Augusto Max

Augusto Max (born 10 August 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Gimnasia LP.^[1]

Augusto Max

Max with Unión La Calera in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-08-10) 10 August 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder[2]
Team information
Current team	Gimnasia LP
Number	16
Youth career
	Newell's Old Boys
	San Martín
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2014	San Martín	34	(0)
2014	Atlético Tucumán	1	(0)
2015	Mitre	21	(0)
2016–2017	Juventud Unida	39	(1)
2017–2019	Quilmes	43	(1)
2019–2020	Volos	24	(0)
2020–2021	Diósgyőr	26	(0)
2020–2021	→ Diósgyőr II	1	(0)
2021–2023	Cerro Largo	51	(4)
2023	Unión La Calera	15	(0)
2024	Železničar Pančevo	7	(0)
2024–	Gimnasia LP	13	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:37, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Career

Max began with Newell's Old Boys, before signing with San Martín.^[3] He was a senior member from 2008, though made his first two appearances across 2009–10 and 2010–11 against Sportivo Italiano and Tiro Federal as the club suffered relegation.^[1] No appearances followed in 2011–12, though he did play forty-two times in Torneo Argentino A across the next two seasons.^[4][5] Atlético Tucumán of Primera B Nacional signed Max in 2014.^[1] He made his bow versus Independiente Rivadavia on 24 October; his only match.^[1] A move back to tier three came with Mitre in 2015, which preceded tier two's Juventud Unida signing Max.^[1][6]

Ahead of the 2017–18 season, Max joined Primera B Nacional side Quilmes.^[1][7][8] His first appearance came on 18 September against Sarmiento, as he went on to participate in nineteen fixtures to finish twelfth.^[1] Max was demoted to Quilmes' reserves on 8 May 2019, before agreeing terms with newly promoted Super League Greece side Volos a day later; penning a two-year contract, subject to the passing of a medical - which he later passed.^[9][10][11] He appeared twenty-eight times in one season with the club.^[1] On 18 August 2020, Max moved to Hungary with Diósgyőri.^[2]

After a season in Hungary, he returned to Argentina joining Cerro Largo F.C. where he would play two seasons. Then, in 2023, he joined Unión La Calera where he played until the end of the year. During the winter break of 2023–24, he surprisingly returned to Europe, this time to play for the Serbian SuperLiga side FK Železničar Pančevo.

In September 2024, Max returned to Argentina to join Gimnasia LP, signing an 18-month contract.^[12]

Career statistics

As of 15 May 2020.^[1][13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
San Martín	2009–10	Primera B Nacional	1	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	1	0
	2010–11		1	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	1	0
	2011–12	Torneo Argentino A	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	2012–13		9	0	0	0	—		—		6[a]	0	15	0
	2013–14		23	0	1	0	—		—		4[a]	0	28	0
	Total		34	0	1	0	—		—		10	0	45	0
Atlético Tucumán	2014	Primera B Nacional	1	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	1	0
Mitre	2015	Torneo Federal A	21	0	0	0	—		—		2[b]	0	23	0
Juventud Unida	2016	Primera B Nacional	8	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	8	0
	2016–17		31	1	0	0	—		—		0	0	31	1
	Total		39	1	0	0	—		—		0	0	39	1
Quilmes	2017–18	Primera B Nacional	19	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	19	0
	2018–19		24	1	0	0	—		—		0	0	24	1
	Total		43	1	0	0	—		—		0	0	43	1
Volos	2019–20	Superleague Greece	24	0	4	0	—		—		0	0	28	0
Diósgyőri	2020–21	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	26	0	2	0	—		—		0	0	28	0
Diósgyőri II	2020–21	Nemzeti Bajnokság III	1	0	—		—		—		0	0	1	0
Career total			189	2	7	0	—		—		12	0	208	2

1. Appearance(s) in the Torneo Argentino A play-offs
2. Appearance(s) in the Torneo Federal A play-offs