Matías Ezequiel Catalán Echevarria (born 19 August 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Argentine Primera División club Talleres. Born in Argentina, he plays for the Chile national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matías Ezequiel Catalán Echevarria[1] | ||
| Date of birth | August 19, 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Mar del Plata, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back[2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Talleres | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| San Lorenzo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2017 | San Lorenzo | 21 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Atlético Rafaela (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → San Martín Tucumán (loan) | 41 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Atlético San Luis | 95 | (6) |
| 2017 | → Estudiantes LP (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2021 | Pachuca | 29 | (1) |
| 2022– | Talleres | 80 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Chile | 8 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:21, 20 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:12, 10 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editCatalán made his senior debut in Copa Argentina for San Lorenzo on May 17, 2012, against River Plate.[3]
In 2016, he joined Atletico Rafaela.[4]
International career
editIn August 2019, his agent, Agustín Jiménez, revealed that Catalán had been called up to the Chile national team, however he was not included in the final squad.[5] On 27 March 2023, he made his debut with Chile in a friendly match against Paraguay.[6]
Personal life
editCatalán holds dual Argentine-Chilean nationality since his father, Claudio, is Chilean.[7]
Career statistics
editInternational
edit- As of match played 10 September 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 2023 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | |
Honours
editSan Lorenzo
References
edit- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 15 December 2014. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2015.
- ^ Matías Catalán at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "M.Catalán". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ "Atlético de Rafaela added a new Uruguayan midfield player" - Diario La Opinion
- ^ "La extraña no convocatoria de Matías Catalán a la Roja". Diario AS (in Spanish). AS Chile. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ "El argentino que debutó en la selección de Chile". Olé (in Spanish). 28 March 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ Gálvez, Roberto (16 April 2016). "Matías Catalán: "Mi padre se muere si juego por Chile"" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
External links
edit- Matías Catalán at BDFA (in Spanish)