Maximiliano Bajter

Maximiliano 'Pipi' Bajter Ugollini (born 1 March 1986 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan football player currently playing for Villa Teresa. He is also known as "Pipi", or "Pitón",[1] nickname given to him by his former coach at Peñarol, Julio Ribas, since he consider Pipi "was not a proper nickname for a gladiator"[2]

Maximiliano Bajter
Personal information
Full name Maximiliano Bajter Ugollini
Date of birth (1986-03-01) 1 March 1986
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Villa Teresa
Number 8
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 Peñarol 51 (4)
2010–2011 → Fénix (loan) 24 (4)
2011 → Brann (loan) 8 (0)
2012 Fénix 19 (0)
2013 Unión La Calera 32 (9)
2014–2015 Veracruz 8 (0)
2015 The Strongest 24 (6)
2015–2016 Unión La Calera 23 (2)
2016–2017 Deportivo Pereira 15 (0)
2017–2019 Liverpool 44 (4)
2019 Rangers 4 (0)
2020– Villa Teresa 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:27, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Career

Uruguay

Bajter began his professional career at Montevideo-based club Peñarol where he played between 2006 and 2010, winning the Primera División in his last year. Despite being successful, in terms of trophies and personal performance, he was plagued with injuries in his later years at Peñarol. The club, therefore, allowed him to rebuild form at another Montevideo club Fénix on loan, where he played until early summer of 2011.[3]

Norway

On 18 July 2011, Bajter arrived in Bergen where he signed a loan contract until the end of the 2011 Norwegian Premier League season with SK Brann. Uruguay-based Norwegian football agent Terje Liverød — who has previously been involved in several transfers of Uruguayan players to Europe, including Bajter's new Brann teammate Diego Guastavino — was the main driving force behind the transfer.[4]

He made his debut for the Bergen club on 4 August 2011 in the Vestlandsderby against Viking after coming on for an injured Zsolt Korcsmár in the second half.[5] At the end of the year, Brann had the option to make Bajter a permanent signing,[6] but opted against doing so after Bajter's last game against Aalesund.[7]

Career statistics
Season Club Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2011 Brann Tippeligaen 602080
2011–12 Fénix Primera División 800080
2012–13 11000110
2013 La Calera Primera División 15520175
2013–14 17400174
Career total 57940619

Trivia

Bajter has a wife and a two-year-old daughter who both moved to Norway with him.[8]

He signed his contract with Brann on 18 July, Jura de la Constitución de la República Oriental del Uruguay (Uruguay's constitution day). So, when he was offered 18 as his squad number, he said that "it felt completely natural."[9]

References
  1. "Utimas Noticias - deportes". www.ultimasnoticias.com.uy. Archived from the original on 2017-12-15.
  2. "Bajter no es más "Pipi", es "Pitón"". 10 March 2009.
  3. "Bajter er på vei til Brann".
  4. "Bajter er på vei til Brann".
  5. "Høydepunktene fra 3-2-seieren – Sportsklubben Brann". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
  6. "Bekrefter at Bajter er på vei – Sportsklubben Brann". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
  7. "Labukas og Bajter forlater Brann – Sportsklubben Brann". Archived from the original on 2011-11-30. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
  8. "Bajter drømmer om den spanske ligaen | Aftenposten.no". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
  9. "Lykkenummer for Maxi – Sportsklubben Brann". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
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