physical stature. Although he has primarily served as either a holding midfielder or central defender throughout his career, he has also been deployed as a right-back or even as a box-to-box or central midfielder on occasion. Regarding Mascherano's playing style, Jonathan Wilson noted in a 2013 article for The Guardian that the Argentine was an example of a type of holding midfielder that he dubbed a destroyer, who "clattered about making tackles and collecting bookings, his role almost entirely of regaining possession and distributing it simply." Personal life In October 2015, Mascherano admitted two counts of fraud totalling just over €1.5 million having failed to declare €1.5 million in earnings in 2011 and 2012. In January 2016, he appeared in court in an attempt to avoid imprisonment for the offences, and was fined €800,000. He was sentenced to one year in prison for evasion of tax payments. The sentence was suspended and resulted in no jail time served, provided he does not offend again during the suspended sentence. Career statistics Club Notes International International goals Managerial statistics Honours River Plate Argentine Primera División: 2003–04 Clausura Corinthians Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2005 Liverpool UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2006–07 Barcelona La Liga: 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16 Copa del Rey: 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 Supercopa de España: 2011, 2013, 2016 UEFA Champions League: 2010–11, 2014–15 UEFA Super Cup: 2011, 2015 FIFA Club World Cup: 2011, 2015 Argentina FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2014 Copa América runner-up: 2004, 2007, 2015, 2016 Olympic Gold Medal: 2004, 2008 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament: 2004 Individual Copa América Team of the Tournament: 2015, 2016 UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2014–15 FC Barcelona Player of the Season (Trofeo Aldo Rovira): 2013–14 FIFA FIFPro Men's World XI 3rd team: 2015 FIFA FIFPro Men's World XI 4th team: 2014 FIFA FIFPro Men's World XI 5th team: 2016, 2017 Toulon Tournament Best Player: 2003 South American Team of the Year: 2004, 2005 IFFHS CONMEBOL team of the decade 2011–2020 See also List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps References External links FC Barcelona official profile 1984 births Living people Argentine people of Italian descent People from San Lorenzo Department Citizens of Italy through descent Argentine footballers Association football midfielders Association football central defenders Association football utility players Club Atlético River Plate footballers Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players West Ham United F.C. players Liverpool F.C. players FC Barcelona players Hebei