Matías Almeyda

Matías Almeyda
Almeyda in 2016
Personal information
Full name Matías Jesús Almeyda
Date of birth (1973-12-21) 21 December 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Azul, Argentina
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1][2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
AEK Athens (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1996 River Plate 68 (3)
1996–1997 Sevilla 28 (0)
1997–2000 Lazio 63 (2)
2000–2002 Parma 34 (0)
2002–2004 Inter Milan 47 (1)
2004–2005 Brescia 5 (0)
2005 Quilmes 10 (0)
2007 Lyn 2 (0)
2009 Fénix 4 (0)
2009–2011 River Plate 64 (0)
Total 324 (6)
National team
1992 Argentina U20 1 (0)
1995–1996 Argentina U23 13 (0)
1996–2003 Argentina 40 (1)
Teams managed
2011–2012 River Plate
2013–2015 Banfield
2015–2018 Guadalajara
2018–2022 San Jose Earthquakes
2022– AEK Athens
Honours
Representing  Argentina
Men's football
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Matías Almeyda (born 21 December, 1973) is a former Argentine football player. He has played for the Argentina national team.

Club career statistics

[3]

Club statistics League
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals
ArgentinaLeague
1991-92 River Plate Primera División 2 0
1992-93 2 0
1993-94 14 0
1994-95 25 1
1995-96 24 2
1996-97 1 0
SpainLeague
1996-97 Sevilla La Liga 28 0
ItalyLeague
1997-98 Lazio Serie A 19 0
1998-99 25 1
1999-00 19 1
2000-01 Parma Serie A 16 0
2001-02 18 0
2002-03 Internazionale Milano Serie A 16 0
2003-04 11 0
2004-05 Brescia Serie A 5 0
ArgentinaLeague
2004-05 Quilmes Primera División 10 0
NorwayLeague
2007 Lyn Oslo Premier League 2 0
Country Argentina 78 3
Spain 28 0
Italy 129 2
Norway 2 0
Total 237 5

International career statistics

Argentina national team
YearAppsGoals
1996 6 0
1997 6 0
1998 11 0
1999 0 0
2000 3 1
2001 5 0
2002 3 0
2003 1 0
Total 35 1

Managerial statistics

As of match played on 30 October 2023[4]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
River Plate Argentina 1 July 2011 27 November 2012 60 29 22 9 97 45 +52 048.33
Banfield 21 April 2013 3 August 2015 98 44 27 27 148 102 +46 044.90
Guadalajara[5] Mexico 15 September 2015 11 June 2018 139 56 44 39 167 143 +24 040.29
San Jose Earthquakes United States 8 October 2018 18 April 2022 103 33 26 44 158 192 −34 032.04
AEK Athens Greece 18 Μay 2022 present 60 41 9 10 115 40 +75 068.33
Total 460 203 128 129 685 522 +163 044.13

Honours

Player

River Plate[6]

Lazio[6]

Parma[6]

  • Coppa Italia: 2001–02

Argentina

Individual

  • Guerin d'Oro (former Serie A Footballer of the Year): 1998–99[7]

Manager

River Plate[4]

  • Primera Nacional: 2011–12

Banfield[4]

  • Primera Nacional: 2013–14

Guadalajara[4]

AEK Athens

Individual

  • Primera Nacional Manager of the Year: 2011–12,[8] 2013–14[9]
  • Liga MX Best XI Manager: Clausura 2017[10]
  • Liga MX Manager of the Season: 2016–17[11]
  • CONCACAF Men's Football Coach of the Year: 2018[12]

References

  1. "La Rosa: Matías Jesús Almeyda" [Squad: Matías Jesús Almeyda] (in Italian). A.C. Parma. Archived from the original on 3 June 2002. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  2. "Team: Matías Almeyda". Inter Milan. Archived from the original on 19 February 2004. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  3. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Matías Almeyda". www.national-football-teams.com.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "M. Almeyda". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  5. Includes matches from Liga MX, Copa MX, Supercopa MX and Copa Libertadores
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Matías Almeyda". Eurosport. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  7. Pierrend, José Luis; Di Maggio, Roberto. "Italy – Footballer of the Year". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  8. "MATIAS ALMEYDA". www.aekfc.gr. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  9. "MATIAS ALMEYDA". www.aekfc.gr. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  10. "Chivas y Tigres dominan el 11 ideal del Clausura 2017" [Chivas and Tigres dominate the ideal 11 of the 2017 Clausura]. Marca (in Spanish). 30 May 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  11. "Chivas y Almeyda acapararon el Balón de Oro" [Chivas and Almeyda ruled Golden Ball] (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  12. "Chivas' SCCL conquest paves way for Almeyda honor". CONCACAF. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.