Matías Alasia

Matías Alasia
Alasia with Gimnasia de Mendoza in 2015
Personal information
Full name Matías Ricardo Alasia
Date of birth (1985-05-07) 7 May 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Corral de Bustos, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1999–2007 Newell's Old Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Newell's Old Boys 0 (0)
2007–2008 → Tiro Federal (loan) 0 (0)
2008–2009 → Arsenal de Sarandí (loan) 0 (0)
2009–2010 → Real Arroyo Seco (loan) 29 (0)
2011–2012 Coquimbo Unido 13 (0)
2013–2016 Gimnasia de Mendoza 125 (0)
2016–2018 Cipolletti 54 (0)
2018–2019 Juventud Unida Universitario 19 (0)
2018–2021 Deportivo Maipú 32 (0)
Total 272 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Matías Ricardo Alasia (born 7 May 1985) is a former Argentine football goalkeeper.

Career

Alasia came to the Newell's Old Boys youth system at the age of fourteen and was a member of the first team before being loaned out to Tiro Federal, Arsenal de Sarandí and Real Arroyo Seco.[2][3]

After ending his contract with Newell's old Boys, Alasia moved to Chile and signed with Coquimbo Unido in 2011, then member Primera B de Chile (second-tier). On 3 November of the same year, he suffered a serious skull fracture in a match against Deportes Antofagasta,[4][5] returning to play in September 2012.[6][7]

Back in Argentina, Alasia joined Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza in 2013.[2] He is best known for his heroics in saving two penalties during Gimnasia de Mendoza's 2014 Torneo Federal A promotion playoff victory over Talleres de Córdoba.[8]

He after played for Cipolletti,[9] Juventud Unida Universitario[10] and Deportivo Maipú, his last club.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Matías Alasia". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Matías Alasia: "Me gustaría quedarme en Gimnasia"". www.purolobo.com (in Spanish). 15 April 2013. Archived from the original on 16 July 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Matías Alasia: "Sé que vengo a reemplazar a un arquero importante"". Lmcipolletti.com (in Spanish). 5 July 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Portero de Coquimbo herido de gravedad". www.24horas.cl (in Spanish). 24 horas. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Hernán "Yayo" Espíndola: El paramédico de Coquimbo Unido por casi cuatro décadas". ANFP (in Spanish). 1 June 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Alasia recupera el puesto en el arco de Coquimbo Unido". Diario El Día (in Spanish). 5 September 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  7. ^ "PLANTEL COQUIMBO UNIDO 2012". www.aurinegro.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Matías Alasia y su retiro tras el ascenso de Maipú: "No me siento exjugador, eso se lleva siempre adentro"" (in Spanish). Los Andes. 3 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Alasia es el nuevo arquero de Cipolletti". Lmcipolletti.com (in Spanish). 4 July 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  10. ^ "El arquero Matías Alasia es el séptimo refuerzo de Juventud". elpuntano.com (in Spanish). 17 July 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2024.