Mateo Ponte
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_(cropped).jpg) Ponte with Uruguay U20 in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mateo Ponte Costa[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 May 2003[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Botafogo | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Danubio | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Danubio | 22 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Botafogo | 59 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Uruguay U20 | 36 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Uruguay U23 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 April 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Mateo Ponte Costa (born 24 May 2003) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Botafogo.[2]
Danubio
A youth academy graduate of Danubio, Ponte made his professional debut on 4 February 2021 in a 4–0 league win against River Plate Montevideo.[3][4]
Botafogo
On 2 August 2023, Ponte signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side Botafogo.[5][6]
In August, Mateo Ponte debuted with the Botafogo shirt in the 3–0 victory over Bahia, at the Nilton Santos Stadium, in the 21st round of the Brazilian Championship.[7]
In July 2025, Mateo Ponte received a $4 million offer from Al Jazira of the United Arab Emirates to leave Botafogo. Adapted, a multiple-champion, and identified with the club, the right-back declined the offer to remain with the team.[8]
In September 2025, Botafogo announced the renewal of Mateo Ponte's contract until July 2028.[9]
International career
Ponte is a current Uruguayan youth international.[10] He was a part of the Uruguayan side that won the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.[11][12]
In June 2023, Ponte received his first call-up to the senior team for friendlies against Nicaragua and Cuba.[13] In January 2024, he was named in Uruguay's squad for the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.[14]
