Matías Arezo
{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (born 2002)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Arezo|Martínez|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Matías Arezo
| image =
| full_name = Douglas Matías Arezo Martínez
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2002|11|21}}
| birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay
| height = 1.77 m{{cite web |url=https://www.peñarol.org/Futbol/Matias-Arezo-uc8163 |title=Matías Arezo |language=es |publisher=Peñarol |access-date=23 July 2023}}
| position = Striker
| currentclub = Grêmio
| clubnumber = 19
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = River Plate Montevideo
| years1 = 2019–2022
| clubs1 = River Plate Montevideo
| caps1 = 85
| goals1 = 35
| years2 = 2022–2024
| clubs2 = Granada
| caps2 = 31
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2023
| clubs3 = → Peñarol (loan)
| caps3 = 30
| goals3 = 18
| years4 = 2024–
| clubs4 = Grêmio
| caps4 = 21
| goals4 = 3
| nationalyears1 = 2016–2017
| nationalteam1 = Uruguay U15
| nationalcaps1 = 28
| nationalgoals1 = 11
| nationalyears2 = 2018–2019
| nationalteam2 = Uruguay U17
| nationalcaps2 = 26
| nationalgoals2 = 11
| nationalyears3 = 2020
| nationalteam3 = Uruguay U23
| nationalcaps3 = 6
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2023–
| nationalteam4 = Uruguay
| nationalcaps4 = 3
| nationalgoals4 = 1
| club-update = 17 April 2025
| ntupdate = 20 June 2023
}}
Douglas Matías Arezo Martínez (born 21 November 2002) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Grêmio and the Uruguay national team.{{Soccerway|567312}}{{cite web|title=19 - Matías Arezo - AUF|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/19-matias-arezo/|accessdate=1 September 2019}}
Club career
An academy graduate of River Plate Montevideo, Arezo made his professional debut on 14 July 2019 in a 0–0 draw against Progreso.{{cite web|title=Debutantes de la 1a fecha del Torneo Intermedio 2019|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/debutantes-de-la-1a-fecha-del-torneo-intermedio-2019/|date=17 July 2019|access-date=26 May 2021}} He scored his first professional goal on 10 August 2019, in a 2–1 league win against Juventud.{{cite web|title=Juventud vs. River Plate - 10 August 2019|url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2019/08/10/uruguay/primera-division/club-atletico-juventud/ca-river-plate/3038083/|access-date=1 September 2019}}
On 31 January 2022, Spanish club Granada announced the signing of Arezo on a four-and-a-half-year deal.{{cite web|title=Matías Arezo nuevo delantero del Granada|url=https://www.grada3.com/2022/01/31/matias-arezo-nuevo-delantero-del-granada/|date=31 January 2022|access-date=31 January 2022}} On 20 January 2023, he returned to Uruguayan league by signing for Peñarol on a loan deal until the end of the year.{{cite web|title=Al fin se concretó|url=https://www.padreydecano.com/cms/noticias/al-fin-se-concreto/|date=20 January 2023|access-date=24 January 2023}}
On 18 July 2024, Arezo joined Brazilian club Grêmio on a four-and-a-half-year contract until December 2028.{{cite web|title=Grêmio anuncia a contratação de uruguaio Matías Arezo|url=https://ge.globo.com/rs/futebol/times/gremio/noticia/2024/07/18/gremio-anuncia-a-contratacao-de-uruguaio-matias-arezo.ghtml|language=pt|date=18 July 2024|access-date=19 July 2024}}
International career
Arezo is a former Uruguay youth international and has represented his nation at the 2017 South American U-15 Championship and the 2019 South American U-17 Championship.{{cite web|title=10 - Matías Arezo - AUF|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/10-mat-iacute-as-arezo/|accessdate=1 September 2019}} He scored five goals including a hat-trick against Ecuador in the latter tournament and finished second in top scorers list.{{cite web|title=Uruguay U17 vs. Ecuador U17 - 9 April 2019|url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2019/04/09/south-america/sudamericano-u17/uruguay-under-17/ecuador-u17/2991953/|accessdate=1 September 2019}}
In March 2023, Arezo received his first call-up to the senior team for friendly matches against Japan and South Korea.{{cite web|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/cambio-en-la-convocatoria-para-fecha-fifa-de-marzo/|title=Cambio en la convocatoria para Fecha FIFA de marzo|date=17 March 2023|access-date=18 March 2023|language=es}}
Career statistics
=Club=
| 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"|National cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|River Plate Montevideo
|2019 |UPD |21 | 6 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in Torneo Intermedio final}} | 0 | 22 | 6 | ||
| 2020
|UPD |35 | 13 | colspan="2"|— | 5{{efn|name=CoS|Appearances in Copa Sudamericana}} | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 40 | 15 | |||
| 2021
|UPD |29 | 16 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 16 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!85 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 37 | |
| rowspan="4"|Granada
|8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23
|9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24
|La Liga |14 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
| Peñarol (loan)
|2023 |UPD |30 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7{{efn|name=CoS}} | 4 | 3{{efn|Appearances in championship play-offs}} | 0 | 40 | 22 | |
| Grêmio
|2024 |4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=CoL|Appearance in Copa Libertadores}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!150 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 169 | 60 |
{{notelist}}
=International=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=1|Uruguay
|2023 | 3 | 1 | |
| colspan=2|Total | 3 | 1 |
:Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Arezo goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Matías Arezo | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"|1 | 14 June 2023 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay | {{fb|NCA}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|4–1 | Friendly |
Honours
Granada
Individual
- Uruguayan Primera División Team of the Year: 2020,{{cite web|title=Se definieron los Premios AUF anuales 2020|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/se-definieron-los-premios-anuales-2020/|date=23 April 2021|access-date=23 December 2022}} 2023{{cite web|title=Campeonato Uruguayo: Federico Pereira fue elegido como el mejor jugador del 2023|url=https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Deportes/Campeonato-Uruguayo-Federico-Pereira-fue-elegido-como-el-mejor-jugador-del-2023-uc878463|date=1 February 2023|access-date=3 February 2023}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{WorldFootball.net|matias-arezo}}
{{Grêmio FBPA squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arezo, Matías}}
Category:Footballers from Montevideo
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Uruguayan men's footballers
Category:Uruguay men's youth international footballers
Category:Uruguay men's international footballers
Category:Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo) players
Category:Granada CF footballers
Category:Uruguayan Primera División players
Category:Segunda División players
Category:Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Category:Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
Category:Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Category:Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
{{Uruguay-footy-forward-2000s-stub}}