Gonzalo Gerardo Higuain football player from Argentina playing in the position of striker. By his 30s, he has good luggage from goals scored both for the clubs in which he played and for the Argentina national team.
Biography
Gonzalo Higuain was born on December 10, 1987. He is one of the few successful soccer players who was born into the family of a professional football player. His father played for the French club from the Brest top division. Gonzalo was born in France and has citizenship, but he does not know the language at all. The fact is that when Higuain was only 10 months old, his parents decided to return to their homeland.
Career
Play professionally, Gonzalo began in Argentina, for the local River Plate club. Although they love football in South America, they cannot achieve much success there. Therefore, most South American clubs as soon as attract the attention of European clubs, immediately use this as an opportunity. Gonzalo Higuain is no exception. After several years at River Plate, European grandees drew attention to him. The footballer chose Real Madrid one of the best clubs of our time.
In the royal club, Higuain spent 6 quite successful years, he became the champion of Spain three times, won the country's super bowl twice and in the 10/11 season he also won the Spanish cup.
Despite the fact that he consistently scored goals and was marked by assists, in 2013 he had to leave Madrid and move to Italy. On August 1, he was officially introduced as a Napoli player. It seemed like a step back, but no. Even despite the fact that Gonzalo did not become the champion of Italy in the “Napoli”, he was able to show that he can still play at a high level. In the last season for the Neapolitan club, having scored 36 goals, he not only became the top scorer of the season, but also broke the record that had been held for 66 years in Italy, becoming the most successful player.
After such success, Higuain again changed his residence permit, in 2016 he moved to another Italian top club Juventus. In the first season for the new club, he finally became the champion of Italy. In total, in “Juventus” Gonzalo won 4 trophies, 2 national championships and 2 Italian cups. And despite the strong pressure due to being overweight, he managed to score 55 goals in 105 games.
In August 2018, Gonzalo continued to travel in Italy and signed a contract with Milan.
National team
In this field, Gonzalo can not boast of large trophies, he never became the world champion, in 2014 Argentina lost Germany in the final, took second place. In the America’s Cup, he also twice became vice-champion.
