Matías Fracchia

Matías Fracchia Moreira (born 21 September 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga Nacional club Comunicaciones. Born in Chile, he has represented both the United States and Uruguay at under-20 level.

Matías Fracchia
Personal information
Full name Matías Fracchia Moreira
Date of birth (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Comunicaciones
Number 5
Youth career
NJSA 04[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Deportes Temuco 0 (0)
2018 Barnechea 4 (0)
2019 Deportes Vallenar 21 (1)
2020–2022 O'Higgins 29 (0)
2022 Montevideo Wanderers 20 (1)
2023– Comunicaciones 20 (1)
International career‡
2013 United States U20
2014 Uruguay U20 1[2] (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 August 2014

Club career

Fracchia played college soccer for North Carolina State University.[3]

For 2019, he signed for Chilean second division side Deportes Vallenar after failing to make an appearance for Deportes Temuco and Barnechea in the lower leagues.[4]

For 2020, he signed for O'Higgins in the Chilean top flight.

International career

Fracchia holds three different citizenships: Chilean by his birth, Uruguayan by his paternal line and American by residence. So, he has represented Uruguay[5] as well as the United States[1] at youth level.[6]

Personal life

He is the son of the former Uruguayan international footballer Marcelo Fracchia.[6]

References
  1. "ASN: Tab Ramos Names 22 Players to Under-20 Team". www.americansoccernow.com. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  2. "Amistoso: Uruguay 0-1 Perú (sub20) - AUF". www.auf.org.uy (in Spanish). AUF. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  3. NC State Athletics Profile
  4. El cuestionario a Matías Fracchia: "Mi padre es mi ídolo" anfp.cl
  5. @Uruguay (6 August 2014). "Diego Fagúndez, Matías Fracchia y Jaime Báez integran la actual sub-20" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 March 2014 – via Twitter.
  6. "Matías Fracchia, el zaguero con tres nacionalidades de Temuco" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2021.


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