Mateo Ponte
Ponte with Uruguay U20 in 2023
Personal information
Full name Mateo Ponte Costa[1]
Date of birth (2003-05-24) 24 May 2003[1]
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 1 (0)
International career‡
2021–2023 Uruguay U20 36 (3)
2024– Uruguay U23 2 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Uruguay
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner2023 Argentina
South American U-20 Championship
Runner-up2023 Colombia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 January 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]

Club career

Danubio

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]

Botafogo

On 2 August 2023, Ponte signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side Botafogo.[5]

International career

Ponte is a current Uruguayan youth international.[6] He was a part of the Uruguayan side that won the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.[7][8]

In June 2023, Ponte received his first call-up to the senior team for friendlies against Nicaragua and Cuba.[9] In January 2024, he was named in Uruguay's squad for the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.[10]

Career statistics

As of 5 August 2023[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Danubio 2020 Uruguayan Primera División 100———100
2021 Uruguayan Segunda División 30———30
2022 Uruguayan Primera División 10———10
2023 81—00—81
Total 221000000221
Botafogo 2023 Série A 00———00
Career total 221000000221

Honours

Uruguay U20

References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 Mateo Ponte at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "Debutantes de la 4a fecha del Torneo Clausura 2020". 5 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "River Plate vs. Danubio - 4 February 2021". Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Uruguaio na família" [Uruguayan in the family] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Botafogo FR. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "29 futbolistas convocados para el primer entrenamiento del año". 25 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Uruguay es Campeón del Mundo". Uruguayan Football Association. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  8. 1 2 Lopesino, Juan (12 June 2023). "Luciano Rodríguez vale un Mundial". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Los sub-20 convocados se incorporan a los entrenamientos este miércoles" (in Spanish). 13 June 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Lista final para el CONMEBOL Preolímpico 2024" (in Spanish). 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  11. ↑ "Uruguay vicecampeón del CONMEBOL SUB20". 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
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