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Full name | Mateo Ponte Costa [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 24 May 2003||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Botafogo | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Danubio | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | Danubio | 22 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2023– | Botafogo | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | Uruguay U20 | 36 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Uruguay U23 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 April 2024 |
Mateo Ponte Costa (born 24 May 2003) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Botafogo. [2]
A youth academy graduate of Danubio, Ponte made his professional debut on 4 February 2021 in a 4–0 league win against River Plate Montevideo. [3] [4]
On 2 August 2023, Ponte signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side Botafogo. [5] [6]
In August, Mateo Ponte debuted with the Botafogo shirt in the 3-0 victory over Bahia, at the Nilton Santos Stadium, in the 21st round of the Brazilian Championship. [7]
Ponte is a current Uruguayan youth international. [8] He was a part of the Uruguayan side that won the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina. [9] [10]
In June 2023, Ponte received his first call-up to the senior team for friendlies against Nicaragua and Cuba. [11] In January 2024, he was named in Uruguay's squad for the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament. [12]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Danubio | 2020 | UPD | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
2021 | USD | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
2022 | UPD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
2023 | UPD | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | ||
Total | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
Botafogo | 2023 | Série A | 1 | 0 | — | 1 [b] | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
2024 | Série A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 [c] | 0 | 6 [d] | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
Total | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | ||
Career total | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 2 |
Uruguay U20