Matías Villarreal

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Matías Villarreal
Personal information
Full name Matías Raúl Villarreal
Date of birth (1992-01-16) 16 January 1992 (age 30)
Place of birth Godoy Cruz, Argentina
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder[2]
Club information
Current team
 Gimnasia Mendoza
Youth career
Luján de Cuyo
Deportivo Guaymallén
2006–2011 Independiente Rivadavia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2017 Independiente Rivadavia 65 (1)
2017–2020 Estudiantes 81 (3)
2020–2021 Aldosivi 10 (0)
2021 → Quilmes (loan) 15 (0)
2022– Gimnasia Mendoza 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:26, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

Matías Raúl Villarreal (born 16 January 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Gimnasia Mendoza.[3]

Club career[]

Villarreal initially played in the youth system of Luján de Cuyo, prior to spending two years in the ranks of Deportivo Guaymallén.[2] 2006 saw Villarreal head to Independiente Rivadavia, appearing exclusively for their youth sides up until 2011.[2][4][5] His senior debut arrived in Primera B Nacional on 7 May 2011 against CAI, with the central midfielder starting an eventual goalless home draw; though would be substituted off at the interval.[3] He had previously been on the bench versus San Martín a month prior.[3] Ten appearances later, Villarreal scored in a win over All Boys on 15 November 2014; a ninetieth minute winner.[3]

After sixty-nine matches for Independiente Rivadavia, Villarreal switched Primera B Nacional for Primera B Metropolitana after agreeing a move to Estudiantes in August 2017.[3] His first appearance came in a scoreless draw with UAI Urquiza on 3 September, while his opening goal came almost two years later against Sacachispas on 18 May 2019; in a campaign that concluded with promotion to the second tier.[3] Two further goals followed, in a victory over Mitre in February 2020, across twenty-three games in 2019–20.[3][4] July 2020 saw Villarreal join Primera División side Aldosivi under manager Guillermo Hoyos.[6][7]

Villarreal's top-flight debut occurred on 31 October 2020 in the Copa de la Liga Profesional against La Plata's Estudiantes; in a match that finished without any goals, just like his previous two club debuts did.[3][8] To gain some more playing time, Villarreal was loaned out to Quilmes in July 2021 for the rest of 2022.[9] However, the spell was cut short and he returned at the end of 2021.

In January 2022, Villarreal moved to Gimnasia Mendoza.[10]

International career[]

In February 2008, Villarreal received a call-up to train with the Argentina U17s.[11]

Career statistics[]

As of 3 December 2020.[3][5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Independiente Rivadavia 2010–11 Primera B Nacional 1 0 0 0 — — 0 0 1 0
2011–12 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
2012–13 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
2013–14 8 0 1 0 — — 0 0 9 0
2014 4 1 0 0 — — 0 0 4 1
2015 24 0 2 0 — — 0 0 26 0
2016 14 0 0 0 — — 0 0 14 0
2016–17 14 0 1 0 — — 0 0 15 0
Total 65 1 4 0 — — 0 0 69 1
Estudiantes 2017–18 Primera B Metropolitana 27 0 0 0 — — 0 0 27 0
2018–19 35 1 2 0 — — 0 0 37 1
2019–20 Primera B Nacional 19 2 4 0 — — 0 0 23 2
Total 81 3 6 0 — — 0 0 87 3
Aldosivi 2020–21[nb 1] Primera División 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 3 0
Career total 149 4 10 0 0 0 — 0 0 159 4

Notes[]

  1. ^ Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

References[]

  1. ^ "Matías Villarreal". World Football. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Matías Villarreal y la Lepra: "Tengo una deuda pendiente conmigo mismo"". Diario Uno. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Argentina - M. Villarreal". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Pasó muchos años en la Lepra y se ilusiona con llegar al Tomba". MDZ. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Ficha Estadistica de MATIAS VILLARREAL". BDFA. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Aldosivi cosntrató a Matías Villarreal y Franco Perinciolo". Diario Democracia. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Matías Villarreal y Franco Perinciolo se suman a Aldosivi". Marca Deportiva. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Aldosivi viajó a Buenos Aires sin Matías Villarreal". TyC Sports. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  9. ^ Matías Villarreal es refuerzo del Cervecero, elsolnoticias.com.ar, 8 July 2021
  10. ^ ¡Bienvenido, Matías!, twitter.com, 8 January 2022
  11. ^ "Cuatro misioneros trabajan en la sub 17". El Territorio. 26 February 2008. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

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