Matías Abaldo
Personal information
Full name Matías Ezequiel Abaldo Menyou[1]
Date of birth (2004-04-02) 2 April 2004[1]
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder, second striker
Team information
Current team
 Defensor Sporting
Number 19
Youth career
Defensor Sporting
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Defensor Sporting 39 (2)
International career‡
2022–2023 Uruguay U20 22 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Uruguay
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner2023 Argentina
South American U-20 Championship
Runner-up2023 Colombia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 May 2023

Matías Ezequiel Abaldo Menyou (born 2 April 2004) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or second striker for Defensor Sporting.[2]

Club career

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

Abaldo is a Uruguayan youth international.[4]

He was a part of the Uruguayan side that won the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.[5][6]

Career statistics

As of 13 November 2022[2][7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherOther
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Defensor Sporting 2021 Uruguayan Segunda División 00——3[lower-alpha 1]131
2022 Uruguayan Primera División 25041——291
Career total 250410031321
  1. ↑ Appearances in Segunda División playoffs.

Honours

Defensor Sporting

Uruguay U20

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Uruguay (URU)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 22. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 Matías Abaldo at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "Defensor Sporting vs. Cerro - 4 December 2021". Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "La selección sub-20 trabajará con 33 futbolistas desde el lunes" (in Spanish). 25 February 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Uruguay es Campeón del Mundo". Uruguayan Football Association. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  6. 1 2 Lopesino, Juan (12 June 2023). "Luciano Rodríguez vale un Mundial". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "Profile of M. Abaldo". Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Defensor Sporting campeón de la Copa AUF Uruguay". 13 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "Uruguay vicecampeón del CONMEBOL SUB20". 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.


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