| Matías Pellegrini | |
| Birth Date: | 11 March 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Magdalena, Argentina |
| Height: | [1] |
| Position: | Left winger[2] |
| Currentclub: | Velez Sarsfield |
| Clubnumber: | 11 |
| Youthclubs1: | CRIM de Magdalena |
| Youthclubs2: | Estudiantes |
| Years1: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs1: | Estudiantes |
| Caps1: | 15 |
| Goals1: | 3 |
| Years2: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs2: | Inter Miami |
| Caps2: | 19 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2019 |
| Clubs3: | → Estudiantes (loan) |
| Caps3: | 6 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2021 |
| Clubs4: | → Fort Lauderdale CF (loan) |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs5: | → Estudiantes (loan) |
| Caps5: | 33 |
| Goals5: | 3 |
| Years6: | 2022 |
| Clubs6: | → New York City FC (loan) |
| Caps6: | 4 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2023 |
| Clubs7: | New York City FC |
| Caps7: | 24 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2024– |
| Clubs8: | Vélez Sarsfield |
| Caps8: | 6 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 12:12, 8 May 2024 (UTC) |
Matías Pellegrini (born 11 March 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Argentine Primera División club Velez Sarsfield.
Pellegrini began with Estudiantes, who signed him from CRIM de Magdalena.[3] [4] [5] He was moved into the senior squad under manager Leandro Benítez during 2018–19, who selected him for his professional debut in a Copa Argentina tie with Central Córdoba on 24 July 2018.[1] [6] After featuring in the 2018 Copa Libertadores versus Grêmio, Pellegrini made his first appearance in the Primera División on 12 August during a defeat to Godoy Cruz.[1] [7] In his next match a week later, also in the league, he scored the first senior goal in a 2–0 victory over Boca Juniors.[1] Overall, Pellegrini ended his first campaign with four goals in twenty-three fixtures.[1]
On 23 July 2019, Pellegrini agreed a transfer to Major League Soccer's Inter Miami,[8] and he was immediately loaned back to Estudiantes until January 2020.[9] The transfer fee was reported to be "between $6 million and $9 million."[10]
On 16 April 2021, Inter Miami removed Pellegrini from their roster to meet MLS requirements.[11] He was loaned to Fort Lauderdale CF, Inter Miami's USL League One affiliate.[12]
On 2 August 2021, Inter Miami loaned Pellegrini to his former club Estudiantes until June 2022 with an option to buy.[13] Estudiantes did not exercise their purchase option at the end of the loan, however, and Inter Miami subsequently waived Pellegrini so that he could join another MLS club on a free outside of the transfer window.[11]
On 19 August 2022, MLS club New York City FC claimed Pellegrini off waivers.[14] NYCFC announced on October 23, 2023, that the club declined Pellegrini's option, thus making him a free agent.
Pellegrini was called up to train with the Argentina U17s in November 2016.[15] Two years later, in 2018, he was selected by the U20s.[16]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Estudiantes | 2018–19 | Primera División | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2[17] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | |||
| Inter Miami | 2020 | Major League Soccer | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |||
| Estudiantes (loan) | 2019–20 | Primera División | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 36 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 7 | |||
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