Matías Plaza
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matías Andrés Plaza Barrios | ||
| Date of birth | 22 February 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Casablanca, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ñublense | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Defensor Casablanca | |||
| 2012–2019 | Santiago Wanderers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2023 | Santiago Wanderers | 50 | (7) |
| 2021 | → Deportes Iquique (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2024– | Ñublense | 40 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 September 2025 | |||
Matías Andrés Plaza Barrios (born 22 February 2001) is a Chilean footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Chilean Primera División club Ñublense.
Club career
Born in Casablanca, Chile, Plaza was with local club Defensor Casablanca before joining the Santiago Wanderers youth ranks, aged 11.[2] Having trialed with Lanús in 2017,[3] he was promoted to the first team in 2019 and made his professional debut in 2022. His last match with them was against Deportes Iquique on 10 December 2023 for the Primera División promotion play-off.[4][5] [6] During the 2021 season, Plaza was loaned out to Deportes Iquique.[7][8]
In January 2024, Plaza signed with Ñublense in the Chilean Primera División.[8][9] The next season, he took part in the 2025 Copa Libertadores.[10]
International career
Plaza has taken part in training microcycles of Chile U17[11] and Chile U20.[3][12]
Personal life
Matías is the twin brother of the footballer Diego Plaza and the younger brother of the former footballer Marco Plaza.[2]
References
- ^ "Matías Plaza". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ^ a b Haddad, Sebastián (15 December 2018). "Los elegidos de Pizarro". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ^ a b "El "Maguito" de Wanderers que apadrinó David Pizarro y que se floreó ante la "Roja" Sub 23: "Los de Primera tienen un plus sobre nosotros"". Emol (in Spanish). 28 January 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ^ "Así fue la victoria de Iquique en los penales ante Wanderers". Emol (in Spanish). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ^ "Matías Plaza no llegó a un acuerdo y prepara su despedida de Santiago Wanderers". SoyChile (in Spanish). 31 December 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ^ Osorio, Nicolás (28 June 2025). "Santiago Wanderers aguarda la resolución del Tribunal". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ^ "Deportes Iquique sumará a un volante de creación procedente de Santiago Wanderers". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 19 March 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ^ a b Bahamard (21 November 2024). "La UC preguntó por joven jugador de Ñublense en el caso de que se vaya César Pinares". Punto Cruzado (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
se formó en Santiago Wanderers, subiendo al primer equipo el año 2019 y en 2021 fue enviado a préstamo a Deportes Iquique
- ^ "Ñublense anunció el fichaje de Matías Plaza". AlAireLibre.cl (in Spanish). Cooperativa. 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ^ "Ñublense 1-1 Boston River: resultado y resumen | Copa Libertadores 2025". El País (in Spanish). 27 February 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ^ "La selección chilena sub 17 inició entrenamientos para el Mundial de India". Cooperativa (in Spanish). 2 May 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ^ "Dos figuras mundialistas y Barticciotto, en la nueva Sub 20". TNT Sports Chile (in Spanish). 19 February 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
External links
- Matías Plaza at Soccerway
- Matías Plaza at BDFA (in Spanish)