Javier Mascherano

**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 of Inter Miami in Major League Soccer.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|River Plate|2003–04|Primera División|21|0|—|13|0|—|34|0|||||
|2004–05|Primera División|25|0|—|12|1|—|37|1|||||||
|rowspan="3"|Corinthians|2005|Série A|7|0|0|0|—|0|0|1|0|8|0||
|2006|Série A|10|0|2|0|—|5|0|8|0|25|0||||
|West Ham United|2006–07|Premier League|5|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|—|7|0|||
|rowspan="6"|Liverpool|2006–07|Premier League|7|0|0|0|0|0|4|0|—|11|0||
|2007–08|Premier League|25|1|2|0|1|0|13|0|—|41|1||||
|2008–09|Premier League|27|0|3|0|0|0|8|0|—|38|0||||
|2009–10|Premier League|34|0|0|0|1|0|13|1|—|48|1||||
|2010–11|Premier League|1|0|—|1|0||||||||||
|rowspan="9"|Barcelona|2010–11|La Liga|27|0|7|0|—|11|0|—|45|0|||
|2011–12|La Liga|31|0|6|0|—|10|0|5|0|52|0||||
|2012–13|La Liga|25|0|6|0|—|8|0|2|0|41|0||||
|2013–14|La Liga|28|0|7|0|—|9|0|2|0|46|0||||
|2014–15|La Liga|28|0|7|0|—|12|0|—|47|0|||||
|2015–16|La Liga|32|0|6|0|—|8|0|5|0|51|0||||
|2016–17|La Liga|25|1|5|0|—|8|0|2|0|40|1||||
|2017–18|La Liga|7|0|2|0|—|2|0|1|0|12|0||||
|rowspan="3"|Hebei China Fortune|2018|Chinese Super League|26|0|1|1|—|—|—|27|1||||
|2019|Chinese Super League|27|0|0|0|—|—|—|27|0||||||
|Estudiantes|2019–20|Primera División|7|0|1|0|—|—|—|8|0|||||
**Notes**

### International

|colspan=3|Argentina national team||
| --- | --- | --- |
|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|

### International goals

|No.|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|5 July 2007|Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara, Barquisimeto, Venezuela||1–0|1–0|2007 Copa América|
|2.|8 July 2007||4–0|4–0|||
|3.|4 June 2014|Estadio Monumental Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina||2–0|3–0|Friendly|

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="5"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Argentina U20|align="left"|1 January 2022|align="left"|_Present_|||

### 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, 2016
- UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2014–15
- FC Barcelona Player of the Season (Trofeo Aldo Rovira): 2013–14
- FIFA FIFPro Men's World XI 3rd team: 2015
- FIFA FIFPro Men's World XI 4th team: 2014
- FIFA FIFPro Men's World XI 5th team: 2016, 2017
- Toulon Tournament Best Player: 2003
- South American Team of the Year: 2004, 2005
- IFFHS CONMEBOL team of the decade 2011–2020

### Manager

**Argentina U20**
- 2022 COTIF Tournament
**Inter Miami**
- Supporters' Shield (2024)
- MLS Cup (2025)

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Javier Mascherano
- **image**: JMascherano.JPG
- **image size**: 150px
- **fullname**: Javier Alejandro Mascherano
- **birth place**: San Lorenzo, Santa Fe, San Lorenzo, Argentina
- **height**: 1.70 m
- **position**: Defender (association football)#Centre-back, Centre-back / Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, Defensive midfielder
- **currentclub**: Inter Miami CF, Inter Miami (head coach)
- **youthyears1**: 1999–2003
- **youthclubs1**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **years1**: 2003–2005
- **clubs1**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **caps1**: 46
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2005–2006
- **clubs2**: Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, Corinthians
- **caps2**: 17
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2006–2007
- **clubs3**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **caps3**: 5
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2007–2010
- **clubs4**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps4**: 94
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 2010–2018
- **clubs5**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona
- **caps5**: 203
- **goals5**: 1
- **years6**: 2018–2019
- **clubs6**: Hebei China Fortune F.C., Hebei China Fortune
- **caps6**: 53
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2019–2020
- **clubs7**: Estudiantes de La Plata
- **caps7**: 10
- **goals7**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 428
- **totalgoals**: 2
- **nationalyears1**: 2003–2004
- **nationalteam1**: Argentina national under-20 football team, Argentina U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 22
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2004–2008
- **nationalteam2**: Argentina national under-23 football team, Argentina Olympic
- **nationalcaps2**: 18
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2003–2018
- **nationalteam3**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **nationalcaps3**: 147
- **nationalgoals3**: 3
- **manageryears1**: 2022–2024
- **managerclubs1**: Argentina national under-20 football team, Argentina U20
- **manageryears2**: 2023–2024
- **managerclubs2**: Argentina national under-23 football team, Argentina U23
- **manageryears3**: 2024–
- **managerclubs3**: Inter Miami CF, Inter Miami