Mathías Cardaccio

Mathías Cardaccio

Personal information
Full name	Mathías Adolfo Cardaccio Alaguich
Date of birth	(1987-10-02) 2 October 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	Nacional	25	(1)
2008–2009	Milan	1	(0)
2010	Banfield	13	(0)
2010–2011	Atlante	19	(1)
2012	Londrina	4	(0)
2012–2013	Asteras Tripoli	7	(0)
2013	Colo-Colo	0	(0)
2013	Colo-Colo B	5	(2)
2013–2016	Defensor Sporting	31	(1)
2016–2017	Sinaloa	13	(0)
2017–2018	Defensor Sporting	61	(1)
2019	Nacional	20	(1)
2020–2021	Defensor Sporting	39	(3)
International career
2007	Uruguay U20	8	(0)
2008	Uruguay	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:21, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Mathías Adolfo Cardaccio Alaguich (born 2 October 1987) is an Uruguayan former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Club career

Cardaccio began his playing career with Club Nacional de Football in Uruguay. His most famous goal for the club came in a 3–1 win against Cienciano that allowed Nacional to progress to the knockout stages of Copa Libertadores 2008.^[2] His talent did not go unnoticed and he was signed by AC Milan on a 4-year contract.^[3]

Cardaccio made his competitive debut for Milan in a 1–2 Coppa Italia loss to Lazio on 3 December 2008. He made his debut in Serie A on 26 April 2009, in Milan 3–0 win over Palermo,^[4] which later proved to be his only appearance with the rossoneri'. On 28 August 2009 Milan announced to have released Cardaccio and fellow Uruguayan Tabaré Viudez by mutual consent.^[5][6][7]

His next club were Defensor Sporting Club back in Uruguay but on 29 January 2010 he was loaned to Banfield from Defensor Sporting, who had signed him on a free transfer during summer 2009.^[8]

In 2010, he joined Mexican side Atlante.

Chilean side Colo Colo reached an agreement to sign Cardaccio from his Greek club Asteras Tripoli F.C. in February 2013.^[9]

International career

In 2007 Cardaccio took part in the FIFA U-20 World Cup with Uruguay. There he scored an own goal in a match against the United States.

Personal life

Mathías is the nephew of former Uruguayan player Jorge Daniel Cardaccio, who also played for Nacional. His sister, Belén, is a former Uruguay international footballer.^[10]

References

1. "Club Nacional de Football".
2. Mathías Cardaccio golazo vs Cienciano
3. "Italian Serie A: Uruguayan Mathias Cardaccio signed four-year deal with AC Milan: Soccer, SportsYA in English". sportsya.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
4. Ofrecen al Getafe a los uruguayos Mathías Cardacio y Tabaré Viudez^{[permanent dead link‍]}
5. "A.C. MILAN OFFICIAL NOTE". AC Milan. 28 August 2009. Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
6. AC Milan To Offer Getafe Cardacio And Viudez For Albin
7. "El plantel está armado" Archived 5 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
8. Banfield, presi Cardacio e Shaffer (in Italian)
9. "Colo Colo confirmó como refuerzo al volante uruguayo Mathias Cardacio" (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 1 February 2013.
10. "Mathias Cardacio: El uruguayo de familia futbolera que se inspira en Pirlo". La Tercera (in Spanish). La Tercera. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

External links

• Mathías Cardaccio – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Mathías Cardaccio – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
• "Player profile" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 August 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
• Mathías Cardaccio at BDFA (in Spanish)
• Mathías Cardaccio at ESPN FC
• Mathías Cardaccio at National-Football-Teams.com
• Mathías Cardaccio at Soccerway