Mateo Cassierra

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Mateo Cassierra
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Cassierra with Zenit St. Petersburg in 2022
Personal information
Full name Zander Mateo Cassierra Cabezas
Date of birth (1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Barbacoas, Colombia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Number 30
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 Deportivo Cali 43 (12)
2016–2018 Jong Ajax 46 (29)
2016–2019 Ajax 21 (3)
2018 → FC Groningen (loan) 10 (1)
2019 → Racing (loan) 0 (0)
2019–2021 Belenenses SAD 63 (14)
2021–2022 Sochi 22 (14)
2022– Zenit Saint Petersburg 72 (29)
International career‡
2023– Colombia 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2024

Zander Mateo Cassierra Cabezas (born 13 April 1997) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Russian club Zenit St. Petersburg and the Colombia national team.

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Career

Deportivo Cali

Cassierra made his debut for Deportivo Cali in 2015. Despite having played at Deportivo Cali with a jersey displaying "Casierra", his official name is spelled "Cassierra" (with two s's). [2]

Ajax

On 17 June 2016, Cassierra signed a five-year contract with Dutch club Ajax, lasting until 2021. [3] The club paid Deportivo Cali €5.5 million to complete the transfer. [4] Cassierra is the third Colombian player to play for Ajax after Daniel Cruz (2000–2003) and Davinson Sánchez. [5] He scored a goal in his Eredivisie debut against Sparta Rotterdam in a 1–3 win.

Cassierra spent the majority of the 2017–18 season playing for the reserves' team Jong Ajax, in the Eerste Divisie. He finished as top scorer of the reserves team with 18 goals scored, helping his side to clinch their first championship since joining the professional ranks and competing in the second tier of Dutch football. [6]

Groningen loan

On 2 June 2018, Ajax announced its loan, for one season, to FC Groningen. However, he returned after only half a season. [7]

Racing loan

In January 2019, he joined Racing on loan until July 2020. [8]

Sochi

On 26 August 2021, he signed a two-year contract with an additional one-year option with Russian Premier League club PFC Sochi. [9] Cassierra finished 2021–22 Russian Premier League as the second-best goal scorer with 14 goals, behind Gamid Agalarov who scored 19, as Sochi finished in 2nd place, club's historical best position. [10]

Zenit St. Petersburg

On 30 June 2022, Zenit St. Petersburg announced the signing of Cassierra to a three-year contract, with the option of an additional year. [11]

After scoring only twice in the 2022–23 Russian Premier League, Cassiera started the 2023–24 season with 6 goals in the first 6 games, taking the top spot in the scoring race. He went into the winter break of the season in December with 14 goals, 6 goals ahead of the second-highest scorers. [12] On 2 February 2024, Cassiera extended his contract with Zenit to June 2027. [13]

On 19 May 2024, Cassiera scored 5 goals in a 5–1 victory over Akhmat Grozny. He became the first player to score 5 goals in a game since Russian Premier League was formed in 2002, and the third overall player to do so in the history of the Russian top-tier championship (following Viktor Panchenko in 1994 and Oleg Veretennikov in 1998). [14] He finished the season as league's top scorer with 21 goals as Zenit came back on the last match day to claim their sixth consecutive title. [15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 December 2024 [16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Deportivo Cali 2015 Categoría Primera A 238103——3311
2016 2040062—266
Total431210362005917
Ajax 2016–17 Eredivisie 1723290—294
2017–18 411000—51
Total213429000345
Jong Ajax 2016–17 Eerste Divisie 1711———1711
2017–18 2918———2918
Total46290000004629
Groningen 2018–19 Eredivisie10100——101
Jong Groningen 2018–19 Derde Divisie 21———21
Racing 2018–19 Argentine Primera División 00—002 [b] 020
2019–20 00———00
Total0000002020
Belenenses SAD 2019–20 Primeira Liga 29410——304
2020–21 321041——3611
2021–22 20——1 [c] 030
Total63145100106915
Sochi 2021–22 Russian Premier League 221410––2314
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2022–23 26263—1 [d] 0335
2023–24 282193—1 [d] 03824
2024–25 18641—1 [d] 0237
Total7229197–309436
Career total279103391315260339118

International

As of match played 22 March 2024 [17]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Colombia 202321
202410
Total31

Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first. [18]

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.16 June 2023 Mestalla Stadium, Valencia, Spain Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 1–01–0 Friendly

Honours

Ajax

Jong Ajax [19]

Racing Club [19]

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "Mateo Cassierra". FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Ajax rondt transfer Colombiaan Cassierra af" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 17 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Ajax sign Mateo Cassierra". Ajax. 17 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ajax rondt komst miljoenenaankoop Casierra af" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 17 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Cassierra tweede Colombiaan bij Ajax" (in Dutch). Ajax. 17 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Cassierra laat zich uit over 'eeuwige rol' bij Jong Ajax" (in Dutch). SoccerNews.nl. 2 May 2018.
  7. ↑ Ajax laat Sierhuis en Matusiwa in kelder Eredivisie minuten maken (Dutch). Voetbal International. 27 December 2018.
  8. ↑ "Ajax verhuurt Mateo Cassierra aan Racing Club". AFC Ajax. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "Ряды "Сочи" пополнил латиноамериканский форвард!" (in Russian). PFC Sochi. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "Агаларов — лучший бомбардир РПЛ сезона-2021/2022. Дзюба и Смолов — в топ-5" (in Russian). Championat. 21 May 2022.
  11. ↑ "Матео Кассьерра — в «Зените»!". fc-zenit.ru (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  12. ↑ "14-й гол Кассьерры в сезоне принёс «Зениту» победу над «Пари НН»" [14th goal of the season by Cassiera brings Zenit a victory over Pari NN] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 9 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "«Зенит» продлил контракт с Матео Кассьеррой" (in Russian). Zenit St. Petersburg. 2 February 2024.
  14. ↑ "Матео Кассьерра – автор первого пента-трика в истории РПЛ" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 19 May 2024.
  15. 1 2 "Матео Кассьерра – лучший бомбардир Мир РПЛ-2023/24" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 25 May 2024.
  16. ↑ Mateo Cassierra at Soccerway
  17. ↑ "Cassierra, Mateo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  18. ↑ Mateo Cassierra at National-Football-Teams.com
  19. 1 2 3 "2016/17: United win it for Manchester". UEFA. 30 May 2017.
  20. ↑ ""Зенит" обеспечил 5-е чемпионство подряд благодаря победе над "Спартаком"" [Zenit secured 5th title in a row thanks to a win over Spartak]. Russian Premier League. 7 May 2023.
  21. ↑ ""Зенит" завоевал золотые медали Мир РПЛ в шестом сезоне подряд!" [Zenit won the gold medals of MIR RPL for the sixth season in a row!] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 25 May 2024.
  22. ↑ "Суперфинал FONBET Кубка России LIVE. Гол Алипа приносит "Зениту" победу" [Russian Cup Superfinal: Alip goal gives Zenit the victory] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 June 2024.
  23. ↑ "«Зенит» обыграл «Спартак» в Петербурге и завоевал третий OLIMPBET Суперкубок подряд" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 9 July 2022.
  24. ↑ "2023 Russian Super Cup game report" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 15 July 2023.
  25. ↑ ""Зенит" – обладатель OLIMPBET Суперкубка России-2024" [Zenit is the winner of OLIMPBET Russian Super Cup 2024] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 13 July 2024.
  26. ↑ "Агаларов, Сафонов и Захарян – в списке «33 лучших футболистов» сезона". Российский футбольный союз (in Russian). Retrieved 14 September 2023.


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