Matías Rocha
Uruguayan footballer (born 2000)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Matías Emiliano Rocha Calderón | ||
Date of birth | (2001-02-13) 13 February 2001 (age 23) | ||
Place of birth | Paysandú, Uruguay | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Arouca | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
Defensor Sporting | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2023 | Defensor Sporting | 68 | (1) |
2023– | Arouca | 11 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 June 2024 |
Matías Emiliano Rocha Calderón (born 13 February 2001) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an centre-back for Arouca.
Professional career
Rocha is a youth product of Defensor Sporting, and on 22 December 2020 signed a professional contract with the club for 3 seasons.[1] He was part of the Defensor side that earned promotion to the Uruguayan Primera División in 2021, and won the 2022 Copa Uruguay.[2] In the summer of 2023, he was due to transfer to the Argentine club Unión de Santa Fe, but the move fell through.[3] Instead on 11 August 2023, he transferred to the Primeira Liga club Arouca on a 4-year contract.[4]
International career
Rocha was called up to the Uruguay U20s in October 2020.[5]
Honour
- Defensor Sporting
- Copa Uruguay: 2022
References
- ^ "Mercado de pases: Ignacio Lores es nuevo jugador de Wanderers". El Observador.
- ^ "Matías Rocha dejó Defensor Sporting para jugar en Portugal". ESPN.com.mx. August 10, 2023.
- ^ "Matías Rocha is already in Santa Fe to join Unión".
- ^ "OFICIAL: internacional sub-20 uruguaio é o sucessor de Basso no Arouca". Maisfutebol.
- ^ "27 convocados en la sub-20 - AUF". www.auf.org.uy.
External links
- Matías Rocha at Soccerway
- Matías Rocha at BDFutbol
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F.C. Arouca – current squad