Matías Donnet

Matías Donnet
Personal information
Full name	Matías Abel Donnet
Date of birth	18 April 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1998	Juventud
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2000	Unión
2001	Venezia
2002–2005	Boca Juniors
2006	D.C. United
2007	Belgrano
2007–2009	Newell's
2009–2010	Unión
2011	Olimpia
2012–2013	Unión
2014–2015	Antigua GFC
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:36, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

Matías Donnet (born 18 April 1980 in Esperanza, Santa Fe) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

With Boca Juniors he won the Intercontinental Cup 2003, the Copa Libertadores de América 2003, and the Copa Sudamericana 2004 . At the match for the Intercontinental Cup, Donnet scored the equalizer that took the match to penalty shootout, won by Boca 3–1, and was named Man of the Match.

In 2006, he signed with D.C. United of Major League Soccer in the USA. He scored his first and only goal in the MLS on September 26, 2006 against New York Red Bulls. The goal was scored in the 89th minute and turned out to have been the game winner when Red Bull's Jozy Altidore scored to make the score 4–3 United.

Donnet left D.C. United after the 2006 season and returned to Argentina with Belgrano de Córdoba. Between 2007 and 2009 he played for Newell's Old Boys before returning to his first club Unión de Santa Fe. In summer 2014, Donnet signed with Antigua GFC of the Guatemalan Liga Mayor for one year. He is currently one of their top players in the clausura 2015 season.

External links

Argentine Primera Statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
ESPN profile (in Spanish)
MLS bio
Press Release on signing with DC United^{[permanent dead link‍]}
Washington Post profile