Matías Zaldívar

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

Matías Zaldívar
Personal information
Full name Matías Ezequiel Zaldívar
Date of birth (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995
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)

Career

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but he did go onto play in five consecutive 2016 Argentine Primera División fixtures.[1][3] In September 2017, Zaldívar rescinded his contract with Arsenal.[4] On 13 March 2018, Zaldívar joined United Soccer League side Rio Grande Valley FC Toros.[5][6] He scored his first senior goal on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
As of 22 March 2021.[1][11]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsenal de Sarandí 2013–14 Primera División 1000—000010
2014 0000—000000
2015 0000—000000
2016 5000——0050
2016–17 2000—000020
2017–18 0000—000000
Total 8000—000080
Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 2018 United Soccer League 193———00193
Houston Dynamo (loan) 2018 Major League Soccer 0011——0011
Sportivo Italiano 2019–20 Primera C Metropolitana 10000——00100
San Miguel 2020 Primera B Metropolitana 5000——0050
Career total 42311—0000434

    References
    1. "Matías Zaldívar profile". Soccerway. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
    2. "Matías Zaldívar". World Football. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
    3. "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. "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.
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