Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mateo Pellegrino Casalanguila | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 22 October 2001||
Place of birth | Valencia, Spain | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-forward [2] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Platense (on loan from Vélez Sarsfield) | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
Valencia | |||
Inter Milan | |||
2018–2021 | Vélez Sarsfield | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2021– | Vélez Sarsfield | 9 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Estudiantes (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2023– | → Platense (loan) | 26 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:48, 17 April 2024 (UTC) |
Mateo Pellegrino Casalánguida (born 22 October 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Platense, on loan from Vélez Sarsfield. [3]
Pellegrino played in various youth academies across Europe due to his father's footballing commitments on the continent, with the centre-forward notably appearing for Valencia and Inter Milan. [1] [4] In 2018, Pellegrino joined the Vélez Sarsfield academy; a few years before his father would become manager at first-team level. [1] He was promoted to the senior set-up for the first time in January 2021. [5] [6] He soon appeared on the substitute's bench for a Copa de la Liga Profesional fixture with Rosario Central on 16 January, though he went unused in a 3–1 away win. [3] His debut arrived under father Mauricio in the same competition on 31 March against Banfield. [7] On 27 June 2022, Pellegrino joined fellow league club Estudiantes on loan until June 2023 with a purchase option. [8]
September 2019 saw Pellegrino receive a training call-up from Fernando Batista's Argentina U19s. [9]
Before becoming a centre-forward, Pellegrino played as a left-back and as a winger. [1] He cites Romelu Lukaku and Lucas Pratto as players who he shapes his game on. [10]
Pellegrino is the son of football manager and former footballer Mauricio Pellegrino, while uncle Maximiliano was also a professional footballer. [1] [11] [12] He was born in Valencia, Spain while his father was playing in La Liga for the football club of the same name. [1]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Vélez Sarsfield | 2020–21 [nb 1] | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 [nb 2] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |