Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mateo Pellegrino Casalanguila | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 22 October 2001||
Place of birth | Valencia, Spain | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-forward[2] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Estudiantes (on loan from Vélez Sarsfield) | ||
Number | 28 | ||
Youth career | |||
Valencia | |||
Inter Milan | |||
2018–2021 | Vélez Sarsfield | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Vélez Sarsfield | 9 | (0) |
2022– | → Estudiantes (loan) | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:09, 11 September 2022 (UTC) |
Mateo Pellegrino Casalánguida (born 22 October 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Estudiantes de La Plata, on loan from Vélez Sarsfield.[3]
Pellegrino played in various youth academies across Europe due to his father's footballing commitments on the continent, with the centre-forward notably appearing for Valencia and Inter Milan.[1][4] In 2018, Pellegrino joined the Vélez Sarsfield academy; a few years before his father would become manager at first-team level.[1] He was promoted to the senior set-up for the first time in January 2021.[5][6] He soon appeared on the substitute's bench for a Copa de la Liga Profesional fixture with Rosario Central on 16 January, though he went unused in a 3–1 away win.[3] His debut arrived under father Mauricio in the same competition on 31 March against Banfield.[7] On 27 June 2022, Pellegrino joined fellow league club Estudiantes on loan until June 2023 with a purchase option.[8]
September 2019 saw Pellegrino receive a training call-up from Fernando Batista's Argentina U19s.[9]
Before becoming a centre-forward, Pellegrino played as a left-back and as a winger.[1] He cites Romelu Lukaku and Lucas Pratto as players who he shapes his game on.[10]
Pellegrino is the son of football manager and former footballer Mauricio Pellegrino, while uncle Maximiliano was also a professional footballer.[1][11][12] He was born in Valencia, Spain while his father was playing in La Liga for the football club of the same name.[1]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Vélez Sarsfield | 2020–21[nb 1] | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021[nb 2] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |