Matías Abaldo
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Full name | Matías Ezequiel Abaldo Menyou[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 2 April 2004||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Gimnasia LP | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Defensor Sporting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2024 | Defensor Sporting | 39 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | → Gimnasia LP (loan) | 24 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | Gimnasia LP | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Uruguay U20 | 22 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Uruguay U23 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 July 2024 |
Matías Ezequiel Abaldo Menyou (born 2 April 2004) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Argentine Primera División club Gimnasia La Plata.[2]
Club career
[edit]Abaldo is a youth academy graduate of Defensor Sporting. He made his professional debut for the club on 4 December 2021 in a 1–0 loss against Cerro.[3]
International career
[edit]Abaldo was part of the Uruguayan side that won the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[4][5] In January 2024, he was named in Uruguay's squad for the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Other | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Defensor Sporting | 2021 | Uruguayan Segunda División | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3[a] | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
2022 | Uruguayan Primera División | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 29 | 1 | |||
Career total | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 1 |
- ^ Appearances in Segunda División playoffs.
Honours
[edit]Defensor Sporting
Uruguay U20
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Uruguay (URU)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 22. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ a b Matías Abaldo at Soccerway
- ^ "Defensor Sporting vs. Cerro - 4 December 2021". Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Uruguay es Campeón del Mundo". Uruguayan Football Association. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ a b Lopesino, Juan (12 June 2023). "Luciano Rodríguez vale un Mundial". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Lista final para el CONMEBOL Preolímpico 2024" (in Spanish). 5 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "Profile of M. Abaldo". Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "Defensor Sporting campeón de la Copa AUF Uruguay". 13 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "Uruguay vicecampeón del CONMEBOL SUB20". 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
External links
[edit]- Matías Abaldo at WorldFootball.net