League	25	1	2	0	1	0	13[e]	0	—		41	1
	2008–09	Premier League	27	0	3	0	0	0	8[e]	0	—		38	0
	2009–10	Premier League	34	0	0	0	1	0	13[f]	1	—		48	1
	2010–11	Premier League	1	0	—								1	0
	Total		94	1	5	0	2	0	38	1	—		139	2
Barcelona	2010–11	La Liga	27	0	7	0	—		11[e]	0	—		45	0
	2011–12	La Liga	31	0	6	0	—		10[e]	0	5[g]	0	52	0
	2012–13	La Liga	25	0	6	0	—		8[e]	0	2[h]	0	41	0
	2013–14	La Liga	28	0	7	0	—		9[e]	0	2[h]	0	46	0
	2014–15	La Liga	28	0	7	0	—		12[e]	0	—		47	0
	2015–16	La Liga	32	0	6	0	—		8[e]	0	5[i]	0	51	0
	2016–17	La Liga	25	1	5	0	—		8[e]	0	2[h]	0	40	1
	2017–18	La Liga	7	0	2	0	—		2[e]	0	1[h]	0	12	0
	Total		203	1	46	0	—		68	0	17	0	334	1
Hebei China Fortune	2018	Chinese Super League	26	0	1	1	—		—		—		27	1
	2019	Chinese Super League	27	0	0	0	—		—		—		27	0
	Total		53	0	1	1	—		—		—		54	1
Estudiantes	2019–20	Primera División	7	0	1	0	—		—		—		8	0
Career total			425	2	56	2	2	0	138	2	26	2	646	6

Notes

1. Includes Copa do Brasil, FA Cup, Copa del Rey Chinese FA Cup, Copa Argentina
2. All appearances in Copa Libertadores
3. All appearances in Campeonato Paulista
4. All appearances in UEFA Cup
5. All appearances in UEFA Champions League
6. Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and one goal in Europa League
7. One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in Supercopa de España, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
8. Appearances in Supercopa de España
9. One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in Supercopa de España, one appearance in FIFA Club World Cup

International

As of 30 June 2018^[6]

Argentina national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2003	1	0
2004	10	0
2005	3	0
2006	8	0
2007	14	2
2008	9	0
2009	10	0
2010	10	0
2011	13	0
2012	8	0
2013	9	0
2014	15	1
2015	12	0
2016	13	0
2017	6	0
2018	6	0
Total	147	3

International goals

As of 8 June 2014

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	5 July 2007	Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara, Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Paraguay	1–0	1–0	2007 Copa América
2.	8 July 2007		Peru	4–0	4–0
3.	4 June 2014	Estadio Monumental Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Trinidad and Tobago	2–0	3–0	Friendly

Managerial statistics

As of match played 2 July 2023

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Argentina U20	1 January 2022	Present	21	13	1	7	061.9
Total			21	13	1	7	061.9

Honours

Player

River Plate

• Argentine Primera División: 2003–04 Clausura

Corinthians

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2005

Liverpool

• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2006–07

Barcelona

• La Liga: 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16
• Copa del Rey: 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
• Supercopa de España: 2011, 2013, 2016
• UEFA Champions League: 2010–11, 2014–15
• UEFA Super Cup: 2011, 2015
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2011, 2015

Argentina

• FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2014
• Copa América runner-up: 2004, 2007, 2015, 2016
• Olympic Gold Medal: 2004, 2008
• CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament: 2004

Manager

Argentina U20

• 2022 COTIF Tournament

Individual

• Copa América Team of the Tournament: 2015,^[7] 2016
• UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2014–15^[8]
• FC Barcelona Player of the Season (Trofeo Aldo Rovira): 2013–14^[9]
• FIFA FIFPro Men's World XI 3rd team: 2015^[10]
• FIFA FIFPro Men's World XI 4th team: 2014^[11]
• FIFA FIFPro Men's World XI 5th team: 2016, 2017^[12][13]
• Toulon Tournament Best Player: 2003^[14]
• South American Team of the Year: 2004, 2005^[15]
• IFFHS CONMEBOL team of the decade 2011–2020^[16]