page_title: Gonzalo Higuaín
section_title: 2011–2014: 2014 World Cup qualifying
hierarchical_section_title: Gonzalo Higuaín / International career / 2011–2014: 2014 World Cup qualifying
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Финальный поединок Чемпионата Мира по футболу 2014 года между сборными Германии и Аргентины 2014-07-13Português: A partida final da Copa do Mundo de 2014 entre Alemanha e Argentina 2014-07-13English: The final match of World Cup 2014 between Germany and Argentina 2014-07-13
context_page_description: Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Juventus.
  Nicknamed El Pipita or Pipa, as was his father Jorge, who was also a footballer, Gonzalo Higuaín was born in France, attaining Argentine citizenship in 2007, and now holds dual nationality. 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. In the 2015–16 season, he scored 36 league goals, winning the Capocannoniere title and equalling Gino Rossetti's 87-year-old record for goals in an Italian top-flight season. As a result of his goal scoring exploits in Naples, Italian champions Juventus signed him for €90 million in 2016, making him the most expensive South American footballer of all time; his transfer fee was the highest ever paid by an Italian team and also the highest of a player transferring within any domestic league.
context_section_description: On 8 October 2011, Higuaín scored a hat-trick and assisted one goal in a 4–1 win against Chile. On 2 June 2012, he scored the second goal in their 2014 World Cup qualifying match and assisted one goal in Argentina's 4–0 victory over Ecuador.
  On 7 September 2012, Higuaín scored the second goal in their 2014 World Cup South American qualifier match and assisted one goal in Argentina's 3–1 victory over Paraguay. Then, on 11 September, Higuaín scored the equalizer for Argentina in a 1–1 draw with Peru in Lima.
  On 22 March 2013, Higuaín scored twice as Argentina beat Venezuela 3–0 to make him top scorer in the South American section of World Cup qualifying with nine goals. He ended the 2014 qualifying campaign as the joint third-top scorer in CONMEBOL, alongside Radamel Falcao and behind Messi and Luis Suárez.
caption: Higuaín challenging Germany's Mats Hummels and Manuel Neuer in the 2014 World Cup Final
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