Matías Aguirregaray

Matías Aguirregaray Guruceaga (born 1 April 1989) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a defender .

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aguirregaray and the second or maternal family name is Guruceaga.

Matías Aguirregaray
Personal information
Full name Matías Aguirregaray Guruceaga
Date of birth (1989-04-01) 1 April 1989
Place of birth Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right wing back, left back
Youth career
2000–2007 Peñarol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Peñarol 66 (2)
2010–2011 Terrassa 0 (0)
2011–2012 Montevideo Wanderers 0 (0)
2011–2012 → Palermo (loan) 12 (0)
2012–2013 CFR Cluj 8 (1)
2013 Peñarol 14 (1)
2013–2017 Estudiantes 57 (9)
2015–2016 → Peñarol (loan) 29 (5)
2017–2019 Tijuana 12 (0)
2018 → Las Palmas (loan) 15 (0)
2018–2019 → Al-Fateh (loan) 25 (1)
2019–2020 Al-Fateh 25 (2)
National team‡
2009 Uruguay U20 9 (1)
2012 Uruguay Olympic 4 (0)
2012–2014 Uruguay 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 September 2014

His nickname is "El Vasquito". He also holds a Spanish passport, allowing him to be counted as an EU player.[1]

Club career

Aguirregaray made his professional debut in 2007 with a Peñarol shirt, and spent four full seasons with the club.

In October 2010 he joined Tercera División club Terrassa FC, in order to help him gain a Spanish passport to ease a potential move to a higher-rank team within Europe. He never played a single game with the Catalans.[2][3]

On 24 August 2011, Serie A club Palermo confirmed to have signed Aguirregaray on loan from Montevideo Wanderers F.C., with an option to fully acquire the player's transfer right by the end of the season.[4] He made his debut as a second-half substitute for Nicolás Bertolo in a Serie A home game against Cagliari, ended in a 3–2 win for his side.

In July 2013 he signed a contract with Argentinian club Estudiantes de La Plata.

International career

Aguirregaray took part at the 2009 South American Youth Championship and the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup as part of the Uruguayan under-20 team.

He was part of Uruguay's 2012 Olympic squad.[5]

In September 2012, he was called up to the Uruguayan senior side for two World Cup qualifying matches against Colombia and Ecuador, but failed to make debut.[6] He finally made his debut to the senior squad in February 2013 in a 3–1 friendly loss against Spain, coming on as a substitute.

Personal life

Matias is the son of Penarol's former player, Óscar Aguirregaray.[7]

References
  1. "Aguirregaray alla Lazio? Ne sto parlando con Lotito". Corriere dello Sport – Stadio (in Italian). 13 June 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  2. "Aguirregaray arriba al Terrassa FC, de moment, per entrenar" [Aguirregaray arrivers to Terrassa, at the moment only for training purposes] (in Catalan). ATerrassa.cat. 22 October 2010. Archived from the original on 8 January 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  3. "Aguirregaray fa escala a Terrassa" [Aguirregaray arrives to Terrassa] (in Catalan). El Punt Avui. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  4. "ALTRO ACQUISTO AGUIRREGARAY ROSANERO" [Another acquisition, Aguirregaray is a Rosanero] (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  5. "MatÃas Aguirregaray Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  6. "Matias Aguirregaray a fost convocat la echipa națională!" (in Romanian). cfr1907.ro. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  7. "Peñarol: Aguirregaray no se va @ Tenfield". Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
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