Maher Carrizo
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| Full name | Maher Mauricio Carrizo[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 February 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Santiago del Estero, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Copenhagen (on loan from Ajax) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| –2015 | Central Córdoba | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2024 | Vélez Sarsfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2026 | Vélez Sarsfield | 34 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Ajax | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Copenhagen (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Argentina U17 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Argentina U20 | 18 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 October 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Maher Mauricio Carrizo (born 19 February 2006) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Danish Superliga club Copenhagen, on loan from Eredivisie club Ajax.
Early life
[edit]Carrizo was born in Santiago del Estero. He began his footballing development at the age of five in a local football school in his hometown of Colonia Dora. He subsequently spent time in the youth system of Central Córdoba.[2]
Club career
[edit]Vélez Sarsfield
[edit]In 2015, Carrizo joined the youth academy of Vélez Sarsfield. He progressed through the youth ranks, notably finishing as the top scorer of the youth divisions in 2023 with 26 goals.[3]
Carrizo made his unofficial debut for the first team on 17 January 2024 against Belgrano in the Serie Río de La Plata friendly tournament.[4] He made his official professional debut later that year. On 6 August 2024, he scored his first professional goal during a Copa Argentina match.[5] Carrizo was part of the squad that secured the 2024 Argentine Primera División title, Vélez's first league championship since 2013.[6]
Ajax
[edit]On 3 February 2026, Ajax announced the signing of Carrizo on a four-and-a-half-year contract.[7] He was assigned the number 7 shirt. He made his debut on 1 March 2026, coming on as a substitute against PEC Zwolle.[8]
Loan to Copenhagen
[edit]On 31 August 2026, Carrizo joined Danish Superliga club Copenhagen on loan for the 2026–27 season.[9]
International career
[edit]In November 2023, Carrizo was called up to the Argentina U17 squad by manager Diego Placente for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[10]
He progressed to the Argentina U20 team in August 2024 under Javier Mascherano.[11] In 2025, he represented Argentina at the 2025 South American U-20 Championship in Venezuela,[12] where the team finished as runners-up. Later that year, he was a key member of the squad that reached the final of the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 13 August 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vélez Sarsfield | 2024 | Primera División | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
| 2025 | Primera División | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10[c] | 5 | 1[d] | 0 | 35 | 10 | |
| 2026 | Primera División | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 34 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 11 | ||
| Ajax | 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 4 | 0 | — | — | 2[e] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2026–27 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[f] | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 38 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 60 | 11 | ||
- ↑ Includes Copa Argentina, KNVB Cup
- ↑ One Appearance in Supercopa Internacional, one appearance in Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional
- ↑ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
- ↑ Appearance in Supercopa Argentina
- ↑ Appearances in European play-offs
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
Honours
[edit]Vélez Sarsfield
Argentina U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 2025
- South American U-20 Championship runner-up: 2025
References
[edit]- ↑ "El goleador que va para adelante / Vélez Sarsfield". C. A. Vélez Sarsfield (in Spanish). 18 April 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ Brunatti, Red (17 August 2023). "Entrevista con Maher Carrizo". Medium (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 December 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ Olé, Diario Deportivo (21 September 2023). "Vélez podría perder a una de sus figuras en la Copa de la Liga". Olé (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ "Vélez vs. Belgrano, por la Serie Río de la Plata 2024: el resumen, los goles y las mejores jugadas". TyC Sports (in Spanish). 17 January 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ Olé, Diario Deportivo (8 August 2024). "El pibe de Vélez que debutó, hizo un gol y sueña con comprarle una casa a su mamá". Olé (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- 1 2 O'Sullivan, Joseph. "Vélez Sarsfield Win First League Trophy Since 2013". Forbes. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ↑ "Maher Carrizo to Ajax". AFC Ajax. 3 February 2026. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
- ↑ "2025-2026 Maher Carrizo Match Logs". FBref.com. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ "Maher Carrizo joins FC Copenhagen on loan". AFC Ajax. 31 August 2026.
- ↑ "Selección argentina: uno por uno, todos los jugadores convocados del Mundial Sub 17". La Nación (in Spanish). 11 November 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ "Mascherano dio la lista del Sub 20 para los amistosos en Paraguay". TyC Sports (in Spanish). 1 September 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ "Sub 20: lista de convocados por Diego Placente para el Sudamericano". Argentine Football Association (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ "¡Vélez ganó la Supercopa Internacional!" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 8 July 2025.
External links
[edit]- Maher Carrizo at WorldFootball.net
- 2006 births
- Footballers from Santiago del Estero
- Living people
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentina men's youth international footballers
- Argentina men's under-20 international footballers
- 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup players
- Men's association football forwards
- Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers
- AFC Ajax players
- F.C. Copenhagen players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
