Mateo Escobar

Mateo Escobar
Personal information
Full name Mateo Martín Escobar[1]
Date of birth (1995-11-07) 7 November 1995
Place of birth Zárate, Argentina[2]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position Forward
Youth career
Defensores Unidos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Defensores Unidos 152 (34)
2020–2022 Almirante Brown 10 (5)
2023 Guanacasteca 8 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:32, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Mateo Martín Escobar (born 7 November 1995) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward.[3]

Career

Escobar started his career in the ranks of Defensores Unidos.[4] After appearing for his senior debut in 2016 in Primera C Metropolitana, the forward went on to score fourteen goals in fifty-seven appearances in all competitions across two seasons as they gained promotion to Primera B Metropolitana in 2017–18.[4][5][6] He made his bow in the second tier on 16 September 2018 during a defeat to Fénix.[3] His first goals at that level came in March 2019 against Almirante Brown and Colegiales.[3][7][8] He scored three more goals across the next twelve months, prior to departing to join the aforementioned Almirante Brown in September 2020.[2][9][10]

In January 2023, Escobar signed for Liga FPD club Guanacasteca.[11]

Personal life

At a young age, Escobar regularly took part in athletics; including the 100m, winning races at the Buenos Aires Games and training at CeNARD.[2] He decided to focus on football after leaving school.[2]

Career statistics

As of 12 October 2020.[3][4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Defensores Unidos 2018–19 Primera B Metropolitana 312150——00333
2018–19 20210——00217
Total 51530——00545
Almirante Brown 2020–21 Primera B Metropolitana 0000——0000
Career total 51530——0054

Honours

Almirante Brown
Defensores Unidos[4][12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mateo Escobar". World Football. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Mateo Escobar, un refuerzo con pasado de velocista: "Llegué a competir en el CeNARD"". El1Digital. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Argentina - M. Escobar". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Ficha Estadistica de MATEO ESCOBAR". BDFA. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Mateo Escobar: "El primer objetivo es clasificar a la Copa Argentina"". Área 18. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "Un triunfo para el recuerdo". Argentina en Ascenso. 20 October 2017. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "No para de gritarlo". Mundo Ascenso. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "Contrato para Pentimalli y Escobar". Mirá Zárate. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  9. ↑ "Mateo Escobar puso la firma". Mundo Ascenso. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "Mateo Escobar puso el gancho en el Mirasol". Solo Ascenso. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  11. ↑ https://amprensa.com/2023/01/horacio-esquivel-lleva-a-guanacasteca-10-fichajes-en-busca-de-evitar-el-descenso/
  12. ↑ "Defensores Unidos logró el ascenso". AFA. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
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