Matías Giordano

Matías Giordano
at the exit to the field in the match of 22 November 2009 against Central Córdoba, in Santiago del Estero
Personal information
Full name Matías Fernando Giordano
Date of birth (1979-09-11) 11 September 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Haedo, Argentina
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Rosario Central (goalkeeper coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Chacarita Juniors 0 (0)
2000–2002 Deportivo Merlo
2002–2003 Flandria 33 (0)
2004 Deportivo Morón 9 (0)
2005 Deportivo Merlo
2005–2010 Comunicaciones 105 (0)
2008–2009 → Quilmes (loan) 8 (0)
2009–2010 → Talleres (loan) 34 (0)
2010–2011 All Boys 1 (0)
2011–2012 Sportivo Desamparados 18 (0)
2012–2013 Deportivo Merlo 34 (0)
2013–2014 Brown 41 (0)
2014–2017 Huracán 11 (0)
2017–2018 Brown 0 (0)
2018–2019 Almirante Brown 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:19, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Matías Fernando Giordano (born 11 September 1979) is a retired Argentine professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1] He is currently the goalkeeper coach of Rosario Central.

Career

Giordano's footballing career began in 1999 with Chacarita Juniors in the Argentine Primera División, but he departed in 2000 after zero appearances.[2] He subsequently joined Deportivo Merlo, before spending the 2002–03 Primera B Metropolitana season with Flandria with whom he featured thirty-three times.[2] 2004 saw him join Deportivo Morón, prior to a return to Deportivo Merlo a year later.[2] In 2005, Giordano was signed by Comunicaciones of Primera B Metropolitana.[2] He went on to make one hundred and five appearances for the club.[2][3] During his time with Comunicaciones, he was loaned out on two occasions.[2]

Primera B Nacional's Quilmes loaned Giordano in 2008–09, while Torneo Argentino A's Talleres loaned him in 2009–10.[1][2] A total of forty-two appearances followed with Quilmes and Talleres.[1][2] Giordano left Comunicaciones in 2010 to join Argentine Primera División team All Boys.[4] His first appearance in Argentina's top-flight came on 10 September 2010 in a tie with Colón.[1] For the rest of the season, he was an unused substitute thirty times.[1] Further moves to Sportivo Desamparados and Brown, either side of a third spell with to Deportivo Merlo, occurred between 2011 and 2014.[1][5] On 13 August 2014, Giordano joined Huracán.[6]

He played fifteen times in all competitions over four seasons with Huracán, winning the Copa Argentina and Supercopa Argentina, before leaving ahead of the 2017–18 campaign to rejoin Brown in Primera B Nacional.[1][7] However, after no appearances in a season with Brown, Giordano left in June 2018 to join Primera B Metropolitana team Almirante Brown.[1]

Coaching career

Retiring in 2019, he was hired as a goalkeeper coach for Rosario Central in October 2019.[8]

Career statistics

As of 8 September 2018.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup[a] League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Almirante Brown 2018–19 Primera B Metropolitana 4 0 0 0 — — 0 0 4 0
Career total 4 0 0 0 — — 0 0 4 0
  1. ^ Includes the Copa Argentina

Honours

Huracán[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Matías Giordano profile". Soccerway. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Matías Giordano profile". BDFA. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Comunicaciones y All Boys empataron en Caballito". TyC Sports. 10 November 2005. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  4. ^ "En Talleres buscan arquero, chau Giordano". Mundod Lavoz. 19 June 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  5. ^ "El análisis es muy positivo". Mundo Ascenso. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Matías Giordano un arquero para Kudelka". Club Atlético Huracán. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Refuerzos de último momento". Solo Ascenso. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  8. ^ El delicado momento de salud que atraviesa Hernán Rifle Castellano, infobae.com, 9 October 2019
  9. ^ "Argentina 2013/14". RSSSF. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.