Maximiliano Luayza

Maximiliano Luayza
Personal information
Full name Maximiliano Daniel Luayza Koot
Date of birth (2002-04-15) 15 April 2002
Place of birth San Vicente, Argentina
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position Attacking midfielder[2]
Team information
Current team
Tristán Suárez
Youth career
Deportivo San Vicente
2008–2017 Lanús
2017–2020 Defensa y Justicia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Defensa y Justicia 8 (0)
2022 Trasandino 8 (0)
2023–2025 Guillermo Brown 55 (3)
2025–2026 Almagro 23 (0)
2026– Tristán Suárez 10 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:18, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Maximiliano Daniel Luayza Koot (born 15 April 2002) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Tristán Suárez.[1][3]

Career

Luayza Koot spent the early years of his career with Deportivo San Vicente, before later moving on to the ranks of Lanús in 2008.[2][4] In 2017, Defensa y Justicia signed him.[4][5] He remained in their academy for three years, prior to his promotion into the first-team squad in 2020 under manager Hernán Crespo.[6][7] After going unused on the substitute's bench for a Copa Libertadores win over Delfín and a Copa de la Liga Profesional defeat to Central Córdoba, Luayza Koot made his senior debut in the latter competition on 6 December 2020 during a 1–0 away loss to Independiente; after replacing Nicolás Leguizamón at the interval.[1]

In July 2022 he moved to Chile and joined Trasandino in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.[8]

Personal life

Luayza Koot's cousin, Nicolás, also came through the Defensa y Justicia youth system.[2]

Career statistics

As of 13 December 2020.[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Defensa y Justicia 2020–21[nb 1] Primera División 200000000020
Career total 200000000020

Notes

  1. ↑ Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Argentina - M. Luayza". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Crack con futuro: tiene 16 años y ya debutó en la reserva de Defensa y Justicia". El Diario Sur. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Maximiliano Luayza Koot". World Football. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. 1 2 "El sanvicentino Maxi Luayza jugará la Copa Libertadores". El Suplente. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Primeros contratos profesionales". Defensa y Justicia. 1 March 2020. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Una baja que lastima". Vavel. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "Ampliación de la lista de Copa Libertadores para Defensa y Justicia". TyC Sports. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  8. ↑ @cdtrasandino (21 July 2022). "¡Bienvenido al cóndor, Maximiliano Luayza!" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 July 2022 – via Twitter.