Javier Mascherano, the precious jewel of Argentine football, finally the Shoe Mount

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After undergoing a 17-year career as a professional footballer, Javier Mascherano decided to hang up his boots. The former Liverpool and Barcelona star retired at the age of 36. Mascherano finally chose to close his long career in football for a while. This decision was taken by Mascherano after undergoing a match between Estudiantes and Argentinos Juniors in the Argentine Professional League Copa. In that match Mascherano appeared fully for 90 minutes, although he failed to save Estudiantes from a 0-1 defeat.

The Argentine player started his professional career with River Plate in 2003. After two summer heat for River Plate, Javier Mascherano left for Corinthians in September 2005. Mascherano tried out the first European competition with West Ham United (2006-2007). Then however, Javier Mascherano's career at West Ham was not long-lived. In February 2007, he joined Liverpool. For nearly five seasons in the uniform of the Reds, Javier Mascherano has become an important figure in midfield, appearing in 139 matches
Throughout his career, he was most successful at Barcelona, ​​helping the club to 19 titles. winning five LaLiga titles and two Champions Leagues during his eight years at Camp Nou, he chose to leave for China with the aim of Hebei China Fortune. The 36-year-old returned to Argentina in January this year, reuniting with former national team mate Juan Sebastian Veron, who is now the club's chairman. Mascherano has been a regular for the Superliga side and is contracted until June 2021, but he has now decided to hang up his boots.

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Wins 19 Trophies in Barcelona

Mascherano's career shone even more when he decided to join Barcelona on August 28, 2010. Playing as a defensive midfielder, Javier Mascherano appeared in 334 appearances and scored one goal for Barca. During his eight seasons defending Barcelona, ​​Mascherano won 19 titles, some of which were five La Liga and Copa del Rey trophies, as well as two Champions League titles. After making a brilliant achievement with Barcelona, ​​the player whose full name is Javier Alejandro Mascherano joined the Chinese Super League club, Hebei China Fortune, on January 24, 2018. Two seasons with Hebei China Fortune, Javier Mascherano returned to Argentina and strengthened Estudiantes in January 2020.

Never Received a Title with the Argentine National Team

Unfortunately, Javier Mascherano has never won the trophy once with the Argentina national team. Strengthening La Albiceleste from 2003 to 2018, Mascherano incised 147 caps. His best achievements with the Argentine national team were only runners-up to the 2014 World Cup and second place in the Copa America 2004, 2007, 2015 and 2016.

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Pride of the people of Argentina

Javier Mascherano is one of the icons to be proud of Argentina, which has been known to have produced great names in the world of football such as Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi, Mario Kempes, and Gabriel Batistuta. Although Diego Maradona's remarks about Mascherano are often considered excessive, in fact the former Barcelona star is one of the players who stood out the most when competing in the 2010 World Cup.

he and Carlos Tevez performed quite well amidst the poor performance of the Argentine national team when they were defeated by Germany in the quarter-finals. Indeed, La Albiceleste is not just Lionel Messi, right? pause volume_off 00: 00/00: 00 Javier Mascherano is a proud Argentine, who started his football career with River Plate in 1999 when he was 15 years old. He is perhaps one of the most famous recent dropouts from River Plate after the likes of Americo Ruben Gallego, Reinaldo Carlos Merlo, Leonardo Astrada and Matias Almeyda. Nicknamed EI Jefecito, Mascherano deserves credit for his ability to mark opponents, strategize, organize team members, and read the game. As a deep-lying midfielder, he also easily blocks and destroys your opponent's attacking play. He did not push himself to play too forward even though he had the skills to pass shots and strike back. This also makes it one of the precious gems owned by Argentina.

However, that does not mean that the reputation of Javier Mascherano has never been tarnished at all. Once this time he received unpleasant treatment from a handful of fans of River Plate, his past club. To be precise, when he was in Tokyo for the Club World Cup competition with Barcelona. They called Mascherano a mercenary, whistling when he was substituted in matches, even spitting on his team-mate Lionel Messi. Following this incident, River Plate has apologized to Barcelona. While at River Plate, Javier Mascherano won the Argentine Primera División before starting his adventure in Brazil with Corinthians. After that, he continued his career at a number of clubs.

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