Facundo Leonel Mater (Arabic: فاكوندو ليونيل مطر; born 23 July 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chilean club Universidad de Concepción on loan from Barracas Central. Born in Argentina, he represents Syria at international level.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Facundo Leonel Mater[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 July 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina[1] | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Universidad de Concepción (on loan from Barracas Central) | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Nueva Chicago | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2020 | Nueva Chicago | 55 | (1) |
| 2020–2025 | Argentinos Juniors | 3 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Almirante Brown (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2022–2025 | → Barracas Central (loan) | 124 | (5) |
| 2026– | Barracas Central | 0 | (0) |
| 2026– | → Universidad de Concepción (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024– | Syria | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:37, 19 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editMater's senior career began in June 2016 with Nueva Chicago, when he was an unused substitute for a Primera B Nacional encounter with Los Andes.[1][3] He made his professional football debut during the 2016–17 season in a game against Argentinos Juniors, which preceded further appearances that season versus Instituto, Chacarita Juniors and San Martín.[1] Mater was selected seventeen more times in 2017–18.[1][4][5]
Ended his contract with Argentinos Juniors in 2025, Mater signed with Barracas Central and was loaned out to Chilean club Universidad de Concepción in January 2026.[6]
International career
editCareer statistics
edit- As of 26 February 2019.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nueva Chicago | 2016 | Primera B Nacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Facundo Mater at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ↑ Facundo Mater at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ "Ficha Estadistica de FACUNDO MATER". BDFA. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ↑ "Sarmiento se aprovechó de los errores de Chicago". Mundo Ascenso. 18 November 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ↑ "Nueva Chicago y Gimnasia de Jujuy no se sacaron ventaja". Diario Jornada. 2 December 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ↑ Reyes, Luis (29 January 2026). "Juega en una selección exótica, viene de Argentina y es el nuevo refuerzo de la U de Conce". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2026.
- ↑ "Russia 4–0 Syria". beIN SPORTS. 19 November 2024.
External links
edit- Facundo Mater at BDFA (in Spanish)
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