Matías Cavalleri

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| name = Matías Cavalleri

| image =

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| fullname = Matías Cavalleri Lopetegui

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|4|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Vitacura, Santiago, Chile

| height = {{height|m=1.68}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Paysandu

| clubnumber = 32

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Universidad Católica

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Newell's Old Boys

| years1 = 2018–2020

| clubs1 = Curicó Unido

| caps1 = 50

| goals1 = 6

| years2 = 2021–2024

| clubs2 = Unión La Calera

| caps2 = 77

| goals2 = 12

| years3 = 2021

| clubs3 = → Palestino (loan)

| caps3 = 7

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2025–

| clubs4 = Paysandu

| caps4 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = Chile U17

| nationalcaps1 =

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| nationalyears2 =

| nationalteam2 = Chile U20

| nationalcaps2 =

| nationalgoals2 =

| nationalyears3 = 2020

| nationalteam3 = Chile U23

| nationalcaps3 = 3

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| club-update = 14 December 2024

| ntupdate = 25 January 2020

| medaltemplates =

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Matías Cavalleri Lopetegui (born 8 April 1998) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Brazilian club Paysandu.

Club career

Cavalleri had a period with the Universidad Católica academy, prior to joining the ranks of Newell's Old Boys.{{cite news|title=Suman y siguen: Curicó Unido oficializa a Matías Cavalleri como su sexta incorporación|url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/futbol-internacional/2018/01/08/suman-y-siguen-curico-unido-oficializa-a-matias-cavalleri-como-su-sexta-incorporacion.shtml|accessdate=18 October 2018|work=BBCL|date=8 January 2018}} In 2018, Chilean Primera División side Curicó Unido signed Cavalleri.{{cite news |title=Chile - M. Cavalleri |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/matias-cavalleri/532502/ |accessdate=18 October 2018 |work=Soccerway}}{{cite news|title=Ficha Estadistica de MATIAS CAVALLERI|url=http://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugadores-MATIAS-CAVALLERI-114658.html|accessdate=18 October 2018|work=BDFA}} He made his professional debut on 11 February, starting a home league defeat to ex-club Universidad Católica though was later substituted off at the interval. Cavalleri netted his first goals in May 2019 against Audax Italiano and Palestino. In 2021, he switched to Unión La Calera.{{Cite tweet |user=ulcsadpoficial |number=1371973760975310850 |title=¡JUVENTUD Y CALIDAD! |language=es |date=16 March 2021 |access-date=16 March 2021}}

Cavalleri moved abroad for the 2025 season and signed with Paysandu in the Brazilian Série B.{{cite news |last1=Fernández |first1=José Tomás |title=Jugó contra la UC, peleó con Boca Juniors y estuvo en Libertadores: el nuevo equipo de un chileno. |url=https://chile.as.com/futbol/chilenos-por-el-mundo/otro-chileno-llega-a-brasil-n/ |access-date=14 December 2024 |work=Diario AS |date=13 December 2024 |language=es}}

International career

Cavalleri has previously represented Chile at U17 and U20 level{{cite news|title=La Roja sub 17 cerrará la semana con amistoso ante Colo Colo sub 19|url=http://www.anfp.cl/noticia/24027/la-roja-sub-17-cerrara-la-semana-con-amistoso-ante-colo-colo-sub-19|accessdate=18 October 2018|work=ANFP|date=3 June 2015}} and Chile U23 at the 2020 Pre-Olympic Tournament.{{cite web |title=Nómina de La Roja Sub 23 para el Preolímpico Sudamericano Colombia 2020 |url=https://www.anfp.cl/noticia/34762/nomina-de-la-roja-sub-23-para-el-preolimpico-sudamericano-colombia-2020 |publisher=ANFP |access-date=17 March 2021 |language=es |date=27 December 2019}}

He was called up to a some senior team training microcycles in April 2019{{cite news|title=Reinaldo Rueda suma a Matías Cavalleri al microciclo de la Selección Chilena|url=https://www.t13.cl/noticia/deportes13/seleccion-chilena/reinaldo-rueda-suma-matias-cavalleri-al-microcilo-seleccion-chilena|accessdate=3 August 2019|work=T13|date=15 April 2019}} and 2020.{{cite web |title=Las sorpresas de la nómina de Rueda para el microciclo |url=https://chile.as.com/chile/2020/09/11/futbol/1599843028_981634.html |publisher=AS Chile |access-date=17 March 2021 |language=es |date=11 September 2020}}{{cite web |title=La nómina de Rueda para un nuevo microciclo de la Roja |url=https://chile.as.com/chile/2020/10/20/futbol/1603207394_717394.html |publisher=AS Chile |access-date=17 March 2021 |language=es |date=20 October 2020}}

Personal life

He is the nephew of Fernando "Palito" Cavalleri,{{cite web |title=¿Quién es Cavalleri, el último convocado por Rueda a la Roja? |url=https://chile.as.com/chile/2019/04/16/futbol/1555427861_109048.html |publisher=AS Chile |access-date=17 March 2021 |language=es |date=16 April 2019}} died in 2017, an Argentine naturalized Chilean football player and manager who had a long career in Chile and other countries.{{cite web |title=Falleció 'Palito' Cavalleri, histórico jugador y DT de Concepción |url=https://chile.as.com/chile/2017/10/03/futbol/1507040280_220529.html |publisher=AS Chile |access-date=17 March 2021 |language=es |date=3 October 2017}}

Career statistics

{{updated|28 May 2019}}.

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|Continental !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Club statistics
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="2"\|Curicó Unido \|2018 \|rowspan="2"\|Primera División \|10	0	2	0	colspan="2"\|—	0	0	12	0
2019 \|9	2	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	0	0	9	2
colspan="3"\|Career total !19	2	2	0	colspan="2"\|—	0	0	21	2