Matías Zaldívar

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Matías Zaldívar
Personal information
Full name Matías Ezequiel Zaldívar
Date of birth (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Avellaneda, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder[2]
Team information
Current team
 Círculo Deportivo
Youth career
Arsenal de Sarandí
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Arsenal de Sarandí 8 (0)
2018 Rio Grande Valley FC 19 (3)
2018 → Houston Dynamo (loan) 0 (0)
2019–2020 Sportivo Italiano 11 (0)
2021 San Miguel 9 (1)
2022 San Martín de Burzaco 24 (0)
2023– Círculo Deportivo 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:05, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Matías Ezequiel Zaldívar (born 4 August 1995) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Círculo Deportivo.[1][3]

Career[edit]

Zaldívar started his career with Argentine Primera División team Arsenal de Sarandí and made his first-team debut for the club on 11 May 2014 against Belgrano as he came on for the final few seconds.[1] He had to wait two years before featuring again, but he did go onto play in five consecutive 2016 Argentine Primera División fixtures.[1][3] In September 2017, Zaldívar rescinded his contract with Arsenal.[4] On 13 March 2018, Zaldívar joined United Soccer League side Rio Grande Valley FC Toros.[5][6] He scored his first senior goal on 14 April during a 3–2 loss versus Seattle Sounders FC 2 at Cheney Stadium.[1]

On 5 June, Zaldívar signed for RGVFC's affiliate club Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer on a short-team loan.[7] He made his debut for Houston Dynamo a day later in the U.S. Open Cup against NTX Rayados, scoring the club's fourth goal in a 5–0 victory in the process.[8] He went back to RGVFC days later.[1] In total, Zaldívar scored three times across nineteen games for Rio Grande Valley FC Toros before departing at the conclusion of the 2018 campaign.[1][9] A return to his homeland was completed in July 2019, as he penned terms with Primera C Metropolitana's Sportivo Italiano.[10] Ten games followed.[11]

In August 2020, Zaldívar secured a move up to Primera B Metropolitana with San Miguel.[12] He debuted in a goalless draw at home to Talleres on 5 December, having replaced Federico Sena off the bench with twenty-seven minutes remaining.[1]

Career statistics[edit]

As of 22 March 2021.[1][11]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Arsenal de Sarandí 2013–14 Primera División 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 1 0
2014 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016 5 0 0 0 — — 0 0 5 0
2016–17 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 2 0
2017–18 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 8 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 8 0
Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 2018 United Soccer League 19 3 — — — 0 0 19 3
Houston Dynamo (loan) 2018 Major League Soccer 0 0 1 1 — — 0 0 1 1
Sportivo Italiano 2019–20 Primera C Metropolitana 10 0 0 0 — — 0 0 10 0
San Miguel 2020 Primera B Metropolitana 5 0 0 0 — — 0 0 5 0
Career total 42 3 1 1 — 0 0 0 0 43 4

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Matías Zaldívar profile". Soccerway. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Matías Zaldívar". World Football. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Matías Zaldívar profile". ESPN FC. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Arsenal de Sarandí rescinde el contrato a Zaldívar". BeSoccer. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Rio Grande Valley FC roster". United Soccer League. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  6. ^ "RGV FC adds 13 players to roster ahead of 2018 season". Rio Grande Valley FC Toros. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Houston Dynamo make roster moves ahead of Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup match". Houston Dynamo. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  8. ^ "GOAL: Matías Zaldívar scores with right-footed strike". Houston Dynamo. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  9. ^ "2019 RGV FC Roster Breakdown". Dynamo Theory. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Se refuerza". Mundo Ascenso. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Ficha Estadistica de MATIAS ZALDIVAR". BDFA. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  12. ^ "San Miguel sumó a Marcos Inzaurraga y Matías Zaldivar". TyC Sports. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.

External links[edit]

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