Matías Palavecino

Matías Palavecino
Palavecino with Rosario Central in 2019
Personal information
Full name Matías Tomás Palavecino
Date of birth (1998-05-23) 23 May 1998 (age 27)[1][2]
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position Attacking midfielder[3]
Team information
Current team
 Universidad Católica
Number 10
Youth career
Rosario Central
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Rosario Central 0 (0)
2019–2020 ASIL Lysi 14 (2)
2020 Gimnasia de Jujuy 5 (1)
2021 Patronato 15 (0)
2022 Gimnasia de Jujuy 35 (7)
2023–2025 Coquimbo Unido 46 (5)
2023–2024 → Belgrano (loan) 7 (0)
2026– Universidad Católica 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 December 2025

Matías Tomás Palavecino (born 23 May 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Chilean Primera División club Universidad Católica.[1]

Club career

Palavecino started his career with Rosario Central, he was moved into their senior squad by manager Paulo Ferrari during the 2018–19 campaign.[1][2][4] He made his senior bow on 26 February 2019 as the club were eliminated from the Copa Argentina by Sol de Mayo of Torneo Federal A, with the midfielder playing eighty-four minutes.[1] Just over two weeks later, on 13 March, Palavecino made his Copa Libertadores debut against Universidad Católica; having previously been an unused substitute for the matchday one group stage encounter with Grêmio.[1][5] In the succeeding July, Palavecino headed to Cyprus to join second tier team ASIL.[6][7]

After fourteen appearances and two goals, against Karmiotissa and Aris Limassol respectively, Palavecino returned to his homeland with Primera B Nacional's Gimnasia y Esgrima in September 2020.[8] He scored once, versus Santamarina, in five matches for El Lobo Jujeño.[1] On 17 February 2021, Palavecino returned to the Primera División with Patronato on a free transfer; penning terms until the succeeding December.[9] He debuted in a home defeat to Independiente on 21 February.[1]

In December 2022, Palavecino signed with Chilean Primera División side Coquimbo Unido.[10] In August 2023, he renewed his contract until 2025, being immediately loaned out to Belgrano in his homeland.[11][12] Back to Coquimbo Unido, he won the 2025 Chilean Primera División, the first one for the club.[13] He left them at the end of 2025.[14]

On 22 December 2025, Palavecino signed with Universidad Católica.[15]

International career

In March 2017, Palavecino received a call-up to train with the Argentina U20s.[16]

Honours

Coquimbo Unido

Individual

Career statistics

As of 27 February 2021.[1][18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rosario Central 2018–19 Primera División 0 0 1 0 0 0 1[a] 0 0 0 2 0
ASIL 2019–20 Second Division 14 2 0 0 — — 0 0 14 2
Gimnasia y Esgrima 2020 Primera B Nacional 5 1 0 0 — — 0 0 5 1
Patronato 2021[nb 1] Primera División 2 0 0 0 — — 0 0 2 0
Career total 21 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23 3
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores

Notes

  1. ^ Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Argentina - M. Palavecino". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Matías Palavecino firmó su primer contrato". Rosario Central. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Matías Palavecino". World Football. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Central arranca la pretemporada con todas las miradas puestas en Ruben". Rosario Plus. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Ficha Estadistica de MATIAS PALAVECINO". BDFA. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  6. ^ "ΕΚΛΕΙΣΕ Matias Palavecino!". Kerkida. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Έκανε την υπέρβαση με Παλαβετσίνο - Ήρθε Κύπρο ο παίκτης". Sigmalive. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Palavecino, un enganche para Sialle". Jujuy al Momento. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  9. ^ "¡Bienvenido, Matías Palavecino!". Patronato. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.[dead link]
  10. ^ @coquimbounido (9 December 2022). "NUEVO PIRATA PARA EL MEDIOCAMPO PORTEÑO" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2022 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ Rivera Valencia, Carlos (1 September 2023). "Matías Palavecino deja Coquimbo Unido y parte a préstamo a Belgrano de Córdoba". Diario El Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Belgrano presentó a Matías Palavecino: sus números y el video de bienvenida septiembre 2023". Show Sport (in Spanish). 4 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Palavecino, campeón con Coquimbo: "Ningún club nos pasó por arriba"". ESPNdeportes.com (in Spanish). 3 November 2025. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  14. ^ Pavez, Felipe (6 December 2025). ""Fue mi último partido": Coquimbo Unido sufre primera baja para la Copa Libertadores". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  15. ^ García, Javiera (23 December 2025). "Así presentó U. Católica a su refuerzo estrella: "¡A entregarlo todo!"". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  16. ^ "Con dos cambios en el medio, Central recibe a Tigre en el Gigante". El Ciudadano. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  17. ^ Orrego Bocchieri, Héctor (8 December 2025). "Una maravilla: Así fue la Gala Crack 2025 de TNT Sports con los mejores del fútbol chileno" (in Spanish). TNT Sports Chile. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  18. ^ "Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Ποδοσφαίρου". CFA. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
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