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Javier Mascherano

Javier Mascherano is a famous football player from the national Argentina team, especially known for his talent as a defensive midfielder.

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Personal life

Javier Alejandro Mascherano who was born in the year 1984 in the month June in Argentina, had the skills of a footballer from childhood. He was educated in San Lorenzo, a town in Argentina. From his school and university days, he wanted to play football and had also excelled in matches by scoring winning goals and achieving trophies. He was quite famous among his friends! He had also received several honours due to his excellence in the field.

He started his career quite earlier at the age of 15 years and achieved his dreams. After becoming a successful football player, he got married to Fernanda Mascherano, his present wife. We could not gather much information about their married life. Probably both of them want to keep it personal and thus, stays away from the lime light. The pictures on the social networking sites show that both of them are enjoying a happy married life with their children.

Career

Mascherano was given the nick name El Jefecito in his professional world. Like many other players, he also started his career with the River Plate club which is the best club for beginners. Soon, he showed his skills to earn the Primera Division Argentina honour and also the Brazilian Serie A just after joining the club. He became quite popular in the team for his excellent performance on the field. He joined the Liverpool club for eighteen million dollars and was successful to reach the UEFA Champions League. He remained there for a short period of time and finally, left the club to join the Barcelona club in the year 2010. Before joining the Barcelona team, he played as a defensive midfielder but after joining the team, he started serving as a central defender.

As a central defender, he won four championships of La Liga along with two FIFA Club World Cups. With this team, he made about a hundred appearances to finally become the second player after Javier Zanetti to be a capped for the maximum time. He is a glorious personality for the nation and has always made his followers proud. He appeared in all the five tournaments of Copa America where he finished in the runners up position throughou the four years. Along with Copa America, he also participated in the FIFA World Cups and finally managed to reach the final match of 2014.

He has received several honours and two gold medals. He was also made the Captain of the Barcelona team because of his power of organization and game reading capability, which benefitted the team! He is also a renowned player for his leadership qualities. Despite various hurdles that he faced, he has earned quite a lot throughout his career and now owns a high net worth, though no exact amount has been mentioned yet.


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 8 Jun, 1984
Age: 35 yrs
Occupations: Association football player
Citizenship: Argentina
Italy
Birth Place: San Lorenzo, Santa Fe
Gender: Male
Description: Argentine association football player
Net Worth 2021: 40 million
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Last Modified: Jun 27 2020
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