Trivia

Became a father for the 1st time at age 30 when his wife Lara Wechsler gave birth to their daughter Alma Higuaín on May 21, 2018.

Son of footballer Jorge Higuaín and Nancy Zacarías.

Younger brother of footballer Federico Higuaín.

Striker for River Plate (2005-06), Real Madrid (2007-2013), S.S.C. Napoli (2013-2016) Juventus F.C. (2016-2018, 2019-20), A.C. Milan (2018) and Chelsea F.C. (2019) and Inter Miami C.F. (2020-).

Was named in the South America Team of the Year in 2006.

Honours with Real Madrid: La Liga (2007, 2008, 2012), Spanish Super Cup (2008, 2012) and Spanish Cup (2011). Honours with S.S.C. Napoli: Italian Cup (2014) and Italian Super Cup (2014). Honours with Juventus F.C.: Serie A (2017) and Italian Cup (2017).

Was romantically involved with Micaela Vázquez, Soledad Fandiño, Ailén Bechara, Zaira Nara, Noelia Marzol and Manuela Ferrera.

(May 23, 2013) He scored 100 goals in Spanish League.

Was in an on-off relationship with Daniela Saurwald (2011-2016).

Member of the Argentina National team who finished runner-up at the FIFA World Cup (2014), Copa América (2015) and Copa América Centenario (2016).

(October 28, 2017) He scored 100 goals in Italian League.

Named in the Serie A Team of the Year in 2014, 2016 and 2017.

Named in the UEFA Europa League Squad of the season in 2014 and 2015.

Top scorer of the Serie A (2016).

Named in the ESM Team of the Year in 2016.

75 appearances for Argentina National Football Team (2009-2018); scored 31 goals. Member of the Copa América 2011, 2015, 2016, and the South Africa '10, Brazil '14 and Russia '18 squads.

Played well over 250 games for Real Madrid.

Played well over 100 games for S.S.C. Napoli and Juventus F.C..

He is the #5 Argentine's most scorer in Europe. The others are Lionel Messi, Delio Onnis, Sergio Agüero and Alfredo Di Stéfano.