Matías Fracchia

Matías Fracchia
Personal information
Full name Matías Fracchia Moreira
Date of birth (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Danubio
Number 3
Youth career
NJSA 04[1]
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 NC State Wolfpack 18 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Deportes Temuco 0 (0)
2018 Barnechea 4 (0)
2019 Deportes Vallenar 21 (1)
2020–2022 O'Higgins 29 (0)
2022 Montevideo Wanderers 30 (1)
2023 Comunicaciones 46 (3)
2024– Danubio 35 (2)
International career‡
2013 United States U20
2014 Uruguay U20 1[2] (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 August 2014

Matías Fracchia Moreira (born 21 September 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Danubio. Born in Chile, he has represented both the United States and Uruguay at under-20 level.

Club career

Fracchia played college soccer for North Carolina State University while he studied sports management.[3] In 2017, he moved to Chile and signed with Deportes Temuco.[4]

For 2019, he signed for Chilean second division side Deportes Vallenar after failing to make an appearance for Deportes Temuco and Barnechea in the lower leagues.[5]

For 2020, he signed for O'Higgins in the Chilean top flight.

In 2024, he signed with Uruguayan club Danubio.[6]

International career

Fracchia holds three different citizenships: Chilean by his birth, Uruguayan by his paternal line and American by residence. So, he has represented Uruguay[7] as well as the United States[1] at youth level.[4]

Honours

Comunicaciones

Personal life

He is the son of the former Uruguayan international footballer Marcelo Fracchia.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "ASN: Tab Ramos Names 22 Players to Under-20 Team". www.americansoccernow.com. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Amistoso: Uruguay 0-1 Perú (sub20) - AUF". www.auf.org.uy (in Spanish). AUF. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  3. ^ NC State Athletics Profile
  4. ^ a b c "Matías Fracchia, el zaguero con tres nacionalidades de Temuco" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  5. ^ El cuestionario a Matías Fracchia: "Mi padre es mi ídolo" anfp.cl
  6. ^ "Defensor contrató a un delantero que estaba en carpeta de Peñarol; Danubio también anunció". futbol.com.uy (in Spanish). 17 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  7. ^ @Uruguay (6 August 2014). "Diego Fagúndez, Matías Fracchia y Jaime Báez integran la actual sub-20" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 March 2014 – via Twitter.


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