Mateus Uribe
Uribe playing for Colombia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Andrés Mateus Uribe Villa[1]
Date of birth (1991-03-21) 21 March 1991 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth Medellín, Colombia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al Sadd
Number 88
Youth career
Envigado
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Deportivo Español 4 (2)
2012–2016 Envigado 87 (7)
2015–2016 → Deportes Tolima (loan) 49 (9)
2016–2017 Atlético Nacional 28 (6)
2017–2019 América 65 (15)
2019–2023 Porto 113 (10)
2023– Al Sadd 0 (0)
International career‡
2017– Colombia 53 (6)
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Men's football
Copa América
Third place 2021
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Andrés Mateus Uribe Villa (born 21 March 1991) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd and the Colombia national team.

After coming through the ranks of Envigado's youth academy, Uribe made his professional debut with Argentine third division side Deportivo Español before returning to Envigado in 2012. After a loan to Deportes Tolima in 2015, he joined Atlético Nacional, where he won the Copa Colombia in 2016, and the league title in 2017. Uribe then signed with Liga MX side Club América, where he won an Apertura title, the Copa MX Clausura, and the Campeón de Campeones title. In 2019, he joined Portuguese side Porto and won eight trophies with the club, including two Primeira Liga, three Taça de Portugal, one Taça da Liga and two Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira titles.

A full international with Colombia since 2017, he played for the side at the 2018 FIFA World Cup and both the 2019 and 2021 Copa América, achieving a third-place finish in the latter.

Club career

Early career

Born in Medellín, Uribe was formed at Envigado FC. As first-team opportunities were limited, he played a year in the regional league of Antioquia Department, and his first professional games at Deportivo Español in the Primera B Metropolitana, on the third tier of the Argentine football league system. He scored twice in four games during his experience in Buenos Aires. On returning home, he played regularly in the Categoría Primera A for Envigado, Deportes Tolima and Atlético Nacional.[2]

América

On 1 August 2017, Uribe joined Club América of the Mexican Liga MX.[3] He scored 14 goals across all competitions in his first season in Mexico City,[2] including two in a 4–1 win at Pumas UNAM on 3 May 2018 in the Clausura Liguilla quarter-finals.[4] He was named in the 2018 Clausura Best XI.[5]

Porto

Uribe joined Portuguese club FC Porto on 4 August 2019, on a four-year deal for a €10 million fee, earning a net annual salary of €3 million.[6] Nine days later, he made his debut for the Dragons in their UEFA Champions League first qualifying round second leg at home to FC Krasnodar; he came on in the 49th minute for the injured Sérgio Oliveira in a 3–2 loss (3–3 aggregate draw and elimination on away goals).[7] In November, he and teammates Luis Díaz, Agustín Marchesín and Renzo Saravia were suspended from the derby game against Boavista F.C. for having partied the night before; the incident was involunatrily exposed by his wife Cindy Álvarez García on Instagram.[8]

Uribe scored his first goal for Porto – already crowned champions – to open a 2–1 loss at S.C. Braga on 25 July 2020, the last day of the season. However, he was substituted with injury moments later.[9] The following 10 February in a Taça de Portugal semi-final 1–1 draw at the same opponents, after compatriot Díaz had already been sent off, he joined him by headbutting Ricardo Esgaio.[10]

Al Sadd

On 5 June 2023, Uribe signed a three-year contract with Qatari club Al Sadd on a free transfer.[11]

International career

Uribe made his debut for the Colombia national team on 25 January 2017, against Brazil at the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro. He played the full 90 minutes of the 1–0 defeat.[12]

On 4 June 2018, Uribe was named in Colombia's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[13] He played in three of Colombia's four matches in the tournament, starting the game against Senegal.[14] Uribe hit the crossbar with his penalty during Colombia's 4–3 penalty shootout defeat against England in the round of 16, after the game had finished 1–1 after extra time.[15]

