Matías Cahais

Matías Cahais

Personal information
Full name	Matías Cahais
Date of birth	(1987-12-24) December 24, 1987
Place of birth	Morón, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back / Left back
Team information
Current team	Veracruz
Number	19
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2008	Boca Juniors	12	(1)
2008–2010	Groningen	11	(1)
2009	→ Gimnasia de Jujuy (loan)	15	(1)
2009–2010	→ Racing Club (loan)	33	(1)
2010–2014	Racing Club	167	(5)
2014–2015	Universidad Católica	14	(1)
2015–2016	Independiente Medellín	16	(2)
2016–	Veracruz	4	(0)
International career
2007	Argentina U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:54, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

Matías Cahais (born 24 December 1987 in Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine football central defender. He plays for Veracruz of the Liga MX.

Club career

Cahais is a product of the Boca Juniors youth team, he made his debut for the first team at the age of 17 on 26 June 2005 in a 0-0 draw with Quilmes Atlético Club.

3 July 2005, Cahais scored his first goal for Boca in a game against Almagro, but it is not recorded as an official goal, as the game was abandoned and the game was awarded to Almagro with a default score of 2-0.

After some offers from European clubs, 21 January 2008, Cahais signed a contract for the Dutch club FC Groningen, initially for a one-year-and-a-half deal, with the possibility of a definitive acquisition for a €2 million price, after the first period. During his presentation ceremony on Groningen, the defender said that, even with the bigger offer from Real Madrid, he opted for signing for a Dutch team because he wanted to make his European career "step for step", and he felt that an Eredivisie club was the right choice to do, as the Dutch league was also the start of the European career of players like Ronaldo, Romário and his compatriot Julio Cruz.

International career

Cahais has represented the Argentina national football team at Under-17 and Under-20 levels. He made 20 appearances for the U-17 team, scoring 4 goals. In 2007 he was selected to play for Argentina at the South American Youth Championship in Paraguay where he scored 2 goals. He also represented the U-20 team at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Honours

Season	Club	Title
2006	Boca Juniors	Recopa Sudamericana
2007	Boca Juniors	Copa Libertadores
2007	Argentina Under-20	FIFA U-20 World Cup

External links

• Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI Template:Es
• Statistics at Guardian StatsCentre