Mathías Laborda

{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (born 1999)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{family name hatnote|Laborda|Malseñido|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Mathías Laborda

| image =

| full_name = Mathías Nicolás Laborda Malseñido

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|09|15}}

| birth_place = Fray Bentos, Uruguay

| height = 1.82m

| position = Right-back, centre-back{{WorldFootball.net|mathias-laborda}}

| currentclub = Vancouver Whitecaps

| clubnumber = 2

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Nacional

| years1 = 2019–2023

| clubs1 = Nacional

| caps1 = 83

| goals1 = 6

| years2 = 2023–

| clubs2 = Vancouver Whitecaps

| caps2 = 60

| goals2 = 4

| nationalyears1 = 2017

| nationalteam1 = Uruguay U18

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2018–2019

| nationalteam2 = Uruguay U20

| nationalcaps2 = 10

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2020

| nationalteam3 = Uruguay U23

| nationalcaps3 = 6

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| club-update = 07:17, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

| ntupdate =

}}

Mathías Nicolás Laborda Malseñido (born 15 September 1999) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a right-back or centre-back for Major League Soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps.{{Soccerway|486239}}

Club career

Before making his professional debut. Laborda has been scouted several times by the Spanish football club Barcelona.{{cite web|title=Barcelona closing on deal for Nacional youngster Mathias Laborda|url=https://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/barcelona-closing-on-deal-for-nacional-youngster-mathias-laborda-4257380#popup-sso|accessdate=26 August 2019}}

Laborda made his professional debut on 8 May 2019, in a 1–1 draw against Cerro Porteño. He came in as a substitute in the 55th minute of the match.

He made his league debut on 28 July 2019, in a 4-2 win against Club Atlético Progreso. He played all 90 minutes and scored one of the goals.

On 9 January 2023, it was announced that Laborda would join Major League Soccer side Vancouver Whitecaps on a 3-year deal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/vancouver-whitecaps-sign-uruguayan-defender-mathias-laborda|title=Vancouver Whitecaps sign Uruguayan defender Mathías Laborda | MLSSoccer.com|website=mlssoccer}}

International career

As a youth international, Laborda has represented Uruguay at the 2019 South American U-20 Championship and the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/22-mathias-laborda/|title=22 - Mathías Laborda|date=16 January 2020|access-date=27 May 2024}}

Honors

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