Maxwell Cabelino Andrade

Maxwell

Personal information
Full name	Maxwell Scherrer Cabelino Andrade
Date of birth	27 August 1981 (1981-08-27)
Place of birth	Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Brazil
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Paris Saint-Germain
Number	17
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–2001	Cruzeiro	27	(2)
2001–2005	Ajax	114	(9)
2006–2009	Internazionale	79	(2)
2009–2012	Barcelona	57	(0)
2012–	Paris Saint-Germain	6	(0)
National team
2004	Brazil U23	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 January 2012. † Appearances (Goals).

Maxwell Scherrer Cabelino Andrade (born 27 August 1981), commonly known as Maxwell, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain. His natural position is at left defender, but he has also played at left winger while at Ajax, Internazionale and FC Barcelona.

Club career

Early career

Born in Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Espírito Santo, Maxwell started his career at Cruzeiro. In June 2001, he signed a 5-year contract with Ajax. Maxwell played his best season for Ajax in the 2003–04 season, only missed 3 games for the Eredivisie winner due to international duty, and becoming the Dutch Footballer of the Year. He was seriously injured in April 2005 and never played again for Ajax.

Internazionale

His contract with Ajax was shortened to expire on the 2 January 2006, in order to join Internazionale on a free transfer. Due to non-EU player registration quota per year, he was signed by Empoli until the end of season before officially transferred to Inter in a similar deal to that of Júlio César to Chievo; however, he did not play any games.

In July 2006, Internazionale officially announced the signing of Maxwell on a four-year contract as a domestic transfer.

Maxwell impressed in his first season in Serie A, most notably against Parma at the San Siro when he scored a fine solo effort which was voted Inter's goal of the season by Inter channel viewers.

Initially placed at left back, the 2007–08 season saw him move further up the field with Cristian Chivu replacing him at left back while Maxwell played a left midfield/winger role. This became very effective as Maxwell adapted well to the winger role which made use of his blistering pace. In that season, he won his second consecutive Scudetto with Inter. In the 2008–09, he suffered a serious injury that took him out of competition for six weeks. But the following games in which he returned to action, he always inserted into the starting 11 and showed his impressive old form before the injury. He scored his second goal for Inter on 14 December against Chievo, which they won 4–2 after a beautiful assist from Dejan Stanković.

Maxwell (left) and Ibrahimović have played together at Ajax, Inter, and Barça.

Barcelona

On 15 July 2009, it was announced that FC Barcelona and Internazionale had reached an agreement, with Maxwell joining the Catalan club for €4.5 million, plus €0.5M variable. Two days later Maxwell signed a 5-year contract and was presented as a new Barça player. Maxwell made his debut for the club in the second leg of the 2009 Supercopa de España playing all 90 minutes. He had an important role in the second part of the season when Éric Abidal was injured and helped Barcelona win the League.

Maxwell started Barcelona's first competitive match of the 2010/11 season, the first leg of the 2010 Supercopa de España, in an advanced left-wing position; he assisted the opening goal for Zlatan Ibrahimović.

Paris Saint-Germain

On 12 January 2012, Maxwell penned a three year deal at Paris Saint-Germain F.C. after passing his medical. The fee was around €4 Million. He made his debut against Toulouse FC. Playing for 90 minutes, he helped PSG in a convincing 3-1 home win.

Passport controversy

It was reported that Maxwell registered as a EU-player during 2006 to 2009 with Internazionale, but he was signed by Barcelona as a non-EU player (Brazil), as Maxwell did not present his Dutch passport. UEFA started to investigate the case in August 2010, but in fact Inter signed him as domestic transfer and arrived Italy as non-EU player for Empoli, and had not violated Italian Football Federation (FIGC) regulation. FIGC only restricted Italian football clubs for signing non-EU player from abroad, except 1 quota is given to Serie A clubs per season if the club released or sold abroad the non-EU player, or the player himself got a EU nationality.

On 25 August 2010, Internazionale declared that Maxwell was always a non-EU player with the club.

International career

Maxwell was capped for 2004 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament with the Brazil U-23 in January 2004. In October 2004, he received his first call-up to the senior team for the World Cup qualifying matches, but did not make any appearances.

Other

He is known to be one of Zlatan Ibrahimovic's best friends, and they have played together at Ajax, Inter and Barcelona. There are several anecdotes about him in Ibrahimovic's autobiography.

Club statistics

As of 15 January 2012

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ajax
	2001–02	24	0	2	0	2	0	28	0
	2002–03	30	4	1	0	10	0	41	4
	2003–04	31	2	2	0	7	0	40	2
	2004–05	29	3	4	0	5	0	38	3
	2005–06	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	114	9	9	0	24	0	147	9
Internazionale
	2006–07	22	1	0	0	2	0	24	1
	2007–08	32	0	0	0	7	0	39	0
	2008–09	25	1	0	0	4	0	29	1
	Total	79	2	0	0	13	0	92	2
Barcelona
	2009–10	25	0	4	0	7	0	36	0
	2010–11	25	0	9	1	7	0	41	1
	2011–12	7	0	2	1	3	0	12	1
	Total	57	0	15	2	17	0	89	2
Paris SG	2011–12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Career Total		251	11	24	2	54	0	329	13

Honours

Clubs

AFC Ajax

• Eredivisie: 2

2001–02, 2003–04

• KNVB Cup: 2

2001–02, 2005–06

• Dutch Super Cup: 2

2002, 2005

Internazionale

• Italian Serie A: 3

2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09

• Italian Super Cup: 2

2006, 2008

Barcelona

• FIFA Club World Cup: 2

2009, 2011

• UEFA Champions League: 1

2010–11

• La Liga: 2

2009–10, 2010–11

• Supercopa de España: 3

2009, 2010, 2011

• UEFA Super Cup: 2

2009, 2011

Individual

• Dutch Footballer of the Year: 1

2004

External links

• FC Barcelona profile
• BDFutbol profile
• Transfermarkt profile
• Maxwell – UEFA competition record