Matías Abaldo
{{short description|Uruguayan football player (born 2004)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Abaldo|Menyou|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Matías Abaldo
| full_name = Matías Ezequiel Abaldo Menyou{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce89/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Uruguay (URU) |publisher=FIFA |page=22 |date=22 May 2023 |access-date=29 May 2023}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|04|02|df=y}}
| birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay
| position = Right winger
| currentclub = Defensor Sporting
| clubnumber = 10
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Defensor Sporting
| years1 = 2021–2024
| clubs1 = Defensor Sporting
| caps1 = 38
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2023–2024
| clubs2 = → Gimnasia LP (loan)
| caps2 = 25
| goals2 = 5
| years3 = 2024–2025
| clubs3 = Gimnasia LP
| caps3 = 8
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2025–
| clubs4 = Defensor Sporting
| caps4 = 5
| goals4 = 3
| nationalyears1 = 2022–2023
| nationalteam1 = Uruguay U20
| nationalcaps1 = 22
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalyears2 = 2024
| nationalteam2 = Uruguay U23
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|URU}}}}
{{Medal|Comp|FIFA U-20 World Cup}}
{{Medal|W|2023 Argentina|}}
{{Medal|Comp|South American U-20 Championship}}
{{Medal|RU|2023 Colombia|}}
| club-update = 1 April 2025
| ntupdate =
}}
Matías Ezequiel Abaldo Menyou (born 2 April 2004) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Uruguayan Primera División club Defensor Sporting.{{Soccerway|808339}}
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.{{cite web|title=Defensor Sporting vs. Cerro - 4 December 2021|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/12/04/uruguay/segunda-division/defensor-sporting-club/club-atletico-cerro/3702744/|access-date=2 March 2022}} Three days later on 6 December, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 win against Racing Montevideo.{{cite web|title=Defensor pegó primero|url=https://www.tenfield.com.uy/lapro-defensor-racing-final-ida/|date=6 December 2021|access-date=7 April 2025}}
In August 2023, Abaldo joined Argentine club Gimnasia LP on a loan deal until December 2024.{{cite web|title=Matías Abaldo fue presentado oficialmente como nuevo futbolista de Gimnasia de La Plata|url=https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Deportes/Matias-Abaldo-fue-presentado-oficialmente-como-nuevo-futbolista-de-Gimnasia-de-La-Plata-uc863950|date=28 August 2023|access-date=7 April 2025}} His signing was made permanent by the club in July 2024.{{cite web|title=Matías Abaldo es de Gimnasia: el presidente de Defensor Sporting confirmó la compra del 50% del pase”|url=https://infocielo.com/deportes/matias-abaldo-es-gimnasia-el-presidente-defensor-sporting-confirmo-la-compra-del-50-del-pase-n789701|date=19 July 2024|access-date=7 April 2025}}
Following mental health struggles, Abaldo returned to Defensor Sporting in February 2025 and signed a contract with the club until December 2027.{{cite web|title=Defensor Sporting confirmó el regreso de Matías Abaldo|url=https://www.espn.com.uy/futbol/uruguay/nota/_/id/14843150/defensor-sporting-confirmo-el-regreso-de-matias-abaldo-procedente-de-gimnasia-y-esgrima-la-plata|date=25 February 2025|access-date=7 April 2025}}
International career
Abaldo was part of the Uruguayan side that won the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.{{cite web |date=11 June 2023 |title=Uruguay es Campeón del Mundo |url=https://www.auf.org.uy/uruguay-es-campeon-del-mundo/ |access-date=12 June 2023 |website=Uruguayan Football Association}}{{Cite web |last=Lopesino |first=Juan |date=12 June 2023 |title=Luciano Rodríguez vale un Mundial |url=https://as.com/futbol/internacional/luciano-rodriguez-vale-un-mundial-n/ |access-date=12 June 2023 |website=Diario AS |language=es}} In January 2024, he was named in Uruguay's squad for the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.{{cite web|title=Lista final para el CONMEBOL Preolímpico 2024|url=https://auf.org.uy/lista-final-para-el-conmebol-preolimpico-2024/|language=es|date=5 January 2024|access-date=6 January 2024}}
In October 2024, Abaldo received his first call-up to the Uruguay national team.{{cite web|title=Eliminatorias: 29 convocados por Bielsa para Perú y Ecuador, con algunas caras nuevas|url=https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Deportes/Eliminatorias-29-convocados-por-Bielsa-para-Peru-y-Ecuador-con-algunas-caras-nuevas-uc902526|language=es|date=7 October 2024|access-date=8 October 2024}}
Career statistics
{{updated|13 November 2022}}{{cite web|title=Profile of M. Abaldo|url=https://www.besoccer.com/player/m-abaldo-3182723|access-date=14 December 2022}}
| class="wikitable" Style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club | rowspan="2"|Season | colspan="3"|League | colspan="2"|Cup | colspan="2"|Continental | colspan="2"|Other | colspan="2"|Other | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="2"|Defensor Sporting
|2021 |0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3Appearances in Segunda División playoffs. | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2022
|25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 1 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 1 |
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Honours
Defensor Sporting
- Copa Uruguay: 2022{{cite web|title=Defensor Sporting campeón de la Copa AUF Uruguay|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/defensor-sporting-campeon-de-la-copa-auf-uruguay/|date=13 November 2022|access-date=14 December 2022}}
Uruguay U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2023
- South American U-20 Championship runner-up: 2023{{cite web|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/f5_ff-conmebolsub20-uruguay-vs-brasil/|title=Uruguay vicecampeón del CONMEBOL SUB20|date=12 February 2023|access-date=12 June 2023}}
Individual
References
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External links
- [https://www.auf.org.uy/matias-abaldo/ Profile] at the Uruguayan Football Association website {{in lang|es}}
{{Defensor Sporting squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abaldo, Matias}}
Category:Footballers from Montevideo
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Uruguayan men's footballers
Category:Uruguay men's youth international footballers
Category:Uruguay men's under-20 international footballers
Category:Defensor Sporting players
Category:Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers
Category:Uruguayan Primera División players
Category:Uruguayan Segunda División players
Category:Argentine Primera División players
Category:Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers