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Facundo Mater

Facundo Leonel Mater is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chilean club Universidad de Concepción on loan from Barracas Central. Born in Argentina, he represents Syria at international level.

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Facundo Mater
فاكوندو مطر
Personal information
Full name Facundo Leonel Mater1
Date of birth (1998-07-23) 23 July 1998
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina1
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)2
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Universidad de Concepción
(on loan from Barracas Central)
Number 9
Youth career
Nueva Chicago
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Nueva Chicago 55 (1)
2020–2025 Argentinos Juniors 3 (0)
2021 → Almirante Brown (loan) 17 (0)
2022–2025 → Barracas Central (loan) 124 (5)
2026– Barracas Central 0 (0)
2026– → Universidad de Concepción (loan) 1 (0)
International career‡
2024– Syria 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 February 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:37, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Facundo Leonel Mater (Arabic: فاكوندو ليونيل مطر; born 23 July 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chilean club Universidad de Concepción on loan from Barracas Central. Born in Argentina, he represents Syria at international level.1

Club career

Mater's senior career began in June 2016 with Nueva Chicago, when he was an unused substitute for a Primera B Nacional encounter with Los Andes.13 He made his professional football debut during the 2016–17 season in a game against Argentinos Juniors, which preceded further appearances that season versus Instituto, Chacarita Juniors and San Martín.1 Mater was selected seventeen more times in 2017–18.145

Ended his contract with Argentinos Juniors in 2025, Mater signed with Barracas Central and was loaned out to Chilean club Universidad de Concepción in January 2026.6

International career

On 19 November 2024, Mater made his international debut for Syria in a 4–0 friendly loss to Russia.7

Career statistics

As of 26 February 2019.1
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nueva Chicago 2016 Primera B Nacional 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
2016–17 4 0 0 0 — 0 0 4 0
2017–18 17 0 0 0 — 0 0 17 0
2018–19 11 0 0 0 — 0 0 11 0
Career total 32 0 0 0 — 0 0 32 0
References

References

  1. Facundo Mater at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  2. Facundo Mater at WorldFootball.net
  3. "Ficha Estadistica de FACUNDO MATER". BDFA. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  4. "Sarmiento se aprovechó de los errores de Chicago". Mundo Ascenso. 18 November 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  5. "Nueva Chicago y Gimnasia de Jujuy no se sacaron ventaja". Diario Jornada. 2 December 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  6. Reyes, Luis (29 January 2026). "Juega en una selección exótica, viene de Argentina y es el nuevo refuerzo de la U de Conce". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  7. "Russia 4–0 Syria". beIN SPORTS. 19 November 2024.
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