Maximiliano Matías Calzada Fuentes (born 21 April 1990 in Santa Lucía) is a

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

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who plays for Uruguayan River Plate as a

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International career

Calzada was part of Uruguay's under-20 squad at the 2009 South American Youth Championship and at

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. He was called up by

Óscar Tabárez Óscar Washington Tabárez Silva (; born 3 March 1947), known as ''El Maestro'' (The Teacher), is a Uruguayan former professional football manager and former player. After an unassuming career as a player and after working as a primary school ...

for the

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being held in London, Great Britain, and played in two games.

Titles

;Nacional *

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(3): 2008–09,

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, 2011–12

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* * 1990 births Living people Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguay men's under-20 international footballers Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Club Atlético Banfield footballers Club Nacional de Football players Defensa y Justicia footballers Arsenal de Sarandí footballers Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo) players Uruguayan Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Uruguay Men's association football midfielders People from Santa Lucía, Uruguay Footballers from Canelones Department 21st-century Uruguayan sportsmen Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina {{Uruguay-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub