Javier Mascherano

Javier Mascherano
Personal information
Full name	Javier Alejandro Mascherano
Date of birth	8 June 1984
Place of birth	San Lorenzo, Argentina
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back / Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Inter Miami (head coach)
Youth career
1999–2003	River Plate
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2005	River Plate
2005–2006	Corinthians
2006–2007	West Ham United
2007–2010	Liverpool
2010–2018	Barcelona
2018–2019	Hebei China Fortune
2019–2020	Estudiantes de La Plata
Total
International career
2003–2004	Argentina U20
2004–2008	Argentina Olympic
2003–2018	Argentina
Managerial career
2022–2024	Argentina U20
2023–2024	Argentina U23
2024–	Inter Miami
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Javier Alejandro Mascherano (born 8 June 1984) is a former Argentine footballer and current manager. He played as a center-back or a defensive midfielder. He has played for Liverpool, Barcelona, and the Argentina national team. Since 2024, he has been the head coach^[a] of Inter Miami in Major League Soccer.

Career statistics

Club

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

Club	Season	League			National Cup^[b]		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	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^[c]	0	8^[d]	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^[e]	0	—		7	0
Liverpool	2006–07	Premier League	7	0	0	0	0	0	4^[f]	0	—		11	0
	2007–08	Premier League	25	1	2	0	1	0	13^[f]	0	—		41	1
	2008–09	Premier League	27	0	3	0	0	0	8^[f]	0	—		38	0
	2009–10	Premier League	34	0	0	0	1	0	13^[g]	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^[f]	0	—		45	0
	2011–12	La Liga	31	0	6	0	—		10^[f]	0	5^[h]	0	52	0
	2012–13	La Liga	25	0	6	0	—		8^[f]	0	2^[i]	0	41	0
	2013–14	La Liga	28	0	7	0	—		9^[f]	0	2^[i]	0	46	0
	2014–15	La Liga	28	0	7	0	—		12^[f]	0	—		47	0
	2015–16	La Liga	32	0	6	0	—		8^[f]	0	5^[j]	0	51	0
	2016–17	La Liga	25	1	5	0	—		8^[f]	0	2^[i]	0	40	1
	2017–18	La Liga	7	0	2	0	—		2^[f]	0	1^[i]	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

↑ Association football teams based in the United States and Canada typically use the term "head coach" instead of "manager".
↑ Includes Copa do Brasil, FA Cup, Copa del Rey Chinese FA Cup, Copa Argentina
↑ All appearances in Copa Libertadores
↑ All appearances in Campeonato Paulista
↑ All appearances in UEFA Cup
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 All appearances in UEFA Champions League
↑ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and one goal in Europa League
↑ One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in Supercopa de España, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
1 2 3 4 Appearances in Supercopa de España
↑ 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	2007 Copa América
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
Team	From	To	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

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]

Manager

Argentina U20

2022 COTIF Tournament

Inter Miami

Supporters' Shield^[a] (2024)
MLS Cup^[b] (2025)

Footnotes

↑ Presented to the Major League Soccer team with the best regular-season record.
↑ The official name of the MLS championship match.

References

↑ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 02 de enero de 2016, en Barcelona" [Minutes of the Match held on 2 January 2016, in Barcelona] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
↑ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2019.
↑ "Javier Mascherano: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
↑ "Javier Mascherano Player Profile – ESPN FC".
↑ Javier Mascherano at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
↑ "Javier Mascherano". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
↑ "Copa América 2015 – Team of the tournament". Archived from the original on 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
↑ "UEFA Champions League squad of the season". UEFA. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
↑ "Mascherano wins 2013/14 player of the year award". 29 October 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
↑ "2015 World XI: the Reserve Teams – FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro.org. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
↑ "FIFA FIFPro World XI: the reserve teams – FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro.org. 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
↑ "2016 World 11: the reserve teams – FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro.org. 9 January 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
↑ "2016–2017 World 11: the Reserve Teams – FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro.org. 23 October 2017. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
↑ "Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon – Official Player Awards". 5 January 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
↑ "South American Team of the Year". 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
↑ "IFFHS MAN TEAM - CONMEBOL - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 26 January 2021.

Other websites

Javier Mascherano at Soccerway.com

Javier Mascherano at WorldFootball.net

Javier Mascherano at Soccerbase.com

Javier Mascherano at National-Football-Teams.com

Javier Mascherano at 11v11.com

[4] Association football teams based in the United States and Canada typically use the term "head coach" instead of "manager".

[7] Includes Copa do Brasil, FA Cup, Copa del Rey Chinese FA Cup, Copa Argentina

[8] All appearances in Copa Libertadores

[9] All appearances in Campeonato Paulista

[UC-10] All appearances in UEFA Cup

[UCL-11] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 All appearances in UEFA Champions League

[12] Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and one goal in Europa League

[13] One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in Supercopa de España, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

[SDE-14] 1 2 3 4 Appearances in Supercopa de España

[15] One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in Supercopa de España, one appearance in FIFA Club World Cup

[27] Presented to the Major League Soccer team with the best regular-season record.

[28] The official name of the MLS championship match.

[1] "Acta del Partido celebrado el 02 de enero de 2016, en Barcelona" [Minutes of the Match held on 2 January 2016, in Barcelona] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

[2] "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2019.

[3] "Javier Mascherano: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 25 December 2019.

[5] "Javier Mascherano Player Profile – ESPN FC".

[soccerway-6] Javier Mascherano at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

[16] "Javier Mascherano". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.

[17] "Copa América 2015 – Team of the tournament". Archived from the original on 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.

[18] "UEFA Champions League squad of the season". UEFA. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.

[19] "Mascherano wins 2013/14 player of the year award". 29 October 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2015.

[20] "2015 World XI: the Reserve Teams – FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro.org. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2017.

[21] "FIFA FIFPro World XI: the reserve teams – FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro.org. 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2017.

[22] "2016 World 11: the reserve teams – FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro.org. 9 January 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2017.

[23] "2016–2017 World 11: the Reserve Teams – FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro.org. 23 October 2017. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

[24] "Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon – Official Player Awards". 5 January 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

[25] "South American Team of the Year". 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

[26] "IFFHS MAN TEAM - CONMEBOL - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 26 January 2021.

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