Matías Viña

Matías Nicolás Viña (born 9 November 1997) is an Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club AFC Bournemouth, on loan from Serie A club Roma, and the Uruguay national team.[3]

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

Matías Viña
Viña with Uruguay U20 in 2017
Personal information
Full name Matías Nicolás Viña Susperreguy[1]
Date of birth (1997-11-09) 9 November 1997
Place of birth Empalme Olmos, Uruguay
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Bournemouth
(on loan from Roma)
Number 18
Youth career
2015–2017 Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Nacional 39 (5)
2020–2021 Palmeiras 44 (2)
2021– Roma 29 (0)
2023– → Bournemouth (loan) 10 (2)
International career‡
2016–2017 Uruguay U20 27 (4)
2019– Uruguay 29 (0)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Uruguay
South American U-20 Championship
Winner2017 Ecuador
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:40, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2023

Club career

Viña was signed by Nacional in 2015 when he was 17 years old. He joined the Fourth Division and had the opportunity to practice with the professional team.[4][5] One year later, Viña achieved his first minutes with the club's reserve team, having played eight games in the Third Division.[6] On 31 January 2020, Viña left the club to join Série A side Palmeiras, where he won the treble[7] consisting of the Campeonato Paulista,[8] Copa Libertadores[9] and Copa do Brasil.[10] In August 2021, he signed for A.S. Roma.[11]

On 30 January 2023, Viña joined Premier League club AFC Bournemouth on loan until the end of the season, with an option to buy for €15 million. On 15 April, he scored his first goal for the club following his first ever start, coming in a 3–2 away win at Tottenham Hotspur.

International career

Making his debut in 2016 for the Uruguay under-20 team in a friendly against Chile, Viña played in both the 2017 South American U-20 Championship, coming first, and in the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, finishing in fourth place. He played 27 games for the youth selection, scoring four times.[12]

Viña made his senior international debut for Uruguay on 6 September 2019, coming on from the bench in a friendly against Costa Rica.[13] His debut as a starter came four days later, in a friendly against the United States; Viña played the whole 90 minutes in a 1–1 draw.[14]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 13 May 2023[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nacional 2017 Uruguayan Primera División 40—000040
2018 10—000010
2019 345—7[lower-alpha 1]03[lower-alpha 2]0445
Total 395—7030495
Palmeiras 2020 Série A 2316012[lower-alpha 1]27[lower-alpha 3]0483
2021 40003[lower-alpha 1]113[lower-alpha 4]1202
Total 27160153201685
Roma 2021–22 Serie A 260209[lower-alpha 5]0—370
2022–23 30004[lower-alpha 6]0—70
Total 29020130—440
AFC Bournemouth (loan) 2022–23 Premier League 102———102
Career total 10588035323117112
  1. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  2. Two appearances in Uruguayan Primera División season playoffs, one appearance in Supercopa Uruguaya
  3. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Paulista
  4. Ten appearances and one goal in Campeonato Paulista, one appearance in Supercopa do Brasil, two appearances in Recopa Sudamericana
  5. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
  6. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International
As of match played 28 March 2023[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Uruguay 201960
202030
2021120
202270
202310
Total290

Honours

Nacional

Palmeiras

Roma

Uruguay U20

Individual

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Uruguay" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 30. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. "Matias Viña". A.S. Roma. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  3. Matías Viña at Soccerway
  4. Amaya, Sebastián (2 February 2017). "¿Una nueva generación de cracks?". Referí (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  5. "Nacional: clásico en la mira con De Pena". Tenfield (in Spanish). 27 April 2015.
  6. "Reserva: La campaña tricolor en el Campeonato Uruguayo Especial 2016" (in Spanish). Club Nacional de Football. 19 December 2016. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021.
  7. Bengtson, Kristian (9 March 2021). "Palmeiras 2-0 Grêmio – the Treble is complete!". ANYTHING PALMEIRAS. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  8. "Enfim, campeão: Com jovens da base decisivos, um novo Palmeiras sem tantos medalhões quebra a sina de 12 anos sem o Paulista".
  9. "Palmeiras win Copa in dramatic fashion". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  10. "El Palmeiras anuncia fichaje del uruguayo Matías Viña" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  11. "El uruguayo Matías Viña fue presentado por Roma este domingo como nuevo refuerzo del plantel". www.elobservador.com.uy (in Spanish). 8 August 2021.
  12. "Entrevista a Matías Viña - AUF". www.auf.org.uy. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  13. ElPais. "Qué dejaron los debut de Brian Rodríguez y Matías Viña en Uruguay". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  14. Observador, El. "Matías Viña rindió examen y aprobó: es una opción para el lateral izquierdo". El Observador. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  15. "Matías Viña » Club matches". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  16. "Matías Viña » Internationals". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  17. Honeyman, Sam (25 May 2022). "Roma 1–0 Feyenoord: Zaniolo strike wins the first Europa Conference League final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  18. "Premios AUF 2019". 27 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
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