Matías Zaldivia

Matías Zaldivia
	Zaldivia with Colo Colo in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Matías Ezequiel Zaldivia
Date of birth	January 22, 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Universidad de Chile
Number	4
Youth career
	Chacarita Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2012	Chacarita Juniors
2012–2015	Arsenal de Sarandí
2016–2022	Colo-Colo
2023–	Universidad de Chile
International career‡
2023	Chile U23
2023–	Chile
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Chile
Pan American Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:28, 13 June 2023 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 November 2023

Matías Ezequiel Zaldivia (born January 22, 1991) is a football defender currently playing for Chilean Primera División team Universidad de Chile. Born in Argentina, he plays for the Chile national team.

Club career

Zaldivia made his professional debut for Chacarita Juniors in 2010.^[1]

After taking part in a training microcycle of the Chile squad at under-23 level,^[2] he made his international debut in the friendly match against Cuba on 11 June 2023.^[3]

He was called up to the Chile under-23 squad for the 2023 Pan American Games as an overage player alongside Brayan Cortés and César Fuentes,^[4] where Chile won the silver medal.^[5]

In December 2021, he acquired the Chilean nationality by residence along with his colleague Diego Buonanotte,^[6] keeping the Argentine nationality.^[7]

Arsenal de Sarandí

Colo-Colo

Chile U23^[a]

^ Peralta, Benjamín (28 January 2022). "Matías Zaldivia bromeó a Ramón Fernández tras su presentación en emblemático club". Sentimiento Popular (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
^ Fajardo, Cristián (17 May 2023). "Matías Zaldivia es la sorpresa del nuevo microciclo de la selección chilena". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2023.
^ "¿Cómo reaccionó Matías Zaldivia tras su debut por la selección chilena?". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
^ "Con una sorpresa: Chile presenta su nómina para el fútbol masculino de cara a Santiago 2023". TNT Sports Chile (in Spanish). 3 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
^ "Medallists" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
^ "¡Ya son chilenos! Diego Buonanotte y Matías Zaldivia recibieron su carta de nacionalidad". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
^ "Doble Nacionalidad". Argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). 12 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2022.