Mathías Riquero

Mathías Riquero
Personal information
Full name	Mathías Damián Riquero Berretta
Date of birth	29 August 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Defensor Sporting
	Nacional
	Villa Española
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2003	Villa Española
2004–2005	Montevideo Wanderers
2006	Cerro
2006–2008	Progreso
2008	Atlético Junior
2009	Caxias do Sul
2009–2010	Liverpool
2010–2011	Danubio
2011–2015	Ñublense
2015–2017	Deportes Iquique
2017–2018	Deportes Temuco
2019–2021	Progreso
2021	Villa Española
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mathías Damián Riquero Berretta (born 29 August 1982) is an Uruguayan naturalized Chilean former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Career

With an extensive career, Riquero played for clubs in Uruguay, Colombia, Brazil and Chile.^[1] As a youth player, Riquero was with Defensor Sporting and Nacional before making his professional debut at the age of sixteen playing for Villa Española.^[2]

He retired at the end of the 2021 season. His last club was Villa Española in the Uruguayan top division.^[3]

Personal life

His brother, Gonzalo, played as a goalkeeper for Villa Española when Mathías made his professional debut.

Riquero naturalized Chilean by residence in 2017.^[4]

References

^ "Mathías Riquero :: Mathías Damian Riquero Berretta ::". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
^ Pérez, Silvia (24 September 2019). "Mathías Riquero mete las manos en la tierra y la pelota en las redes". EL PAIS (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 March 2023.
^ Sánchez, Francisco (15 March 2023). "Estuvo siete años en Chile, fue figura y ahora dio un giro radical en su vida: "Decidí reinventarme"". Diario AS (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
^ @mathiriquero (9 February 2017). "Muy feliz por la nacionalización" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 March 2023 – via Twitter.

External links

Mathias Damian Riquero at BDFA (in Spanish)
Mathías Riquero at Soccerway
Tenfield Digital Profile (in Spanish)

[1] "Mathías Riquero :: Mathías Damian Riquero Berretta ::". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

[2] Pérez, Silvia (24 September 2019). "Mathías Riquero mete las manos en la tierra y la pelota en las redes". EL PAIS (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 March 2023.

[3] Sánchez, Francisco (15 March 2023). "Estuvo siete años en Chile, fue figura y ahora dio un giro radical en su vida: "Decidí reinventarme"". Diario AS (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

[4] @mathiriquero (9 February 2017). "Muy feliz por la nacionalización" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 March 2023 – via Twitter.

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