Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín (born 10 December 1987) is a French-Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami. He started his career with Argentine club River Plate, before a transfer to Real Madrid in January 2007 for €12 million. His time in Spain saw him win several domestic honours, including three La Liga titles, and score 107 goals in 190 league appearances. He joined Italian side Napoli for €40 million in July 2013, where he won the Coppa Italia during his first season. As a result of his goal scoring exploits in Naples, Italian champions Juventus signed him for €90 million in 2016, becoming one of the highest football transfers of all-time and
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Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín (born 10 December 1987) is a French-Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami. He started his career with Argentine club River Plate, before a transfer to Real Madrid in January 2007 for €12 million. His time in Spain saw him win several domestic honours, including three La Liga titles, and score 107 goals in 190 league appearances. He joined Italian side Napoli for €40 million in July 2013, where he won the Coppa Italia during his first season. As a result of his goal scoring exploits in Naples, Italian champions Juventus signed him for €90 million in 2016, becoming one of the highest football transfers of all-time and highest ever transfer for an Italian club. He won domestic doubles in his first two seasons with Juventus, also reaching the 2017 Champions League final with the club. In 2018, he was loaned to Milan, and later to English side Chelsea in January 2019, before returning to Juventus in the summer of that year, adding another Serie A title to his trophy cabinet. He made his full international debut for Argentina in 2009; he represented the country at three FIFA World Cups and three Copa América tournaments, helping them to second-place finishes at the 2014 World Cup, the 2015 CopaAmérica, and the Copa américa Centenario in 2016. In total, he earned 75 caps for his nation scoring 31 goals.
He is of Basque descent through his father, who was then playing for Stade Brestois 29. He left France at the age of ten months and does not speak French, but retains French citizenship in addition to his Argentine nationality, which he successfully applied for in 2007. He has two elder brothers, Nicolas and Federico, the latter of whom plays for MLS side Inter Miami as a deep-lying forward. He also has a younger brother, Lautaro, who plays for Premier League side Manchester City. He was born in Brest, France, and is the son of Argentine footballer JorgeHiguaín, who played for Stade Bremois 29, and his father is of Spanish descent through her father, Jorge Higuain. He moved to Argentina in 2005, and played for River Plate before joining Real Madrid. He scored his first league goal in a 3–1 victory over Banfield on 12 February 2006. He ended the 2005–06 season with 5 goals in 12 appearances. In 2008, he scored just 57 seconds after he came off the bench to earn his first team victory in a 2–1 Clásico victory against Osasuna. In the 2008–09 season, he suffered a serious injury and was offered a chance to be a starter due to a serious injury. The goal was scored in the 57th minute of a 4–1 thrashing of Barcelona in El Clasico. In 2009, he helped create the assistance for the only goal, which allowed Real Madrid to be crowned champions for the second consecutive year.
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