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Mateo Ponte

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Mateo Ponte
Ponte with Uruguay U20 in 2023
Personal information
Full name Mateo Ponte Costa[1]
Date of birth (2003-05-24) 24 May 2003 (age 21)[1]
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
Botafogo
Number 4
Youth career
Danubio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 Danubio 22 (1)
2023– Botafogo 17 (3)
International career
2021–2023 Uruguay U20 36 (3)
2024 Uruguay U23 6 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Uruguay
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner 2023 Argentina
South American U-20 Championship
Runner-up 2023 Colombia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 August 2024

Mateo Ponte Costa (born 24 May 2003) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Botafogo.[2]

Club career

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Danubio

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A youth academy graduate of Danubio, Ponte made his professional debut on 4 February 2021 in a 4–0 league win against River Plate Montevideo.[3][4]

Botafogo

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On 2 August 2023, Ponte signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side Botafogo.[5][6]

In August, Mateo Ponte debuted with the Botafogo shirt in the 3-0 victory over Bahia, at the Nilton Santos Stadium, in the 21st round of the Brazilian Championship.[7]

International career

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Ponte is a current Uruguayan youth international.[8] He was a part of the Uruguayan side that won the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.[9][10]

In June 2023, Ponte received his first call-up to the senior team for friendlies against Nicaragua and Cuba.[11] In January 2024, he was named in Uruguay's squad for the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.[12]

Career statistics

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As of 22 August 2024[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Danubio 2020 UPD 10 0 10 0
2021 USD 3 0 3 0
2022 UPD 1 0 1 0 2 0
2023 UPD 8 1 0 0 0 0 8 1
Total 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 1
Botafogo 2023 Série A 1 0 1[b] 0 2 0
2024 Série A 10 3 3 0 10[c] 0 6[d] 0 29 3
Total 11 3 3 0 11 0 6 0 31 3
Career total 33 4 4 0 11 0 6 0 54 4
  1. ^ Includes Copa Uruguay, Copa do Brasil
  2. ^ Appearance in Copa Sudamericana
  3. ^ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  4. ^ Appearances in Campeonato Carioca

Honours

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Uruguay U20

References

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  1. ^ a b c "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Uruguay (URU)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 22. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b Mateo Ponte at Soccerway
  3. ^ "Debutantes de la 4a fecha del Torneo Clausura 2020". 5 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  4. ^ "River Plate vs. Danubio - 4 February 2021". Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Uruguaio na família" [Uruguayan in the family] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Botafogo FR. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  6. ^ Redação (2 August 2023). "Botafogo anuncia contratação de lateral-direito Mateo Ponte, ex-Danubio". Fogo na Rede (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  7. ^ "COM DOIS DE DIEGO COSTA, BOTAFOGO VENCE BAHIA E AMPLIA VANTAGEM NA LIDERANÇA DO BRASILEIRO". Fogo na Rede (in Brazilian Portuguese). 27 August 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  8. ^ "29 futbolistas convocados para el primer entrenamiento del año". 25 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Uruguay es Campeón del Mundo". Uruguayan Football Association. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  10. ^ a b Lopesino, Juan (12 June 2023). "Luciano Rodríguez vale un Mundial". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Los sub-20 convocados se incorporan a los entrenamientos este miércoles" (in Spanish). 13 June 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Lista final para el CONMEBOL Preolímpico 2024" (in Spanish). 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Uruguay vicecampeón del CONMEBOL SUB20". 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
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