Baltasar Barcia
Uruguayan footballer (born 2001)
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Mateo Baltasar Barcia Fernández (born 19 February 2001) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as midfielder for Boston River, on loan from Argentine club Independiente.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mateo Baltasar Barcia Fernández | ||
| Date of birth | 19 February 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Pando, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Boston River (on loan from Independiente) | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rentistas | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Rentistas | 33 | (2) |
| 2023– | Independiente | 26 | (1) |
| 2024 | → Criciúma (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2025– | → Boston River (loan) | 25 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 October 2025 | |||
Career
Rentistas
Born in Pando, Barcia was a Rentistas youth graduate. He made his first team – and Uruguayan Primera División – debut on 6 June 2021, starting in a 2–0 home loss to Deportivo Maldonado.[1]
Barcia scored his first professional goal on 5 July 2021, netting the winner in a 1–0 away success over Cerrito.[2] He was regularly used during the 2022 season, but was unable to avoid team relegation.
Independiente
On 24 January 2023, Barcia signed a four-year contract with Argentine Primera División side Independiente, after the club paid US$ 500,000 for 50% of his economic rights.[3]
Career statistics
- As of 24 August 2024[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | State league | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rentistas | 2021 | Uruguayan Primera División | 17 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 33 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | ||||
| Independiente | 2023 | Argentine Primera División | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | ||
| Criciúma (loan) | 2024 | Série A | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12[a] | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Career total | 63 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 77 | 3 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Campeonato Catarinense