Mateo Klimowicz

Mateo Klimowicz
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-07-06) 6 July 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Córdoba, Argentina[1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team
 Atlético San Luis
Number 10
Youth career
JSG Bergfeld/Parsau/Tülau
2007–2008 Borussia Dortmund
2008–2009 SuS Kaiserau
2009–2010 Kamener SC
2011–2017 Instituto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Instituto 38 (6)
2019–2023 VfB Stuttgart 47 (1)
2022 → Arminia Bielefeld (loan) 5 (0)
2023 → Atlético San Luis (loan) 32 (2)
2024– Atlético San Luis 13 (4)
International career‡
2021 Germany U21 4 (0)
Medal record
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2021
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:03, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:51, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

Mateo Klimowicz (born 6 July 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga MX club Atlético San Luis.[2] Born in Argentina, he played for the Germany national under-21 team.

Club career

Klimowicz trained with Borussia Dortmund's academy at a young age, while his father was playing in Germany.[3] He later joined Instituto's ranks.[2][4] He appeared professionally twice at the back end of the 2016–17 season in Primera B Nacional, participating in fixtures with Juventud Unida, aged sixteen, and Nueva Chicago as they secured sixth.[2][5] Klimowicz's first senior goal arrived on 14 October 2017 during a 1–1 home draw with Aldosivi.[2][6]

On 10 May 2019, VfB Stuttgart announced the signing of Klimowicz ahead of the 2019–20 season; with the midfielder signing a five-year contract.[7] He made his bow as a late substitute in a 2. Bundesliga match with 1. FC Heidenheim on 4 August.[2] They won promotion in his first season, with his Bundesliga debut subsequently arriving on 19 September 2020 against SC Freiburg.[2] He then scored his first goal in German football on 26 September, netting in a 4–1 victory at the Opel Arena versus Mainz 05.[2][8]

On 1 September 2022, Klimowicz signed with 2. Bundesliga club Arminia Bielefeld on a season long loan.[9]

International career

Klimowicz is eligible to play for Argentina, Germany or – with the obtainment of citizenship – Poland at international level.[3][10][11] He received call-ups to train with Argentina at the U15, U17 and U20 levels.[3][12]

On 15 March 2021, Klimowicz was called up for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship group stages by Germany; he holds a German passport due to his father's career in German football.[10][13] He debuted with the German U21 team in a 3–0 win over the Hungary U21 on 25 March 2021.[14]

Personal life

Mateo is the son of former professional footballer Diego Klimowicz, who played for the likes of German clubs VfL Wolfsburg, Borussia Dortmund and VfL Bochum during a span of nine consecutive years.[3][12][15] His uncle Javier also played professional football.[3][16] Klimowicz is of Polish descent via his great-grandfather.[11]

Career statistics

As of 4 July 2024[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Instituto 2016–17 Primera B Nacional 2 0 0 0 — — 0 0 2 0
2017–18 19 1 0 0 — — 1[a] 0 20 1
2018–19 16 5 0 0 — — 0 0 16 5
Total 37 6 0 0 — — 1 0 38 6
VfB Stuttgart 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 7 0 1 0 — — 0 0 8 0
2020–21 Bundesliga 25 1 2 0 — — 0 0 27 1
2021–22 15 0 2 1 — — — 17 1
2022–23 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0
Total 47 1 5 1 — — 0 0 52 2
VfB Stuttgart II 2021–22 Regionalliga Südwest 6 1 — — — — 6 1
Arminia Bielefeld (loan) 2022–23 2. Bundesliga 5 0 1 0 — — — 6 0
San Luis (loan) 2022–23 Liga MX 16 1 0 0 — — — 16 1
2023–24 18 1 — 2 1 — — 20 2
Total 34 2 0 0 2 1 — — 36 3
San Luis 2023–24 Liga MX 10 2 0 0 0 0 — — 10 2
Career total 139 12 6 1 2 1 — 1 0 148 14
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the Primera B Nacional play-offs

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b Mateo Klimowicz at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Mateo Klimowicz at Soccerway
  3. ^ a b c d e "Código Klimowicz". El Gráfico. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Ficha Estadistica de MATEO KLIMOWICZ". BDFA. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Mateo Klimowicz: El técnico me dijo que me divierta, pero con responsabilidad". Instituto. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  6. ^ "¿Será el año de Mateo Klimowicz en Instituto". Mundo D - La Voz. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  7. ^ "VfB sign Mateo Klimowicz". VfB Stuttgart. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Mario Gomez gratulierte VfB-Talent zum ersten Bundesliga-Tor". Stuttgarter Zeitung. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Mateo Klimowicz signs for Bielefeld". VfB Stuttgart. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Mateo Klimowicz convocado a la Selección Alemana sub-21". Mi Bundesliga. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  11. ^ a b "Klimowicz woli Polskę od Ukrainy?". Sport. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  12. ^ a b "Klimowicz Junior, el pibe que la rompe en Córdoba". El Gráfico. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  13. ^ "Kuntz mit vier Neulingen zur EM-Gruppenphase nach Ungarn". DFB. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Hungary U21 vs. Germany U21 - 24 March 2021". Soccerway. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  15. ^ "El pibe Mateo Klimowicz en Instituto: apellido de gol". Día A Día. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  16. ^ "Hermano de Klimowicz es traspasado al Bochum alemán". El Universo. 4 January 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  17. ^ "Bundesliga Rookie Award". Bundesliga. Retrieved 16 December 2020.