Maxi Gómez
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Gómez with Valencia in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maximiliano Gómez González | ||
| Date of birth | 14 August 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Paysandú, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Defensor Sporting | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Litoral | |||
| 2013–2015 | Defensor Sporting | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Defensor Sporting | 47 | (28) |
| 2017–2019 | Celta | 71 | (30) |
| 2019–2022 | Valencia | 96 | (22) |
| 2022–2024 | Trabzonspor | 27 | (5) |
| 2023–2024 | → Cádiz (loan) | 31 | (0) |
| 2025- | Defensor Sporting | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017– | Uruguay | 32 | (4) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 September 2023 | |||
Maximiliano "Maxi" Gómez González (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaksi ˈɣomes]; born 14 August 1996) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Defensor Sporting and the Uruguay national team.
Having begun his career with Defensor Sporting, he moved to Spain in 2017, where he made 167 La Liga appearances and scored 51 goals for Celta and Valencia.
A full international for Uruguay since 2017, Gómez was selected for the FIFA World Cup in 2018 and 2022 and the Copa América in 2019 and 2021.