Matteo Abbate

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| name = Matteo Abbate

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|8|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Orbetello, Italy

| height = {{Height|m=1.84}}

| position = Centre-back, Right-back

| currentclub =

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| youthyears1 = 2001–2003 | youthclubs1 = Piacenza

| years1 = 2003–2009 | caps1 = 73 | goals1 = 2 | clubs1 = Piacenza

| years2 = 2007 | caps2 = 6 | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = → Ancona (loan)

| years3 = 2009–2010 | caps3 = 30 | goals3 = 1 | clubs3 = Gallipoli

| years4 = 2010–2013 | caps4 = 58 | goals4 = 4 | clubs4 = Verona

| years5 = 2013 | caps5 = 12 | goals5 = 0 | clubs5 = → Pro Vercelli (loan)

| years6 = 2013–2014 | caps6 = 24 | goals6 = 0 | clubs6 = Cremonese

| years7 = 2014–2016 | caps7 = 29 | goals7 = 1 | clubs7 = Pavia

| years8 = 2016–2017 | caps8 = 22 | goals8 = 0 | clubs8 = Piacenza

| years9 = 2017–2018 | caps9 = 7 | goals9 = 0 | clubs9 = Pro Piacenza

| manageryears1 = 2023 | managerclubs1 = Piacenza

| manageryears2 = 2023–2024 | managerclubs2 = Pergolettese

| pcupdate =

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}}

Matteo Abbate (born 21 August 1983) is an Italian football coach and former defender.

Playing career

Abbate started his career at Piacenza.

In 2010, Abbate joined Hellas Verona F.C. in 2-year contract.{{cite news|url=http://www.hellasverona.it/news.php?id=9671|title=Ufficiale: Matteo Abbate all'Hellas Verona|date=13 July 2010|accessdate=7 March 2014|publisher=Hellas Verona FC|language=Italian|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924043802/http://www.hellasverona.it/news.php?id=9671|url-status=dead}} The contract later extended.

In January 2013 he was signed by Pro Vercelli.{{cite news|url=http://www.hellasverona.it/news.php?id=20616|title=Ufficiale: Abbate alla Pro Vercelli|date=7 January 2013|accessdate=7 March 2014|publisher=Hellas Verona FC|language=Italian|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924025851/http://www.hellasverona.it/news.php?id=20616|url-status=dead}} On 13 August 2013 Abbate joined Cremonese.{{cite news|url=http://www.uscremonese.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2213%3Amatteo-abbate-nuovo-difensore-grigiorosso&catid=1%3Alatest-news&Itemid=46|title= Matteo Abbate nuovo difensore grigiorosso |date=14 August 2013|accessdate=7 March 2014|publisher=US Cremonese|language=Italian}}{{cite news|url=http://www.hellasverona.it/news.php?id=21689|title=Ufficiale: Matteo Abbate alla Cremonese|date=13 August 2013|accessdate=7 March 2014|publisher=Hellas Verona FC|language=Italian|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924041400/http://www.hellasverona.it/news.php?id=21689|url-status=dead}}

On 11 August 2016 Abbate re-joined Piacenza.{{cite web|url=http://www.piacenzacalcio.it/app/document-print.jsp;jsessionid=7A0830AE11175F1DCB3790F3F537A5D7?id_prodotto=751703&IdC=3124&tipo_padre=0&IdS=3124&tipo_cliccato=0&css=|title=Matteo Abbate è un giocatore del Piacenza Calcio|date=11 August 2016|access-date=11 August 2016|publisher=Piacenza Calcio 1919|language=Italian|format=Google Cache}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Coaching career

In 2018, Abbate was appointed assistant coach of Stefano Rossini at Serie D club Vigor Carpaneto. He successively joined Monza as a youth coach in 2019.

In 2021, Alessandria appointed him their under-19 youth coach. In 2022, Abbate signed for Piacenza as a youth coach and was successively promoted to head coach in February 2023, failing to save the club from relegation.

On 6 June 2023, Abbate signed for Serie C club Pergolettese.{{cite web |url=https://www.lacasadic.com/calciomercato/pergolettese-abbate-allenatore-calciomercato-6-giugno-2023/ |publisher=La Casa di C |date=6 June 2023 |accessdate=9 August 2023 |language=it |title=Pergolettese, Abbate è il nuovo allenatore: ora è ufficiale}} He was sacked on 15 February 2024 following a negative string of results.{{cite web |url=https://www.uspergolettese1932.it/news/comunicato-ufficiale-esonerato-l-allenatore-matteo-abbate.php |publisher=US Pergolettese 1932 |date=15 February 2024 |accessdate=15 February 2024 |language=it |title=COMUNICATO UFFICIALE: ESONERATO L'ALLENATORE MATTEO ABBATE}}