Mateo Ponte
_(cropped).jpg) Ponte with Uruguay U20 in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mateo Ponte Costa[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 May 2003[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Botafogo | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Danubio | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Danubio | 22 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Botafogo | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Uruguay U20 | 36 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Uruguay U23 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 April 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[edit]
Danubio[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- As of 25 April 2024[2]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| 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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7[c] | 0 | 6[d] | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
| Total | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 2 | ||
- ^ Includes Copa Uruguay, Copa do Brasil
- ^ Appearance in Copa Sudamericana
- ^ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
- ^ Appearances in Campeonato Carioca
Honours[edit]
Uruguay U20
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Mateo Ponte at Soccerway
- ^ "Debutantes de la 4a fecha del Torneo Clausura 2020". 5 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "River Plate vs. Danubio - 4 February 2021". Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Uruguaio na família" [Uruguayan in the family] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Botafogo FR. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Redação (2023-08-02). "Botafogo anuncia contratação de lateral-direito Mateo Ponte, ex-Danubio". Fogo na Rede (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "COM DOIS DE DIEGO COSTA, BOTAFOGO VENCE BAHIA E AMPLIA VANTAGEM NA LIDERANÇA DO BRASILEIRO". Fogo na Rede (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-08-27. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "29 futbolistas convocados para el primer entrenamiento del año". 25 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Uruguay es Campeón del Mundo". Uruguayan Football Association. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ a b Lopesino, Juan (12 June 2023). "Luciano Rodríguez vale un Mundial". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Los sub-20 convocados se incorporan a los entrenamientos este miércoles" (in Spanish). 13 June 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Lista final para el CONMEBOL Preolímpico 2024" (in Spanish). 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Uruguay vicecampeón del CONMEBOL SUB20". 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
External links[edit]
- Mateo Ponte at WorldFootball.net
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- 2003 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Montevideo
- Men's association football defenders
- Uruguayan men's footballers
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Danubio F.C. players
- Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players
- Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
- Uruguayan football defender stubs