Matías Giordano

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Matías Giordano

| image = Matías Giordano.jpg

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| caption = at the exit to the field in the match of 22 November 2009 against Central Córdoba, in Santiago del Estero

| fullname = Matías Fernando Giordano

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|9|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Haedo, Argentina

| height = {{height|m=1.89}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = Rosario Central (goalkeeper coach)

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| youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1999–2000 |clubs1 = Chacarita Juniors |caps1 = 0 |goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2000–2002 |clubs2 = Deportivo Merlo |caps2 = |goals2 =

| years3 = 2002–2003 |clubs3 = Flandria |caps3 = 33 |goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2004 |clubs4 = Deportivo Morón |caps4 = 9 |goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2005 |clubs5 = Deportivo Merlo |caps5 = |goals5 =

| years6 = 2005–2010 |clubs6 = Comunicaciones |caps6 = 105 |goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2008–2009 |clubs7 = → Quilmes (loan) |caps7 = 8 |goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2009–2010 |clubs8 = → Talleres (loan) |caps8 = 34 |goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2010–2011 |clubs9 = All Boys |caps9 = 1 |goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2011–2012 |clubs10 = Sportivo Desamparados |caps10 = 18 |goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2012–2013 |clubs11 = Deportivo Merlo |caps11 = 34 |goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2013–2014 |clubs12 = Brown |caps12 = 41 |goals12 = 0

| years13 = 2014–2017 |clubs13 = Huracán |caps13 = 11 |goals13 = 0

| years14 = 2017–2018 |clubs14 = Brown |caps14 = 0 |goals14 = 0

| years15 = 2018–2019 |clubs15 = Almirante Brown |caps15 = 4 |goals15 = 0

| nationalyears1 = |nationalteam1 = |nationalcaps1 = |nationalgoals1 =

| club-update = 14:19, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

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Matías Fernando Giordano (born 11 September 1979) is a retired Argentine professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.{{cite news|title=Matías Giordano profile|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/matias-giordano/50208/|accessdate=12 March 2018|work=Soccerway|date=12 March 2018}} He is currently the goalkeeper coach of Rosario Central.

Career

Giordano's footballing career began in 1999 with Chacarita Juniors in the Argentine Primera División, but he departed in 2000 after zero appearances.{{cite news|title=Matías Giordano profile|url=http://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugadores-MATIAS-FEDERICO-GIORDANO-9915.html|accessdate=12 March 2018|work=BDFA|date=12 March 2018}} He subsequently joined Deportivo Merlo, before spending the 2002–03 Primera B Metropolitana season with Flandria with whom he featured thirty-three times. 2004 saw him join Deportivo Morón, prior to a return to Deportivo Merlo a year later. In 2005, Giordano was signed by Comunicaciones of Primera B Metropolitana. He went on to make one hundred and five appearances for the club.{{cite news|title=Comunicaciones y All Boys empataron en Caballito|url=http://www.tycsports.com/noticias/Comunicaciones-y-All-Boys-empataron-en-Caballito-20051110-0005.html|accessdate=12 March 2018|work=TyC Sports|date=10 November 2005}} During his time with Comunicaciones, he was loaned out on two occasions.

Primera B Nacional's Quilmes loaned Giordano in 2008–09, while Torneo Argentino A's Talleres loaned him in 2009–10. A total of forty-two appearances followed with Quilmes and Talleres. Giordano left Comunicaciones in 2010 to join Argentine Primera División team All Boys.{{cite news|title=En Talleres buscan arquero, chau Giordano|url=http://mundod.lavoz.com.ar/futbol/en-talleres-buscan-arquero-chau-giordano?comunidad=176650#!/login|accessdate=12 March 2018|work=Mundod Lavoz|date=19 June 2010}} His first appearance in Argentina's top-flight came on 10 September 2010 in a tie with Colón. For the rest of the season, he was an unused substitute thirty times. Further moves to Sportivo Desamparados and Brown, either side of a third spell with Deportivo Merlo, occurred between 2011 and 2014.{{cite news|title=El análisis es muy positivo|url=http://www.mundoascenso.com.ar/noticia/20663-el-analisis-es-muy-positivo|accessdate=12 March 2018|work=Mundo Ascenso|date=11 November 2013}} On 13 August 2014, Giordano joined Huracán.{{cite news|title=Matías Giordano un arquero para Kudelka|url=https://cahuracan.com/2014/08/13/matias-giordano-un-arquero-para-kudelka/|accessdate=12 March 2018|work=Club Atlético Huracán|date=13 August 2014}}

He played fifteen times in all competitions over four seasons with Huracán, winning the Copa Argentina and Supercopa Argentina, before leaving ahead of the 2017–18 campaign to rejoin Brown in Primera B Nacional.{{cite news|title=Refuerzos de último momento|url=http://www.soloascenso.com.ar/notas/brown-adrogue/refuerzos-de-ultimo-momento/110970|accessdate=12 March 2018|work=Solo Ascenso|date=13 September 2017}} However, after no appearances in a season with Brown, Giordano left in June 2018 to join Primera B Metropolitana team Almirante Brown.

Coaching career

Retiring in 2019, he was hired as a goalkeeper coach for Rosario Central in October 2019.[https://www.infobae.com/deportes/2019/10/09/el-delicado-momento-de-salud-que-atraviesa-hernan-rifle-castellano/ El delicado momento de salud que atraviesa Hernán Rifle Castellano], infobae.com, 9 October 2019

Career statistics

{{updated|8 September 2018}}.

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|CupIncludes the Copa Argentina !colspan="2"\|League 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	Apps	Goals
rowspan="1"\|Almirante Brown \|2018–19 \|rowspan="1"\|Primera B Metropolitana \|4	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	\|0	0	4	0
colspan="3"\|Career total !4	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	0	0	4	0