Mateo Klimowicz

Mateo Klimowicz (born 6 July 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga MX club Atlético San Luis, on loan from VfB Stuttgart.[2] Born in Argentina, he played for the Germany national under-21 team.

Mateo Klimowicz
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-07-06) 6 July 2000
Place of birth Córdoba, Argentina[1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team
 Atlético San Luis
(on loan from VfB Stuttgart)
Number 22
Youth career
JSG Bergfeld/Parsau/Tülau
2007–2008 Borussia Dortmund
2008–2009 SuS Kaiserau
2009–2010 Kamener SC
2011–2017 Instituto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Instituto 38 (6)
2019– VfB Stuttgart 47 (1)
2022 → Arminia Bielefeld (loan) 5 (0)
2023– → Atlético San Luis (loan) 23 (2)
International career‡
2021 Germany U21 4 (0)
Medal record
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Gold medal – first place2021
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:26, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:51, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Klimowicz trained with Borussia Dortmund's academy at a young age, while his father was playing in Germany.[3] He later joined Instituto's ranks.[2][4] He appeared professionally twice at the back end of the 2016–17 season in Primera B Nacional, participating in fixtures with Juventud Unida, aged sixteen, and Nueva Chicago as they secured sixth.[2][5] Klimowicz's first senior goal arrived on 14 October 2017 during a 1–1 home draw with Aldosivi.[2][6]

On 10 May 2019, VfB Stuttgart announced the signing of Klimowicz ahead of the 2019–20 season; with the midfielder signing a five-year contract.[7] He made his bow as a late substitute in a 2. Bundesliga match with 1. FC Heidenheim on 4 August.[2] They won promotion in his first season, with his Bundesliga debut subsequently arriving on 19 September 2020 against SC Freiburg.[2] He then scored his first goal in German football on 26 September, netting in a 4–1 victory at the Opel Arena versus Mainz 05.[2][8]

On 1 September 2022, Klimowicz signed with 2. Bundesliga club Arminia Bielefeld on a season long loan.[9]

International career

Klimowicz is eligible to play for Argentina, Germany or – with the obtainment of citizenship – Poland at international level.[3][10][11] He received call-ups to train with Argentina at the U15, U17 and U20 levels.[3][12]

On 15 March 2021, Klimowicz was called up for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship group stages by Germany; he holds a German passport due to his father's career in German football.[10][13] He debuted with the German U21 team in a 3–0 win over the Hungary U21 on 25 March 2021.[14]

Personal life

Mateo is the son of former professional footballer Diego Klimowicz, who played for the likes of German clubs VfL Wolfsburg, Borussia Dortmund and VfL Bochum during a span of nine consecutive years.[3][12][15] His uncle Javier also played professional football.[3][16] Klimowicz is of Polish descent via his great-grandfather.[11]

Career statistics
As of 15 March 2021[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Instituto 2016–17 Primera B Nacional 2000——0020
2017–18 19100——1[lower-alpha 1]0201
2018–19 16500——00165
Total 37600——10386
VfB Stuttgart 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 7010——0080
2020–21 Bundesliga 20120——00221
Total 27130——00301
Career total 64730——10687
  1. Appearance(s) in the Primera B Nacional play-offs

Honours

Individual

References
  1. Mateo Klimowicz at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Argentina - M. Klimowicz". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  3. "Código Klimowicz". El Gráfico. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  4. "Ficha Estadistica de MATEO KLIMOWICZ". BDFA. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  5. "Mateo Klimowicz: El técnico me dijo que me divierta, pero con responsabilidad". Instituto. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  6. "¿Será el año de Mateo Klimowicz en Instituto". Mundo D - La Voz. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  7. "VfB sign Mateo Klimowicz". VfB Stuttgart. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  8. "Mario Gomez gratulierte VfB-Talent zum ersten Bundesliga-Tor". Stuttgarter Zeitung. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  9. "Mateo Klimowicz signs for Bielefeld". VfB Stuttgart. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  10. "Mateo Klimowicz convocado a la Selección Alemana sub-21". Mi Bundesliga. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  11. "Klimowicz woli Polskę od Ukrainy?". Sport. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  12. "Klimowicz Junior, el pibe que la rompe en Córdoba". El Gráfico. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  13. "Kuntz mit vier Neulingen zur EM-Gruppenphase nach Ungarn". DFB. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  14. "Hungary U21 vs. Germany U21 - 24 March 2021". Soccerway. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  15. "El pibe Mateo Klimowicz en Instituto: apellido de gol". Día A Día. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  16. "Hermano de Klimowicz es traspasado al Bochum alemán". El Universo. 4 January 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  17. "Bundesliga Rookie Award". Bundesliga. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
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