Matías Alustiza

Matías Alustiza
Personal information
Full name	Gustavo Matías Alustiza
Date of birth	May 31, 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Azul, Argentina
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Santamarina
Youth career
2001–2003	Banfield
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2006	Santamarina
2006–2011	Chacarita Juniors
2008	→ Albacete (loan)
2010	→ Xerez (loan)
2010–2011	→ Arsenal (loan)
2011–2012	Deportivo Quito
2012–2014	Puebla
2014	Pachuca
2015–2016	Puebla
2017–2018	Atlas
2018	→ UNAM (loan)
2019	Puebla
2020–2021	Atlético Tucumán
2021–	Santamarina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:38, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

Gustavo Matías Alustiza (born 31 May 1984) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Santamarina as a forward.^[1]

Nicknamed El Chavo (Mexican slang for boy), Alustiza holds Mexican citizenship since 2015.^[2]

Career

Alustiza started his career in Deportivo Santamarina and then moved to Chacarita Juniors, where he won promotion to the Argentine Primera División. He played the first half of 2010 on loan for Spanish team Xerez CD.^[3] After returning to a recently relegated Chacarita in June 2010, he was loaned out to Arsenal de Sarandí.

Deportivo Quito

2011 season

With good performances and goals, Matías Alustiza helped Deportivo Quito reach the 2011 Ecuadorian Serie A finals. He played both finals matches against Emelec, scoring in the second leg, winning the game 1–0 in the final minutes, and helped Quito become 2011 league champions.

2012 season

Alustiza had a great 2012 season with Deportivo Quito, most notably in the 2012 Copa Libertadores, becoming joint-top goal-scorer next to Santos FC's Neymar Da Silva, scoring 8 goals. His first goal in the Copa Libertadores campaign came against Chivas de Guadalajara in a 1–1 away draw. Next was a single penalty scored by Alustiza in a 3–0 home win against Velez Sarsfield. His most notable participation in the tournament came in a home win against Chivas, in an emphatic 5–0 win, with Matías scoring 4 goals. Alustiza was given the match-ball for his 4 goals by the referee. Alustiza scored his final goals against Universidad de Chile. Matías Alustiza was then sold to Mexican club Puebla FC.

Puebla FC

On June 28, 2012, Puebla FC announced via their official Facebook page that they had signed Matías Alustiza and will be taking part in the Apertura 2012 and the Copa Mexico Apertura 2012. In the Apertura 2012, Matias scored his first goal in the third round against Santos Laguna where he scored twice. In the Clausura 2013 Copa MX Matias was runner up score leader with 7 goals in 6 games. On May 15, 2013, Puebla FC bought 50% of the player's contract from Ecuadorian club Quito and signed a 2-year extension that kept him at Puebla until 2015.

CF Pachuca

In June 2014, it was announced that CF Pachuca bought Alustiza from Puebla. On July 19 he made his debut with a goal for the win against Cruz Azul. On August 23, he scored a hat-trick against Atlas. In 2015, he returned to Puebla FC. He back to Puebla in 2019

Style of play

A creative forward, Alustiza has good vision, passing, shot, ball control, dribbling skills and speed. Despite his small size, he can finish goals with the head. His presence on the pitch have good effect on his team's general performance. While his favored position is that of a second striker, he can also play as a lone striker and attacking midfielder.

Honors

Deportivo Quito

Serie A : 2011

Puebla

Individual

2012 Copa Libertadores: Tropheo Alberto Spencer for Top Goal-scorer - 8 Goals (tied with Neymar)

References

^ "Matias Alustiza returns to Puebla for Clausura 2019". 30 December 2018.
^ "Especial: Crece el número de naturalizados en la Liga MX | Futbol Mexicano | TelevisaDeportes.com". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
^ "Alustiza llega cedido al Xerez" (in Spanish). esfutbol.net. Retrieved 2010-01-27.

External links

Matías Alustiza – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
Argentine Primera statistics^[usurped] at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
Matías Alustiza at BDFutbol

[1] "Matias Alustiza returns to Puebla for Clausura 2019". 30 December 2018.

[2] "Especial: Crece el número de naturalizados en la Liga MX | Futbol Mexicano | TelevisaDeportes.com". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-26.

[3] "Alustiza llega cedido al Xerez" (in Spanish). esfutbol.net. Retrieved 2010-01-27.

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