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Matías Cavalleri

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Matías Cavalleri
Personal information
Full name Matías Cavalleri Lopetegui
Date of birth (1998-04-08) 8 April 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Paysandu
Youth career
Universidad Católica
Newell's Old Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Curicó Unido 50 (6)
2021–2024 Unión La Calera 77 (12)
2021Palestino (loan) 7 (0)
2025– Paysandu 0 (0)
International career
Chile U17
Chile U20
2020 Chile U23 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 January 2020

Matías Cavalleri Lopetegui (born 8 April 1998) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Brazilian club Paysandu.

Club career

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Cavalleri had a period with the Universidad Católica academy, prior to joining the ranks of Newell's Old Boys.[2] In 2018, Chilean Primera División side Curicó Unido signed Cavalleri.[1][3] He made his professional debut on 11 February, starting a home league defeat to ex-club Universidad Católica though was later substituted off at the interval.[1] Cavalleri netted his first goals in May 2019 against Audax Italiano and Palestino.[1] In 2021, he switched to Unión La Calera.[4]

Cavalleri moved abroad for the 2025 season and signed with Paysandu in the Brazilian Série B.[5]

International career

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Cavalleri has previously represented Chile at U17 and U20 level[2][6] and Chile U23 at the 2020 Pre-Olympic Tournament.[7]

He was called up to a some senior team training microcycles in April 2019[8] and 2020.[9][10]

Personal life

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He is the nephew of Fernando "Palito" Cavalleri,[11] died in 2017, an Argentine naturalized Chilean football player and manager who had a long career in Chile and other countries.[12]

Career statistics

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As of 28 May 2019.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Curicó Unido 2018 Primera División 10 0 2 0 0 0 12 0
2019 9 2 0 0 0 0 9 2
Career total 19 2 2 0 0 0 21 2

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Chile - M. Cavalleri". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Suman y siguen: Curicó Unido oficializa a Matías Cavalleri como su sexta incorporación". BBCL. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Ficha Estadistica de MATIAS CAVALLERI". BDFA. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  4. ^ @ulcsadpoficial (16 March 2021). "¡JUVENTUD Y CALIDAD!" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 March 2021 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Fernández, José Tomás (13 December 2024). "Jugó contra la UC, peleó con Boca Juniors y estuvo en Libertadores: el nuevo equipo de un chileno". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  6. ^ "La Roja sub 17 cerrará la semana con amistoso ante Colo Colo sub 19". ANFP. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Nómina de La Roja Sub 23 para el Preolímpico Sudamericano Colombia 2020" (in Spanish). ANFP. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Reinaldo Rueda suma a Matías Cavalleri al microciclo de la Selección Chilena". T13. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Las sorpresas de la nómina de Rueda para el microciclo" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  10. ^ "La nómina de Rueda para un nuevo microciclo de la Roja" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  11. ^ "¿Quién es Cavalleri, el último convocado por Rueda a la Roja?" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Falleció 'Palito' Cavalleri, histórico jugador y DT de Concepción" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
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