Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | [1] | 29 April 1999||||||||||||||||
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* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2023 | Boca Juniors | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | → Estudiantes (loan) | 21 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Talleres (loan) | 24 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | → Tigre (loan) | 48 | (30) | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Genoa | 29 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | Atalanta | 5 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2018 | Argentina U20 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Italy | 14 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 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]
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.
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup [lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Boca Juniors | 2017–18 | Argentine Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2018–19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Estudiantes (loan) | 2018–19 | Argentine Primera División | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 21 | 5 | |||||
Total | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 29 | 5 | |||||
Talleres (loan) | 2020 | — | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||||
2021 | Argentine Primera División | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 6 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 48 | 6 | ||
Total | 24 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | 61 | 7 | |||
Tigre (loan) | 2022 | Argentine Primera División | 27 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 5] | 1 | 42 | 23 | |
2023 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 [lower-alpha 4] | 1 | — | 28 | 12 | ||||
Total | 48 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 35 | ||
Genoa | 2023–24 | Serie A | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 31 | 9 | |||
Atalanta | 2024–25 | Serie A | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 7] | 0 | 7 | 4 | |
Career total | 128 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 38 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 199 | 60 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Italy | 2023 | 4 | 2 |
2024 | 10 | 2 | |
Total | 14 | 4 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 23 March 2023 | Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, Naples, Italy | 1 | England | 1–2 | 1–2 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | [27] |
2 | 26 March 2023 | National Stadium, Attard, Malta | 2 | Malta | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | [28] |
3 | 21 March 2024 | Chase Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, United States | 5 | Venezuela | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly | [29] |
4 | 2–1 |
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