Matías Vuoso
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vicente José Matías Vuoso | ||
Date of birth | 3 November 1981 | ||
Place of birth |
Mar Del Plata , Argentina | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Independiente | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2002 | Independiente | 65 | (14) |
2002–2003 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
2003–2006 | Santos Laguna | 102 | (57) |
2006 | América | 20 | (5) |
2007–2010 | Santos Laguna | 124 | (37) |
2010–2012 | América | 63 | (22) |
2012–2013 | Atlas | 57 | (10) |
2014–2015 | → Chiapas (loan) | 33 | (9) |
2015–2016 | Cruz Azul | 27 | (5) |
2016–2017 |
Talleres de Córdoba | 1 | (0) |
2017 | Correcaminos UAT | 12 | (2) |
Total | 504 | (161) | |
International career | |||
2008–2015 | Mexico | 15 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Vicente José Matías Vuoso (born 3 November 1981) is a former professional
Born in
Vuoso chose to represent Mexico at international level, making his debut in 2008 and featured for them at the 2015 Copa América.
Club career
Early career
Matías Vuoso began his career in the Argentine Primera División with Independiente. Playing alongside Diego Forlán, Vicente scored seven goals in 29 games for Independiente in 2000–01 and another seven in 35 games in 2001–02. He left the Argentinian club in June 2002 to sign with English club Manchester City, joining for £3.5 million. However, Vuoso did not appear in a single game for Manchester City, and was subsequently loaned out to Santos Laguna for the 2003–04 season.
Santos Laguna
Despite moving from the Premier League to the Primera Division Mexicana, in the beginning of his stay in Mexico, Vuoso experienced the same problems at Santos Laguna that he faced at Manchester City. Coming to a club that already boasted an attack that featured Chilean playmaker Rodrigo Ruiz and Mexican striker Jared Borgetti, Vuoso was exclusively played as a substitute during the first part of the Apertura 2003 season. As fate would have it however, Vuoso was thrown into the starting mix when Borgetti suffered a minor injury that required a two-week absence from the pitch. Vuoso scored in both of the games he started in place of Borgetti and subsequently convinced Santos manager Luis Fernando Tena, who awarded Vuoso a starting spot.
After Jared Borgetti's exit from Santos Laguna following the Clausura 2004 season, Vuoso became Santos Laguna's main goalscoring threat and teammate Rodrigo Ruiz's primary target for his passes. Vuoso exploded with 11 goals in 17 games for Santos in the Apertura 2004 campaign and then followed that up with 16 goals in 19 games the following season.
América
Newly appointed América manager Luis Fernando Tena brought Vuoso to the club as a reinforcement for the Apertura 2006 campaign. Following the club's semi-final defeat, Vuoso was sold back to Santos. He only managed to score 5 goals in 20 league matches for América.
Return to Santos Laguna
Vuoso was bought by Santos Laguna again after Clausura 2007 for an undisclosed amount of money. Upon his return, a loss of form kept Vuoso on the bench. However, Vuoso would later become a key player in Santos Laguna's 2008 Clausura championship campaign.
However, during the finals of the Clausura 2010, he failed to score twice in two important plays during the second game against Toluca and made that Santos were meant to play extra-time and penalty shots. In the penalty shots he was the fourth player and failed to score his penalty shot allowing Toluca to get the championship.
After this game, Vuoso was transferred to Club America.
Return to América
For the Apertura 2010 season, he signed with América, which would be his second stint with the club. In his first season with América, he scored 8 goals, helping América reach the semi-finals, being defeated by his ex-club Santos.
Atlas
América sold Vuoso to
Loan to Chiapas
Atlas loaned Vuoso to Chiapas F.C. for the Apertura 2014.
Cruz Azul
On 25 July 2015, Cruz Azul announced the signing of Vuoso for the Apertura 2015. During this time, Vuoso was a free agent.
International career
Upon receiving his Mexican citizenship, Vuoso said that if Hugo Sánchez, former coach of the Mexico national team, ever needed a striker, he would be honored to wear the green jersey while helping the country of his new home win. On 3 August 2008 Mexico coach and former Manchester City manager Sven-Göran Eriksson had Matias Vuoso, the second naturalized striker on the Mexico squad, replace Omar Arellano who injured himself days before.[1][permanent dead link] His debut came when he came on as a substitute in a 3–0 win over Jamaica at the Azteca stadium.
On 15 October 2008, Vuoso scored his first goal with the team against Canada with a header. The game was a World Cup Qualifier Match. On 12 November 2008, Vuoso scored a last minute goal for Mexico to win over Ecuador 2–1. On 11 March 2009, he scored again twice against Bolivia, in a game that ended 5–1.
On 11 May 2015, Vuoso was called up to participate in the
International goals
- Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vuoso goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 15 October 2008 | Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton , Canada |
Canada | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2 | 12 November 2008 | Chase Field, Phoenix, United States | Ecuador | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly
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3 | 11 March 2009 | Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, United States | Bolivia | 2–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
4 | 4–0 | |||||
5 | 15 June 2015 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile | Chile | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2015 Copa América |
6 | 3–3 |
Personal life
During his time with Manchester City, he, along with players
Honours
Santos Laguna
- Clausura 2008
Individual
- Primera División de MéxicoGolden Boot: Clausura 2005, Apertura 2005 (Shared)
References
- ^ "Two bankers admit theft from City players". news.lifestyle.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
- ^ "Jail after thefts from football stars". thescotsman.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
External links
- Guardian statistics
- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
- Matías Vuoso – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
- Article on Vuoso's stay at Man City
- Matías Vuoso at National-Football-Teams.com