Uribe scored his first international goals on 9 June 2019, two of a 3–0 friendly win away to Peru ahead of his participation in the Copa América tournament in Brazil.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 June 2023[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Deportivo Español 2010–11 Primera B Metropolitana 4 2 — — — — 4 2
Envigado 2012 Categoría Primera A 30 1 5 2 — 4[c] 0 — 39 3
2013 28 3 4 1 — — — 32 4
2014 29 3 2 0 — — — 31 3
Total 87 7 11 3 — 4 0 — 102 10
Deportes Tolima 2015 Categoría Primera A 33 2 7 1 — 3[c] 0 — 43 3
2016 16 7 5 3 — — — 21 10
Total 49 9 12 4 — 3 0 — 64 13
Atlético Nacional 2016 Categoría Primera A 11 1 8 0 — 7[c] 1 2[d] 0 28 2
2017 17 5 0 0 — 2[e] 1 — 19 6
Total 28 6 8 0 — 9 2 2 0 47 8
América 2017–18 Liga MX 30 11 3 0 — 5[f] 3 — 38 14
2018–19 33 3 5 0 — — — 38 3
2019–20 2 1 0 0 — 0 0 2[g] 0 4 1
Total 65 15 8 0 — 5 3 2 0 80 18
Porto 2019–20 Primeira Liga 26 1 4 0 3 0 8[h] 0 — 41 1
2020–21 31 4 3 0 2 0 9[i] 1 1[j] 0 46 5
2021–22 25 1 5 2 0 0 8[k] 1 — 38 4
2022–23 31 4 6 0 6 0 7[i] 1 1[j] 0 51 5
Total 113 10 18 2 11 0 32 3 2 0 176 15
Career total 346 49 57 9 11 0 53 8 6 0 473 66
  1. ^ Includes Copa Colombia, Copa MX and Taça de Portugal
  2. ^ Includes Taça da Liga
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  4. ^ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  5. ^ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  6. ^ Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
  7. ^ One appearance in Leagues Cup, one appearance in Campeón de Campeones
  8. ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
  9. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  10. ^ a b Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  11. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 21 November 2023[18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Colombia 2017 5 0
2018 10 0
2019 11 3
2020 2 0
2021 11 1
2022 4 1
2023 10 1
Total 53 6
Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Uribe goal.[18]
List of international goals scored by Mateus Uribe
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 9 June 2019 Estadio Monumental "U", Lima, Peru  Peru 1–0 3–0 Friendly
2 2–0
3 19 November 2019 Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States  Ecuador 1–0 1–0 Friendly
4 3 June 2021 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru  Peru 2–0 3–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 24 March 2022 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia  Bolivia 3–0 3–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 12 October 2023  Uruguay 2–1 2–2 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Atlético Nacional

América

Porto

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Colombia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b Pulido, Juan Ricardo. "Las primeras jugadas de Mateus Uribe en el barrio San Cristóbal de Medellín" [Mateus Uribe's first playing experience in Medellín's San Cristobal neighbourhood] (in Spanish). Radio Nacional de Colombia. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Bienvenido Mateus Uribe" [Welcome Mateus Uribe] (in Spanish). Club América. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  4. ^ Arnold, Jon (3 May 2018). "Uribe the key as America rolls in first leg vs. Pumas". Goal. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Mateus Uribe en el XI ideal de la Liga MX" [Mateus Uribe in the Liga MX Best XI]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 29 May 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Oficial: América confirma acordo com FC Porto por Uribe" [Official: América confirm agreement with FC Porto for Uribe]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 4 August 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Sérgio Oliveira lesionou-se, saiu em lágrimas e Uribe estreou-se pelo FC Porto" [Sérgio Oliveira injured himself, left in tears and Uribe debuted for FC Porto]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 13 August 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  8. ^ "FC Porto afasta quatro jogadores por motivos disciplinares" [FC Porto sideline four players for disciplinary reasons]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 9 November 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Mateus Uribe sale llorando por una terrible lesión, luego de marcar con el Porto" [Mateus Uribe goes off crying with a terrible injury, after scoring for Porto]. Marca (in Spanish). 25 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Vídeo: A agressão de Uribe a Esgaio que ditou a expulsão do jogador portista" [Video: Uribe's aggression against Esgaio which led to the expulsion of the Porto player] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  11. ^ "OFFICIAL: Al-Sadd sign Colombian player Mateus Uribe". Al Sadd SC. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  12. ^ ""Se mantuvo el orden, pero hay cosas que mejorar": Mateus Uribe" ["We kept order, but there are things to improve": Mateus Uribe] (in Spanish). Fútbol Red. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Oficial: Tesillo, fuera de la lista de los 23 para Rusia 2018" [Official: Tesillo out of the list of 23 for Russia 2018]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 8 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  14. ^ "Mateus Uribe Player Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  15. ^ "Story of the match: England end shootout hoodoo with win over Colombia". York Press. Press Association. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  16. ^ Leal, Sebastián (9 June 2019). "Mateus Uribe marca doblete en la victoria de Colombia sobre Perú" [Mateus Uribe scores a brace in Colombia's victory against Peru]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  17. ^ Mateus Uribe at Soccerway
  18. ^ a b "Mateus Uribe". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  19. ^ "FC Porto secure 29th Portuguese league title". The Times of India. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  20. ^ "2018 SCCL - Best XI". CONCACAF. Retrieved 26 April 2017.

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