Matías Cavalleri
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matías Cavalleri Lopetegui | ||
| Date of birth | 8 April 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Vitacura, Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Deportes Concepción | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Universidad Católica | |||
| Newell's Old Boys | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Curicó Unido | 50 | (6) |
| 2021–2024 | Unión La Calera | 77 | (12) |
| 2021 | → Palestino (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2025 | Paysandu | 6 | (1) |
| 2025 | → CSA (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2026– | Deportes Concepción | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Chile U17 | |||
| Chile U20 | |||
| 2020 | Chile U23 | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 January 2020 | |||
Matías Cavalleri Lopetegui (born 8 April 1998) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Deportes Concepción.
Cavalleri had a period with the Universidad Católica academy, prior to joining the ranks of Newell's Old Boys.[2] In 2018, Chilean Primera División side Curicó Unido signed Cavalleri.[1][3] He made his professional debut on 11 February, starting a home league defeat to ex-club Universidad Católica though was later substituted off at the interval.[1] Cavalleri netted his first goals in May 2019 against Audax Italiano and Palestino.[1] In 2021, he switched to Unión La Calera.[4]
Cavalleri moved abroad for the 2025 season and signed with Paysandu in the Brazilian Série B.[5] In June of the same year, he was loaned out to Centro Sportivo Alagoano until the end of the season.[6] He returned to Chile at the end of the year.[7]
Back to Chile, Cavalleri joined Deportes Concepción on 18 December 2025.[8]
International career
Cavalleri has previously represented Chile at U17 and U20 level[2][9] and Chile U23 at the 2020 Pre-Olympic Tournament.[10]
He was called up to a some senior team training microcycles in April 2019[11] and 2020.[12][13]
Personal life
He is the nephew of Fernando "Palito" Cavalleri,[14] died in 2017, an Argentine naturalized Chilean football player and manager who had a long career in Chile and other countries.[15]
