Mateo Retegui

Mateo Retegui (born 29 April 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Argentine Primera División club Tigre, on loan from Boca Juniors. Born and raised in Argentina, he represents the Italy national team.[2]

Mateo Retegui
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-04-29) 29 April 1999
Place of birth San Fernando, Argentina
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Tigre
(on loan from Boca Juniors)
Number 32
Youth career
0000–2016 River Plate
2016–2018 Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Boca Juniors 1 (0)
2019–2020 → Estudiantes (loan) 21 (4)
2020–2021 → Talleres (loan) 24 (4)
2022– → Tigre (loan) 39 (28)
International career‡
Argentina U20
2023– Italy 2 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:07, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

Biography

Retegui holds Italian citizenship, although he was born and raised in Argentina. His maternal grandfather Angelo Dimarco emigrated to Argentina from Canicattì (Sicily).

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.[3] 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.[4][3] 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.[2][5] 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.[2]

January 2019 saw Retegui loaned to Estudiantes for eighteen months.[1][2] He appeared eight times in 2018–19, before scoring five goals in twenty-one appearances in 2019–20.[2]

In February 2022, Retegui joined Tigre on a loan deal until the end of 2023.[6]

International career

Retegui represented Argentina at U19 and U20 level, including for the latter at the 2018 South American Games.[7][8]

Being eligible to play for Italy through descent, on 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.[9] Retegui received his first official call up to the Italian national team on 17 March 2023,[10] and proceeded to score in his international debut on 23 March against England in a Euro 2024 qualifying match lost 2–1 in Naples.[11] 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,[12] 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.[13]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 24 March 2023[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Boca Juniors 2017–18 Argentine Primera División 0000—000000
2018–19 1000—000010
Total 1000—000010
Estudiantes (loan) 2018–19 Argentine Primera División 3010——4[lower-alpha 3]080
2019–20 18431———215
Total 21441——0295
Talleres (loan) 2020 — 20111——131
2021 Argentine Primera División 244401426[lower-alpha 4]0—486
Total 2446025360—617
Tigre (loan) 2022 Argentine Primera División 271910133—1[lower-alpha 5]14223
2023 86100000—96
Total 35252013300115129
Career total 8133121386605114241
  1. Includes Copa Argentina
  2. Includes Copa de la Liga Profesional
  3. Appearance(s) in Copa de la Superliga
  4. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  5. Appearance in Trofeo de Campeones

International
As of match played 26 March 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Italy 202322
Total22
Italy score listed first, score column indicates score after each Retegui goal[14]
List of international goals scored by Mateo Retegui
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
123 March 2023Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, Naples, Italy1 England1–21–2UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying[15]
226 March 2023National Stadium, Attard, Malta2 Malta1–02–0UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying[16]

References
  1. "Mateo Retegui, de jugar en la Selección argentina de hockey a ser refuerzo de Estudiantes". 0221. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  2. "Argentina - M. Retegui". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  3. "Hockey? No, fútbol! Quién es Mateo Retegui, el hijo del ex-DT de Los Leones?". Goal. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  4. "Estoy cumpliendo el sueño de mi papá". Olé. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  5. "Conocé a Mateo Retegui, el juvenil que se perfila como titular en Boca". TyC Sports. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  6. TIGRE HIZO OFICIAL LA LLEGADA DE MATEO RETEGUI, elgrafico.com.ar, 8 February 2022
  7. "Argentina superó 3-0 al Shandong Luneng". AFA. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  8. "La Selección se entrenó por la tarde". AFA. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  9. "Bomber Retegui dice sì all'Italia grazie al nonno di Canicattì: "È un onore e un orgoglio"" (in Italian). Fanpage.it. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  10. "Nazionale, Mancini chiama l'argentino Retegui. Prima anche Falcone e Buongiorno" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  11. "ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL WIN ON RECORD NIGHT FOR KANE AND RONALDO".
  12. "🔥 Retegui has had zero issues settling into life with the Azzurri". OneFootball. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  13. Campanale, Susy (26 March 2023). "Video: Retegui first to score in both first competitive games since 1968". Football Italia. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  14. "Mateo Retegui". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  15. "Italy vs. England 1–2: Summary". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  16. "Malta vs. Italy 0–2: Summary". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
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