Matías Palavecino

Matías Palavecino
Palavecino with Rosario Central in 2019
Personal information
Full name Matías Tomás Palavecino
Date of birth (1998-05-23) 23 May 1998[1][2]
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position Attacking midfielder[3]
Team information
Current team
 Universidad Católica
Number 10
Youth career
Rosario Central
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Rosario Central 0 (0)
2019–2020 ASIL Lysi 14 (2)
2020 Gimnasia de Jujuy 5 (1)
2021 Patronato 15 (0)
2022 Gimnasia de Jujuy 35 (7)
2023–2025 Coquimbo Unido 46 (5)
2023–2024 → Belgrano (loan) 7 (0)
2026– Universidad Católica 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 December 2025

Matías Tomás Palavecino (born 23 May 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Chilean Primera División club Universidad Católica.[1]

Club career

Palavecino started his career with Rosario Central, he was moved into their senior squad by manager Paulo Ferrari during the 2018–19 campaign.[1][2][4] He made his senior bow on 26 February 2019 as the club were eliminated from the Copa Argentina by Sol de Mayo of Torneo Federal A, with the midfielder playing eighty-four minutes.[1] Just over two weeks later, on 13 March, Palavecino made his Copa Libertadores debut against Universidad Católica; having previously been an unused substitute for the matchday one group stage encounter with Grêmio.[1][5] In the succeeding July, Palavecino headed to Cyprus to join second tier team ASIL.[6][7]

After fourteen appearances and two goals, against Karmiotissa and Aris Limassol respectively, Palavecino returned to his homeland with Primera B Nacional's Gimnasia y Esgrima in September 2020.[8] He scored once, versus Santamarina, in five matches for El Lobo Jujeño.[1] On 17 February 2021, Palavecino returned to the Primera División with Patronato on a free transfer; penning terms until the succeeding December.[9] He debuted in a home defeat to Independiente on 21 February.[1]

In December 2022, Palavecino signed with Chilean Primera División side Coquimbo Unido.[10] In August 2023, he renewed his contract until 2025, being immediately loaned out to Belgrano in his homeland.[11][12] Back to Coquimbo Unido, he won the 2025 Chilean Primera División, the first one for the club.[13] He left them at the end of 2025.[14]

On 22 December 2025, Palavecino signed with Universidad Católica.[15]

International career

In March 2017, Palavecino received a call-up to train with the Argentina U20s.[16]

Career statistics

As of As of match played 21 June 2026.[1][17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League Cup[b] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rosario Central 2018-19 Primera División —10—1[c]0—20
ASIL 2019-20 Second Division 142————142
Gimnasia de Jujuy 2020 Primera B Nacional 51————51
Patronato 2020 Primera División ——20——20
2021 90—60——150
Total 90—80——170
Gimnasia de Jujuy 2022 Primera B Nacional 35720———377
Coquimbo Unido 2023 Liga de Primera 18132———213
2025 284103———387
Total 465135———5910
Belgrano (loan) 2023 Primera División ——501[d]0—60
2024 ——20——20
Total ——7010—80
Universidad Católica 2026 2026 14211415[c]02[e]0264
Career total 12317176191702016824
  1. ↑ Includes Copa Argentina, Copa Chile
  2. ↑ Includes Copa de la Liga Profesional and Copa de la Liga
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
  5. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Supercopa de Chile

Honours

Coquimbo Unido

Individual

Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Argentina - M. Palavecino". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
    2. 1 2 "Matías Palavecino firmó su primer contrato". Rosario Central. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
    3. ↑ "Matías Palavecino". World Football. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
    4. ↑ "Central arranca la pretemporada con todas las miradas puestas en Ruben". Rosario Plus. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
    5. ↑ "Ficha Estadistica de MATIAS PALAVECINO". BDFA. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
    6. ↑ "ΕΚΛΕΙΣΕ Matias Palavecino!". Kerkida. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
    7. ↑ "Έκανε την υπέρβαση με Παλαβετσίνο - Ήρθε Κύπρο ο παίκτης". Sigmalive. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
    8. ↑ "Palavecino, un enganche para Sialle". Jujuy al Momento. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
    9. ↑ "¡Bienvenido, Matías Palavecino!". Patronato. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
    10. ↑ @coquimbounido (9 December 2022). "NUEVO PIRATA PARA EL MEDIOCAMPO PORTEÑO" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2022 – via Twitter.
    11. ↑ Rivera Valencia, Carlos (1 September 2023). "Matías Palavecino deja Coquimbo Unido y parte a préstamo a Belgrano de Córdoba". Diario El Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 September 2023.
    12. ↑ "Belgrano presentó a Matías Palavecino: sus números y el video de bienvenida septiembre 2023". Show Sport (in Spanish). 4 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
    13. ↑ "Palavecino, campeón con Coquimbo: "Ningún club nos pasó por arriba"". ESPNdeportes.com (in Spanish). 3 November 2025. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
    14. ↑ Pavez, Felipe (6 December 2025). ""Fue mi último partido": Coquimbo Unido sufre primera baja para la Copa Libertadores". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2025.
    15. ↑ García, Javiera (23 December 2025). "Así presentó U. Católica a su refuerzo estrella: "¡A entregarlo todo!"". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
    16. ↑ "Con dos cambios en el medio, Central recibe a Tigre en el Gigante". El Ciudadano. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
    17. ↑ "Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Ποδοσφαίρου". CFA. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
    18. ↑ Orrego Bocchieri, Héctor (8 December 2025). "Una maravilla: Así fue la Gala Crack 2025 de TNT Sports con los mejores del fútbol chileno" (in Spanish). TNT Sports Chile. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
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