| Julián Malatini | |
| Birth Date: | 31 May 2001 |
| Birth Place: | General Cabrera, Argentina |
| Height: | 1.91 m[1] |
| Position: | Centre-back, right-back |
| Currentclub: | Werder Bremen |
| Clubnumber: | 22 |
| Youthclubs1: | Unión Deportiva |
| Youthclubs2: | Ateneo Vecinos |
| Youthyears3: | 2017–2020 |
| Youthclubs3: | Talleres |
| Years1: | 2020–2023 |
| Clubs1: | Talleres |
| Caps1: | 33 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2023 |
| Clubs2: | → Defensa y Justicia (loan) |
| Caps2: | 17 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs3: | Defensa y Justicia |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2024– |
| Clubs4: | Werder Bremen |
| Caps4: | 11 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Argentina U18 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2020– |
| Nationalteam2: | Argentina U20 |
| Club-Update: | 11:05, 21 May 2024 (UTC) |
Julián Malatini (born 31 May 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for Werder Bremen.[2]
Malatini started out with Unión Deportiva de General Cabrera at the age of five, prior to joining Ateneo Vecinos.[3] [4] [5] He left at the end of 2017 to sign for Talleres, having impressed over a trial period.[3] He made his reserves debut in 2019 against Racing Club, under the guidance of manager Diego Torrentes.[3] He was promoted into their first-team squad towards the end of 2020 under manager Alexander Medina, as the right-back featured in a number of friendlies before the start of the 2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional; he didn't appear in that aforementioned competition, though did make the substitute's bench on six occasions.[2] [6] [7]
After again going unused three times in the subsequent 2021 Copa de la Liga, Malatini's senior debut did arrive on 6 March 2021 during a 1–1 draw away to Sarmiento; he replaced Nahuel Tenaglia after sixty-six minutes.[6]
On 3 January 2023, Malatini joined Defensa y Justicia on loan with an option to make the move permanent.[8] In December 2023, the club announced that they had exercised their right to purchase, the player signing a three-year contract.[9]
On 16 January 2024, Malatini signed for Bundesliga club Werder Bremen.[10] The transfer fee was reported as €2 million.[11] On 27 January, Malatini scored on his debut for Werder Bremen, getting the last goal in a 3–1 win against SC Freiburg in the third minute of injury time, two minutes after having been substituted on.[12]
In 2019, Malatini was selected on the preliminary squad list for the Argentina U18s' trip to Spain for the COTIF Tournament; though didn't make the final cut.[3] [13] He had already received a call-up from the U18s a year prior.[14] December 2020 saw him receive a call to train with the U20s; just over a week after he had signed his first professional contract with Talleres.[15] [16] [17]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Talleres | 2020–21 | Argentine Primera División | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 24 | 1 | ||||
| 2022 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |||
| Defensa y Justicia (loan) | 2023 | Primera División | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | ||
| Werder Bremen | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 61 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 2 | |||