Matías_Zaldivia

Matías Zaldivia

Matías Zaldivia

Chilean footballer (born 1991)

Matías Ezequiel Zaldivia (born January 22, 1991) is a football defender currently playing for Chilean Primera División team Universidad de Chile. Born in Argentina, he plays for the Chile national team.

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Club career

Zaldivia made his professional debut for Chacarita Juniors in 2010.[1]

International career

After taking part in a training microcycle of the Chile squad at under-23 level,[2] he made his international debut in the friendly match against Cuba on 11 June 2023.[3]

He was called up to the Chile under-23 squad for the 2023 Pan American Games as an overage player alongside Brayan Cortés and César Fuentes,[4] where Chile won the silver medal.[5]

Personal life

In December 2021, he acquired the Chilean nationality by residence along with his colleague Diego Buonanotte,[6] keeping the Argentine nationality.[7]

Honours

Arsenal de Sarandí

Colo-Colo

Chile U23[lower-alpha 1]

  1. overage player

References

  1. [1]
    Peralta, Benjamín (28 January 2022). "Matías Zaldivia bromeó a Ramón Fernández tras su presentación en emblemático club". Sentimiento Popular (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  2. [2]
    Fajardo, Cristián (17 May 2023). "Matías Zaldivia es la sorpresa del nuevo microciclo de la selección chilena". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  3. [3]
    "¿Cómo reaccionó Matías Zaldivia tras su debut por la selección chilena?". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Con una sorpresa: Chile presenta su nómina para el fútbol masculino de cara a Santiago 2023". TNT Sports Chile (in Spanish). 3 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Medallists" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  6. [6]
    "¡Ya son chilenos! Diego Buonanotte y Matías Zaldivia recibieron su carta de nacionalidad". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  7. [7]
    "Doble Nacionalidad". Argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). 12 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
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