Personal information | |||
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Full name | Matías Cavalleri Lopetegui | ||
Date of birth | 8 April 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Vitacura, Chile | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Unión La Calera | ||
Number | -- | ||
Youth career | |||
Universidad Católica | |||
Newell's Old Boys | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2018–2020 | Curicó Unido | 50 | (6) |
2021– | Unión La Calera | 5 | (0) |
2021 | → Palestino (loan) | 7 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
Chile U17 | |||
Chile U20 | |||
2020 | Chile U23 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2021 ‡ 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 Unión La Calera. [2] [1]
Cavalleri had a period with the Universidad Católica academy, prior to joining the ranks of Newell's Old Boys. [3] In 2018, Chilean Primera División side Curicó Unido signed Cavalleri. [1] [4] 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]
Cavalleri has previously represented Chile at U17 and U20 level [3] [5] and Chile U23 at the 2020 Pre-Olympic Tournament. [6]
He was called up to a some senior team training microcycles in April 2019 [7] and 2020. [8] [9]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 |
He is the nephew of Fernando "Palito" Cavalleri, [10] a former Argentine naturalized Chilean football player and manager who had a long career in Chile, among other countries, and who died on 2017. [11]