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Mathías Riquero
Uruguayan footballer (born 1982)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Riquero and the second or maternal family name is Berretta.
Mathías Damián Riquero Berretta (born 29 August 1982) is an Uruguayan naturalized Chilean former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
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Full name | Mathías Damián Riquero Berretta | ||
Date of birth | (1982-08-29) 29 August 1982 (age 41) | ||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Defensor Sporting | |||
Nacional | |||
Villa Española | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2003 | Villa Española | 64 | (6) |
2004–2005 | Montevideo Wanderers | 81 | (5) |
2006 | Cerro | 14 | (2) |
2006–2008 | Progreso | 79 | (8) |
2008 | Atlético Junior | 12 | (1) |
2009 | Caxias do Sul | 3 | (1) |
2009–2010 | Liverpool | 27 | (4) |
2010–2011 | Danubio | 26 | (2) |
2011–2015 | Ñublense | 139 | (20) |
2015–2017 | Deportes Iquique | 55 | (12) |
2017–2018 | Deportes Temuco | 43 | (6) |
2019–2021 | Progreso | 51 | (10) |
2021 | Villa Española | 26 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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With an extensive career, Riquero played for clubs in Uruguay, Colombia, Brazil and Chile.[1] As a youth player, Riquero was with Defensor Sporting and Nacional before making his professional debut at the age of sixteen playing for Villa Española.[2]
He retired at the end of the 2021 season. His last club was Villa Española in the Uruguayan top division.[3]
His brother, Gonzalo, played as a goalkeeper for Villa Española when Mathías made his professional debut.
Riquero naturalized Chilean by residence in 2017.[4]
- "Mathías Riquero :: Mathías Damian Riquero Berretta ::". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- Pérez, Silvia (24 September 2019). "Mathías Riquero mete las manos en la tierra y la pelota en las redes". EL PAIS (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- Sánchez, Francisco (15 March 2023). "Estuvo siete años en Chile, fue figura y ahora dio un giro radical en su vida: "Decidí reinventarme"". Diario AS (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- @mathiriquero (February 9, 2017). "Muy feliz por la nacionalización" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 March 2023 – via Twitter.
- Mathias Damian Riquero at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Mathías Riquero at Soccerway
- Tenfield Digital Profile (in Spanish)