Javier Mascherano: a short biography of an Argentine football player

Javier Mascherano, whose biography, rating and achievements are described in more detail later, has long been considered one of the best supporting midfielder in the world. In this regard, it is not surprising that throughout the career of interest in his services expressed the strongest clubs of the planet. Footballer became famous and won the love of the fans of all the teams in which he spoke, thanks to his ability to give good transmission and unyielding in individual combat.

First steps

June 8, 1984 in the Argentine city of San Lorenzo, the future star was born - Javier Mascherano (Javier Mascherano). His biography as a young beginner began counting when the boy turned four years old. His first club was the San Lorenzo Ceramics. At the age of ten, he changed it to Barrio Vila. Both clubs were based in the Argentinean hometown. Four years later he was spotted by the scouts Renato Cesarini from Rosario. Since it provided an opportunity to learn not only football, but also other subjects, Javier accepted the offer to move to a new team. The young man's parents did not object to this.

Buenos Aires and the youth team

At the age of fifteen, Javier Mascherano was pre-trained in the province of Santa Fe, which allowed him to later be in the ranks of River Plate, one of the country's leading clubs. It should be noted that it is not so easy to get so early into the youth team of this team. The hard work of the guy in training gave positive results: his attention was drawn to him by Hugo Tokally - a man who at that time was looking for talent for appearances in the national teams of Argentina in the age categories up to 20 years. Since that time, Javier has regularly appeared on the field in various tournaments. In general, this stage of the player's career has become very productive in terms of trophies won in the youth and youth teams "River Plate" and the national team of Argentina. At the same time, the player received a clearly advantageous offer to switch to the Amsterdam "Ajax", which he immediately rejected.

Debut for adult teams

When the boy turned 19 years old, few of the fans were well-known footballer Mascherano Javier. His biography as a professional, according to the player himself, began with an invitation to play for the national team, which was headed by Marcelo Bielsa. Then a friendly match against the national team of Uruguay, dedicated to the opening of a new arena in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, ended in a draw 2: 2. It should be noted that Javier made his debut as part of the most important team in his life, not having played before any match for the adult line-up of River Plate. As for the first match of Mascherano for the Argentinean grandee, it was held on August 3, 2003. The team's rival was "Nuevo Chicago". The player went to the field under the fifth number. In that season, he played 46 games, in which he scored one goal scored.

West Ham

On the final day of the summer window in 2006, a real bomb rang in the transfer market: the English West Ham for $ 50 million acquired the rights to two Argentine players, which were Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano. If the first of the players almost immediately won a permanent place in the "basis" and scored many important goals, then the career of the second player was not very successful. Midfielder for six months took part in only five games. All the rest of the time he did not even get in the application for the match. In fairness, it should be noted that the coach of the team Alan Pardew did not see the proper internal motivation of the guy in training, so his decisions can not be called strange.

"Liverpool"

In the winter offseason, in early 2007, the manager of Liverpool, Rafael Benitez, began building a new team, the backbone of which was to be composed of players who speak Spanish. Many considered the invitation to the club of this Argentine quite a risky venture. However, the Spanish specialist was confident that Javier Mascherano is able to help Liverpool. As a result, on January 30, between the two clubs, a lease agreement was signed, according to which the player went to play for the new team. The transaction cost was 1.5 million pounds.

Here, his career was much more successful. Being a leased football player, during the season he demonstrated a quality game that could not but satisfy the demands of even the most demanding fans, not to mention the head coach. As a result, the club signed a full-fledged labor agreement with its newcomer . Javier Mascherano played in the T-shirt of Liverpool for two years, after which he moved to the Spanish championship.

Barcelona

On the transition of a football player to Barcelona for 18 million pounds became known on August 30, 2010. The first season in the new club he had, to put it mildly, not very successful. This is not surprising, since his main competitors in the position on the field were Andres Iniesta and Xavi. Along with this, in the middle of the season the main defender of the team Carles Puyol was injured . The coach of the Catalans decided to use Argentine instead of him and was not mistaken, because he perfectly coped with the new task. Over the past few years, one of the most stable players performing at the "Camp Nou", no matter who is on the coaching bridge of the team, it was Javier Mascherano. The Argentine star of Barcelona always performs all the settings qualitatively and beats on the football field before the final whistle, regardless of the score on the scoreboard. This player and deserved the great love of fans. As part of the Catalan grandee, he reached the peak of his career and won many titles, among which there is a victory in the "Champions League".

National team

As already mentioned above, in the national team of his country, Javier has been acting since 2003. During this time, he managed to participate in three world championships and win two Olympic tournaments. At the last championship of the planet in 2014, together with his team, he reached the final, in which the Argentines lost to the German national team.