Mateo Retegui

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Mateo Retegui
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-04-29) 29 April 1999 (age 25) [1]
Place of birth San Fernando, Argentina
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Atalanta
Number 32
Youth career
2014–2016 River Plate
2016–2018 Boca Juniors
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2023 Boca Juniors 1 (0)
2019–2020Estudiantes (loan) 21 (4)
2020–2021Talleres (loan) 24 (4)
2022–2023Tigre (loan) 48 (30)
2023–2024 Genoa 29 (7)
2024– Atalanta 4 (4)
International career
2018 Argentina U20 5 (0)
2023– Italy 14 (4)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
UEFA Nations League
Bronze medal icon.svg 2023 Netherlands
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 september 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2024

Mateo Retegui (born 29 April 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Atalanta. Born in Argentina, he plays for the Italy national team. [3] He is nicknamed il Re tigre ("the tiger king"). [4]

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Early life

Retegui was born and raised in Argentina. His maternal grandfather Angelo Dimarco emigrated to Argentina from Canicattì, Sicily. His father's grandparents on one side of the family were also Italian, specifically from Genoa, while the others were Basque.

He is the son of former field hockey player Carlos Retegui, who represented Argentina as a player and coach at various Pan American Games and Olympic Games. [5] His sister Micaela is also an Olympian in the sport.

Club career

Retegui began his senior career with Boca Juniors, who signed him years prior from River Plate. [6] [5] He was first promoted into the club's first-team by manager Guillermo Barros Schelotto during the 2017–18 Argentine Primera División season, appearing as an unused substitute on occasions against Arsenal de Sarandí and Estudiantes in December 2017. [3] [7] His professional debut arrived on 17 November 2018, with the forward being substituted on for the final moments of a 1–0 home win over Patronato. [3]

January 2019 saw Retegui loaned to Estudiantes for eighteen months. [2] [3] He appeared eight times in 2018–19, before scoring five goals in twenty-one appearances in 2019–20. [3]

In February 2022, Retegui joined Tigre on a loan deal until the end of 2023. [8]

On 26 July 2023, Retegui joined Serie A club Genoa on a five-year deal, [9] for a reported fee of €15 million. [10] On 11 August 2023, he scored his first two goals for the club in a Coppa Italia match against Serie B side Modena. [11]

Retegui moved to fellow Serie A club Atalanta in a deal worth a reported €28 million on 8 August 2024, following an anterior cruciate ligament injury to Atalanta forward and Italy teammate Gianluca Scamacca. [12] [13]

International career

Retegui represented Argentina at U19 and U20 level, including for the latter at the 2018 South American Games. [14] [15]

Being eligible to play for Italy through descent, in February 2023 it was reported Retegui was pre-selected by Roberto Mancini to join the Azzurri team for the first UEFA Euro 2024 qualification games. [16] Retegui received his first official call up to the Italy national team on 17 March 2023, [17] and proceeded to score in his international debut on 23 March against England in a Euro 2024 qualifying match lost 2–1 in Naples. [18] He would tally again in his subsequent appearance on 26 March, netting the winner in a 2–0 win over Malta in a Euro 2024 qualifier in Ta' Qali, [19] to become the first player to score in his first two competitive matches for the national side since Pierino Prati accomplished the feat in 1968. [20]

On 21 March 2024, Retegui scored twice in a 2–1 victory over Venezuela. He was the first Genoa player to score a brace for Italy since Virgilio Levratto at the 1928 Summer Olympics. [21] [22] In June 2024, Retegui was included by manager Luciano Spalletti in Italy's squad for UEFA Euro 2024. [23] Later that year, on 6 September, he was named player of the match, in which he also provided an assist, in a 3–1 away win over France during the UEFA Nations League, helping his country to secure their first win against their opponent in Paris since April 1954. [24] [25]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 August 2024 [3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Boca Juniors 2017–18 Argentine Primera División 0000000000
2018–19 1000000010
Total1000000010
Estudiantes (loan) 2018–19 Argentine Primera División30104 [lower-alpha 3] 080
2019–20 18431215
Total214410295
Talleres (loan) 2020 20111131
2021 Argentine Primera División244401426 [lower-alpha 4] 0486
Total2446025360617
Tigre (loan) 2022 Argentine Primera División2719101331 [lower-alpha 5] 14223
2023 2111106 [lower-alpha 4] 12812
Total48302013361117035
Genoa 2023–24 Serie A 29722319
Atalanta 2024–25 Serie A3300001 [lower-alpha 6] 043
Career total126481433861216119659

International

As of match played 9 September 2024 [26]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Italy 202342
2024102
Total144
Italy score listed first, score column indicates score after each Retegui goal. [26]
List of international goals scored by Mateo Retegui
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
123 March 2023 Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, Naples, Italy1Flag of England.svg  England 1–21–2 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying [27]
226 March 2023 National Stadium, Attard, Malta2Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 1–02–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying [28]
321 March 2024 Chase Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, United States5Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 1–02–1 Friendly [29]
42–1

Honours

Individual

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