Matías Aguirregaray

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Aguirregaray and the second or maternal family name is Guruceaga.

Matías Aguirregaray

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Personal information
Full name	Matías Aguirregaray Guruceaga
Date of birth	(1989-04-01) 1 April 1989
Place of birth	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height
Position(s)	Right wing back
Team information
Current team	Peñarol
Number	13
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2010	Peñarol	66	(2)
2011–2012	→ Palermo (loan)	12	(0)
2012	→ CFR Cluj (loan)	8	(1)
2013	Peñarol	14	(1)
2013–2015	Estudiantes de La Plata	34	(3)
2015-	Peñarol	14	(4)
International career‡
2009	Uruguay U-20	9	(1)
2012	Uruguay Olympic	4	(0)
2012–	Uruguay	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 June 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:06, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Matías Aguirregaray Guruceaga (born 1 April 1989 in Porto Alegre) is an Uruguayan football player who is currently playing for Estudiantes de La Plata. His nickname is "El Vasquito". He also holds a Spanish passport, allowing him to be counted as an EU player.

Club career

Aguirregaray made his professional debut in 2007 with a Peñarol shirt, and spent four full seasons with the club.

In October 2010 he joined Tercera División club Terrassa FC, in order to help him gain a Spanish passport to ease a potential move to a higher-rank team within Europe. He never played a single game with the Catalans.

On 24 August 2011, Serie A club Palermo confirmed to have signed Aguirregaray on loan from Montevideo Wanderers F.C., with an option to fully acquire the player's transfer right by the end of the season. He made his debut as a second-half substitute for Nicolás Bertolo in a Serie A home game against Cagliari, ended in a 3–2 win for his side.

In July 2013 he signed contract with argentinian club Estudiantes de La Plata .

International career

Aguirregaray took part at the 2009 South American Youth Championship and the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup as part of the Uruguayan under-20 team.

In September 2012, he was called up to the Uruguayan senior side for two World Cup qualifying matches against Colombia and Ecuador, but failed to make debut. He finally made his debut to the senior squad in February 2013 in a 3–1 friendly loss against Spain, coming on as a substitute.

Personal life

Matias is the son of Penarol's former player, Óscar Aguirregaray.