Alan Matturro
_(cropped).jpg) Matturro playing for Uruguay at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup final | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Alan Agustín Matturro Romero[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 October 2004[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2021 | Defensor Sporting | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Defensor Sporting | 25 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2026 | Genoa | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025–2026 | → Levante (loan) | 19 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Uruguay U15 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Uruguay U20 | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 October 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Alan Agustín Matturro Romero (born 11 October 2004) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk.[2]
Early life
[edit]Matturro was born on 11 October 2004 in the capital city of Montevideo to a family of Italian descent. His ancestors immigrated from Balvano in Potenza, a province of the Basilicata region, thus holds an Italian passport. In July 2021, Matturro's mother, Silvana (née Romero), died of complications from SARS-CoV-2 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
Club career
[edit]Defensor Sporting
[edit]Matturro is a youth academy graduate of Defensor Sporting. He joined the club at the age of 12 as a centre-forward.[4]
Genoa
[edit]On 21 December 2022, Matturro joined Italian club Genoa.[5]
Loan to Levante
[edit]On 9 July 2025, Matturro joined La Liga side Levante on a season-long loan deal.[6]
International career
[edit]Youth
[edit]Matturro is a former Uruguayan youth international.[7] He has represented Uruguay at 2019 South American U-15 Championship.[8] He was also part of the Uruguayan side that won the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.[9][10] In the tournament, he received the Silver Ball award as the second-best player behind only Cesare Casadei.[11]
Senior
[edit]On 4 March 2024, Matturro received his first call-up to represent the Uruguay national team under Marcelo Bielsa for matchdays 13 and 14 against Argentina and Bolivia for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[12]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Defensor Sporting | 2021 | Uruguayan Segunda División | 3 | 0 | — | — | 4[a] | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | Uruguayan Primera División | 22 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 26 | 2 | |||
| Total | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 3 | ||
| Genoa | 2022–23 | Serie B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Serie A | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Total | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||||
| Levante (loan) | 2025–26 | La Liga | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 1 | ||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2026–27 | Ukrainian Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| Career total | 67 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80 | 4 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in Segunda División playoffs.
Honours
[edit]Defensor Sporting
Uruguay U20
Individual
- FIFA U-20 World Cup Silver Ball: 2023[11]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Uruguay (URU)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 22. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ↑ Alan Matturro at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ Calciomercato, Grand Hotel. "Uruguay, alla scoperta di Matturro: il futuro caudillo della Celeste" (in Italian). Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ↑ "Dal Defensor con furore: Inter, ecco chi è Alan Matturro". 21 July 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ↑ "Adesso è ufficiale: Alan Matturro è del Genoa" (in Italian). 21 December 2022. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ↑ "El Levante UD y el Genoa FC pactan la cesión de Alan Matturro" [Levante UD and Genoa FC agree the loan of Alan Matturro] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ↑ "13 - Alan Matturro". 22 November 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ↑ "Así se juega el Sudamericano". 24 November 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- 1 2 "Uruguay es Campeón del Mundo". Uruguayan Football Association. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- 1 2 Lopesino, Juan (12 June 2023). "Luciano Rodríguez vale un Mundial". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- 1 2 "Casadei claims a golden double". FIFA. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ↑ "¿Quién es Alan Matturro, jugador que Bielsa quiere para las Eliminatorias?". Antena 2 (in Spanish). 4 March 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- ↑ Alan Matturro at Soccerway
- ↑ "Profile of Alan Matturro". Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ↑ "Defensor Sporting campeón de la Copa AUF Uruguay". 13 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
External links
[edit]- Alan Matturro at Soccerway
- 2004 births
- Living people
- Uruguayan men's footballers
- Footballers from Montevideo
- Men's association football central defenders
- Uruguay men's under-20 international footballers
- Uruguay men's youth international footballers
- Sportspeople of Italian descent
- Uruguayan people of Italian descent
- Defensor Sporting players
- Genoa CFC players
- Levante UD players
- FC Shakhtar Donetsk players
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Uruguayan Segunda División players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- La Liga players
- Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
- Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
