| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Matías Emanuel Godoy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2002-01-10)10 January 2002 (age 23) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ceres, Argentina[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Instituto (on loan fromEstudiantes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2011 | Central Argentino Olímpico | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2018 | Atlético de Rafaela | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Atlético de Rafaela | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | →Dinamo Zagreb II (loan) | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | →Argentinos Juniors (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Argentinos Juniors | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | →Instituto (loan) | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | →Talleres (loan) | 34 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Estudiantes | 22 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | →Central Córdoba SdE (loan) | 28 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | →Instituto (loan) | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Argentina U15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Argentina U17 | 17 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:48, 4 February 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:55, 16 October 2020 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Matías Emanuel Godoy (born 10 January 2002) is an Argentine professionalfootballer who plays as aforward forInstituto, on loan fromEstudiantes de La Plata.[3]
Godoy's career began with Club Central Argentino Olímpico, before he was signed byAtlético de Rafaela in 2011.[1]
He was moved in their senior squad in April 2018 at the age of sixteen, subsequently being selected for his professional debut by interim managerVíctor Bottaniz [es] on 16 April during a home defeat toQuilmes inPrimera B Nacional; he was substituted on in place ofJorge Velázquez with twenty-two minutes remaining.[3][4][5] Godoy netted his first goal in April 2019 againstIndependiente Rivadavia.[6]
On 12 February 2020, Godoy joinedPrva HNL clubDinamo Zagreb on loan.[7] He never appeared competitively for their first-team, instead featuring for theirreserve team in thesecond tier.[3] Godoy made appearances againstOrijent 1919,Hrvatski Dragovoljac andSesvete–all off the bench–before the season's early end due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[3]
In September 2020, Godoy completed a six-month loan move toArgentine Primera División sideArgentinos Juniors with a purchase option.[8] He was later bought free from Rafaela in the beginning of 2021. On 19 August 2021, Godoy was loaned out toPrimera Nacional clubInstituto until the end of the year.[9] In February 2022, he joinedTalleres de Córdoba on a one-year loan deal.[10]
On 26 December 2022, Godoy was transferred toEstudiantes de La Plata in exchange for $700,000 for 50% of his contract,Argentinos Juniors kept the other 50% of his contract in the case of a future sale. Godoy debuted with Estudiantes on 28 January 2023, againstClub Atlético Tigre in a 2–1 loss in which he played all 90 minutes. His first goal with Estudiantes was in the 9th minute of Matchday 2 againstArsenal de Sarandí on 4 February 2023, which ended in a 1–1 tie.
Godoy represented Argentina's U15s at the2017 South American Championship, scoring four goals as Argentina won the tournament.[1][11] In 2018, Godoy was called up to theArgentina U17s for a tournament in Mexico City withChile,Mexico and theUnited States.[12][13] He featured for sixty-eight minutes and scored the opening goal of a 2–1 victory over the United States on 4 October.[3] Godoy madePablo Aimar's squad in March 2019 for theSouth American U-17 Championship in Peru, before being selected byDiego Placente for the2019 Granatkin Memorial months later.[14][15] He'd play five times and score once, versus Iran, as they won the cup.[16]
In October 2019, Godoy was called up for the2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.[17] He scored on his second tournament appearance againstCameroon at theEstádio Kléber Andrade on 31 October.[3]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Atlético de Rafaela | 2017–18 | Primera B Nacional | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||||
| Dinamo Zagreb II (loan) | 2019–20 | Druga HNL | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Argentinos Juniors (loan) | 2020–21 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
Central Córdoba (SdE)
Argentina U15[1]
Argentina U17[19]
Argentina U18[20]
