Mateus Uribe Explained

Mateus Uribe
Full Name:Andrés Mateus Uribe Villa[1]
Birth Date:21 March 1991
Birth Place:Medellín, Colombia
Height:1.82 m
Position:Midfielder
Currentclub:Al Sadd
Clubnumber:88
Youthclubs1:Envigado
Years1:2010–2011
Clubs1:Deportivo Español
Caps1:4
Goals1:2
Years2:2012–2016
Clubs2:Envigado
Caps2:87
Goals2:7
Years3:2015–2016
Clubs3:Deportes Tolima (loan)
Caps3:49
Goals3:9
Years4:2016–2017
Clubs4:Atlético Nacional
Caps4:28
Goals4:6
Years5:2017–2019
Clubs5:América
Caps5:65
Goals5:15
Years6:2019–2023
Clubs6:Porto
Caps6:113
Goals6:10
Years7:2023–
Clubs7:Al Sadd
Caps7:9
Goals7:0
Nationalyears1:2017–
Nationalteam1:Colombia
Nationalcaps1:61
Nationalgoals1:6
Pcupdate:17 December 2023 (UTC)
Ntupdate:14 July 2024 (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. In 2023, Uribe moved to Qatar Stars League side Al Sadd on a free transfer. In 2023, Uribe joined Qatar Stars League side Al Sadd on a free transfer and went on to win the Emir Cup the following year, scoring the decisive goal in the final.

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]

On 24 June 2024, he netted his first goal for Al Sadd in the Amir Cup, scoring a 118th minute goal against Qatar SC to clinch his first title with the club.[12]

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.[13]

On 4 June 2018, Uribe was named in Colombia's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[14] He played in three of Colombia's four matches in the tournament, starting the game against Senegal.[15] 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.[16]

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.[17]

Career statistics

Club

Club!rowspan="2"
SeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Deportivo Español2010–11Primera B Metropolitana4242
Envigado2012Categoría Primera A3015240393
201328341324
201429320313
Total8771134010210
Deportes Tolima2015Categoría Primera A3327130433
2016167532110
Total499124306413
Atlético Nacional2016Categoría Primera A111807120282
20171750021196
Total286809220478
América2017–18Liga MX301130533814
2018–1933350383
2019–202100002041
Total65158053208018
Porto2019–20Primeira Liga261403080411
2020–2131430209110465
2021–22251520081384
2022–2331460607110515
Total113101821103232017615
Al Sadd2023–24Qatar Stars League90415140222
Career total35549611011058910049568

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
Colombia201750
2018100
2019113
202020
2021111
202241
2023101
202480
Total616

Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Uribe goal.

No.!scope="col"
DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1 9 June 2019 Estadio Monumental "U", Lima, Peru 1–0 3–0 Friendly
2 2–0
3 19 November 2019 Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States 1–0 1–0 Friendly
4 3 June 2021 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru 2–0 3–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 24 March 2022 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia 3–0 3–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 12 October 2023 2–1 2–2 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Atlético Nacional

Torneo Apertura 2017

2016

2016

2017

América

Apertura 2018

Clausura 2019

2019

Porto

2019–20,[18] 2021–22

2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23

2022–23

2020, 2022Al Sadd

Individual

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Colombia . FIFA . 5 . 15 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190611000407/https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF . 11 June 2019.
  2. News: 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. 18 October 2019 . . es.
  3. News: Bienvenido Mateus Uribe. Welcome Mateus Uribe . 18 October 2019 . Club América . 1 August 2017 . es.
  4. News: Arnold . Jon . Uribe the key as America rolls in first leg vs. Pumas . 18 October 2019 . Goal . 3 May 2018.
  5. News: Mateus Uribe en el XI ideal de la Liga MX . Mateus Uribe in the Liga MX Best XI. 20 November 2019 . Diario AS . 29 May 2018 . es.
  6. News: Oficial: América confirma acordo com FC Porto por Uribe. Official: América confirm agreement with FC Porto for Uribe . 18 October 2019 . . 4 August 2019 . pt.
  7. News: 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 . 18 October 2019 . O Jogo . 13 August 2019 . pt.
  8. News: FC Porto afasta quatro jogadores por motivos disciplinares. FC Porto sideline four players for disciplinary reasons. 11 October 2021 . . 9 November 2021 . Portuguese.
  9. News: 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. 26 July 2020 . Marca . 25 July 2020 . es.
  10. News: 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. 15 February 2021 . SAPO . 10 February 2021 . Portuguese.
  11. News: OFFICIAL: Al-Sadd sign Colombian player Mateus Uribe. 5 June 2023. Al Sadd SC. 5 June 2023. en.
  12. Web site: 2024 Amir Cup/ Al Sadd Beat Qatar SC 1-0 to Clinch Title . 25 May 2024 . www.qna.org.qa . en.
  13. News: "Se mantuvo el orden, pero hay cosas que mejorar": Mateus Uribe. "We kept order, but there are things to improve": Mateus Uribe . 18 October 2019 . Fútbol Red . 25 January 2017 . es.
  14. News: Oficial: Tesillo, fuera de la lista de los 23 para Rusia 2018 . Official: Tesillo out of the list of 23 for Russia 2018 . . 8 June 2018 . 19 June 2018 . es.
  15. Web site: Mateus Uribe Player Profile . ESPN . 6 July 2018 .
  16. Web site: Story of the match: England end shootout hoodoo with win over Colombia . Press Association . York Press . 4 July 2018 . 6 July 2018 .
  17. News: Leal . Sebastián . Mateus Uribe marca doblete en la victoria de Colombia sobre Perú . Mateus Uribe scores a brace in Colombia's victory against Peru. 18 October 2019 . . 9 June 2019 . es.
  18. News: FC Porto secure 29th Portuguese league title. 26 July 2020 . The Times of India . 16 July 2020.
  19. Web site: 2018 SCCL - Best XI. CONCACAF. 26 April 2017.