Maximiliano Daniel Biancucchi Cuccittini (born 15 September 1984), is an Argentine former [1] footballer who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maximiliano Daniel Biancucchi Cuccittini | ||
| Date of birth | (1984-09-15) 15 September 1984 (age 38) | ||
| Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger, second striker, centre-forward | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| San Lorenzo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | San Lorenzo | 2 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Libertad | 2 | (0) |
| 2005 | General Caballero | 14 | (2) |
| 2005 | Tacuary | 10 | (0) |
| 2006 | Fernando de la Mora | 16 | (6) |
| 2007 | Sportivo Luqueño | 19 | (8) |
| 2007–2009 | Flamengo | 45 | (5) |
| 2010–2013 | Cruz Azul | 26 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | → Olimpia (loan) | 21 | (4) |
| 2013 | Vitória | 23 | (11) |
| 2014–2015 | Bahia | 48 | (7) |
| 2016 | Olimpia | 4 | (1) |
| 2017 | Ceará | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Rubio Ñu | 16 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2017 | |||
He started his career playing for San Lorenzo of Argentina.[2] He also played for Paraguayan clubs, including Sportivo Luqueño, where he won the 2006–07 Apertura Championship of the Liga Paraguaya, before joining Brazilian club Flamengo, in July 2007.
He played his first match as a Flamengo player on 5 August 2007, a Brazilian Série A match against Santos at Estádio Vila Belmiro, in which he came on as a substitute for Roger.[3] And scored his first goal in a 1-0 win over rivals Fluminense in the 2007 Brazilian Série A.
Maxi ranks sixteenth in a number of appearances by a foreigner for Flamengo in the club's history.[4]
He joined Cruz Azul of Mexico in 2010. Maxi scored his first goal for Cruz Azul against Deportivo Toluca. After he scored another goal against Tigres. He later scored 2 goals for Cruz Azul on the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League.[5]
On 15 January 2013, Maxi signed with Vitória, returning to Brazilian football after about four years.[6][7]
He and his brother Emanuel joined Bahia on 9 January 2014.[8]
He started playing for Ceará on 16 January 2017.[9]
He is the cousin of Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi (the son of his mother's sister)[10] and the older brother of Emanuel Biancucchi of Vila Nova in Brazil.[11] He is also nicknamed "El primo de Messi" (Messi's cousin).
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | State and Regional League |
Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| General Caballero | 2005 | 14 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 2 |
| Total | 14 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 2 | |
| Tacuary | 2005 | 10 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 0 | |
| Fernando de la Mora | 2006 | 16 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 6 |
| Total | 16 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 6 | |
| Sportivo Luqueño | 2007 | 19 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 8 |
| Total | 19 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 8 | |
| Flamengo | 2007 | 17 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 2 |
| 2008 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 35 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| Total | 45 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 69 | 7 | |
| Cruz Azul | 2009–10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 19 | 2 |
| 2010–11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 11 | 1 | |
| Total | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 30 | 3 | |
| Olimpia (loan) | 2011 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 36 | 6 |
| 2012 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 36 | 7 | |
| Total | 62 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 72 | 13 | |
| Vitória | 2013 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 42 | 17 |
| Total | 23 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 42 | 17 | |
| Bahia | 2014 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 4 |
| 2015 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 52 | 15 | |
| Total | 48 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 91 | 19 | |
| Career Total | 263 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 68 | 16 | 373 | 75 | |