| Matías Cavalleri | |
| Fullname: | Matías Cavalleri Lopetegui |
| Birth Date: | 8 April 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Vitacura, Chile |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Unión La Calera |
| Clubnumber: | -- |
| Youthclubs1: | Universidad Católica |
| Youthclubs2: | Newell's Old Boys |
| Years1: | 2018–2020 |
| Caps1: | 50 |
| Goals1: | 6 |
| Years2: | 2021– |
| Caps2: | 5 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2021 |
| Clubs3: | → Palestino (loan) |
| Caps3: | 7 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Nationalteam1: | Chile U17 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2020 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 24 September 2021 |
| Ntupdate: | 25 January 2020 |
Matías Cavalleri Lopetegui (born 8 April 1998) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Unión La Calera.[1] [2]
Cavalleri had a period with the Universidad Católica academy, prior to joining the ranks of Newell's Old Boys.[3] In 2018, Chilean Primera División side Curicó Unido signed Cavalleri.[2] [4] He made his professional debut on 11 February, starting a home league defeat to ex-club Universidad Católica though was later substituted off at the interval.[2] Cavalleri netted his first goals in May 2019 against Audax Italiano and Palestino.[2]
Cavalleri has previously represented Chile at U17 and U20 level[3] [5] and Chile U23 at the 2020 Pre-Olympic Tournament.[6]
He was called up to a some senior team training microcycles in April 2019[7] and 2020.[8] [9]
.[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Curicó Unido | 2018 | Primera División | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | ||||
He is the nephew of Fernando "Palito" Cavalleri,[10] a former Argentine naturalized Chilean football player and manager who had a long career in Chile, among other countries, and who died on 2017.[11]