Mateo Retegui

Mateo Retegui
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-04-29) 29 April 1999 (age 25)[1]
Place of birth San Fernando, Argentina
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Atalanta
Number 32
Youth career
2014–2016 River Plate
2016–2018 Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2023 Boca Juniors 1 (0)
2019–2020Estudiantes (loan) 21 (4)
2020–2021Talleres (loan) 24 (4)
2022–2023Tigre (loan) 48 (30)
2023–2024 Genoa 29 (7)
2024– Atalanta 7 (7)
International career
2018 Argentina U20 5 (0)
2023– Italy 16 (6)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Italy
UEFA Nations League
Third place 2023 Netherlands
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:58, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2024

Mateo Retegui (born 29 April 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Atalanta. Born in Argentina, he plays for the Italy national team.[3] He is nicknamed "il Re tigre" ("the tiger king").[4]

  1. ^ "Mateo Retegui - Italy - European Qualifiers". UEFA.com. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 0221com was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Italy - M. Retegui". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Genoa, il Re tigre e il Folletto: la coppia Retegui-Gudmunsson che fa sognare i tifosi rossoblù". ilsecoloxix.it. ilsecoloxix.it. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.