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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vicente José Matías Vuoso | ||
| Date of birth | (1981-11-03)3 November 1981 (age 44) | ||
| Place of birth | Mar Del Plata, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Independiente | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2002 | Independiente | 65 | (14) |
| 2002–2003 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
| 2003–2006 | Santos Laguna | 102 | (57) |
| 2006 | América | 20 | (5) |
| 2007–2010 | Santos Laguna | 124 | (37) |
| 2010–2012 | América | 63 | (22) |
| 2012–2013 | Atlas | 57 | (10) |
| 2014–2015 | →Chiapas (loan) | 33 | (9) |
| 2015–2016 | Cruz Azul | 27 | (5) |
| 2016–2017 | Talleres de Córdoba | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Correcaminos UAT | 12 | (2) |
| Total | 504 | (161) | |
| International career | |||
| 2008–2015 | Mexico | 15 | (6) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Vicente José Matías Vuoso (born 3 November 1981) is a former professionalfootballer who played as astriker. Born in Argentina, he played for theMexico national team.
Born inMar del Plata, Vuoso began his career atIndependiente in 2000, then transferring to English clubManchester City in 2002, where he did not play in a single league match. Since 2003 he has played in Mexico, having two stints withSantos Laguna andClub América, as well as playing forAtlas andChiapas.
Vuoso chose to representMexico at international level, making his debut in 2008 and featured for them at the2015 Copa América.
Matías Vuoso began his career in theArgentine Primera División withIndependiente. Playing alongsideDiego Forlán, Vicente scored seven goals in 29 games for Independiente in 2000–01 and another seven in 35 games in 2001–02. He left the Argentinian club in June 2002 to sign with English clubManchester City, joining for £3.5 million. However, Vuoso did not appear in a single game for Manchester City, and was subsequently loaned out toSantos Laguna for the 2003–04 season.
Despite moving from the Premier League to the Primera Division Mexicana, in the beginning of his stay inMexico, Vuoso experienced the same problems at Santos Laguna that he faced at Manchester City. Coming to a club that already boasted an attack that featured Chilean playmakerRodrigo Ruiz and Mexican strikerJared Borgetti, Vuoso was exclusively played as a substitute during the first part of the Apertura 2003 season. As fate would have it however, Vuoso was thrown into the starting mix when Borgetti suffered a minor injury that required a two-week absence from the pitch. Vuoso scored in both of the games he started in place of Borgetti and subsequently convinced Santos managerLuis Fernando Tena, who awarded Vuoso a starting spot.
After Jared Borgetti's exit from Santos Laguna following the Clausura 2004 season, Vuoso became Santos Laguna's main goalscoring threat and teammate Rodrigo Ruiz's primary target for his passes. Vuoso exploded with 11 goals in 17 games for Santos in the Apertura 2004 campaign and then followed that up with 16 goals in 19 games the following season.
Newly appointedAmérica manager Luis Fernando Tena brought Vuoso to the club as a reinforcement for the Apertura 2006 campaign. Following the club's semi-final defeat, Vuoso was sold back to Santos. He only managed to score 5 goals in 20 league matches for América.
Vuoso was bought by Santos Laguna again after Clausura 2007 for an undisclosed amount of money. Upon his return, a loss of form kept Vuoso on the bench. However, Vuoso would later become a key player in Santos Laguna's 2008 Clausura championship campaign.
However, during the finals of the Clausura 2010, he failed to score twice in two important plays during the second game against Toluca and made that Santos were meant to play extra-time and penalty shots. In the penalty shots he was the fourth player and failed to score his penalty shot allowing Toluca to get the championship.
After this game, Vuoso was transferred to Club America.
For the Apertura 2010 season, he signed with América, which would be his second stint with the club. In his first season with América, he scored 8 goals, helping América reach the semi-finals, being defeated by his ex-club Santos.
América sold Vuoso toAtlas de Guadalajara for the Apertura 2012 tournament. He scored 10 goals in over 50 matches played with Atlas.
Atlas loaned Vuoso toChiapas F.C. for the Apertura 2014.
On 25 July 2015, Cruz Azul announced the signing of Vuoso for the Apertura 2015. During this time, Vuoso was a free agent.
Upon receiving his Mexican citizenship, Vuoso said that ifHugo Sánchez, former coach of theMexico national team, ever needed a striker, he would be honored to wear the green jersey while helping the country of his new home win. On 3 August 2008 Mexico coach and formerManchester City managerSven-Göran Eriksson had Matias Vuoso, the second naturalized striker on the Mexico squad, replaceOmar Arellano who injured himself days before.[1][permanent dead link] His debut came when he came on as a substitute in a 3–0 win overJamaica at theAzteca stadium.
On 15 October 2008, Vuoso scored his first goal with the team againstCanada with a header. The game was a World Cup Qualifier Match. On 12 November 2008, Vuoso scored a last minute goal for Mexico to win overEcuador 2–1. On 11 March 2009, he scored again twice against Bolivia, in a game that ended 5–1.
On 11 May 2015, Vuoso was called up to participate in the2015 Copa América. He would make world football headlines by scoring a memorablebrace in what was a surprising tie against Chile whom were the eventual Copa America winners.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 October 2008 | Commonwealth Stadium,Edmonton, Canada |  Canada | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 12 November 2008 | Chase Field,Phoenix, United States |  Ecuador | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 3 | 11 March 2009 | Dick's Sporting Goods Park,Commerce City, United States |  Bolivia | 2–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
| 4 | 4–0 | |||||
| 5 | 15 June 2015 | Estadio Nacional,Santiago, Chile |  Chile | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2015 Copa América |
| 6 | 3–3 |
During his time with Manchester City, he, along with playersDaniel Van Buyten andDjamel Belmadi, were the victim of a theft by two bankers. In total, workers at theCo-operative Bank stole more than £350,000 from the accounts of the three players. In January 2006, the bank workers, Paul Sherwood, a cashier, and Paul Hanley, his supervisor, were jailed for 32 months and 12 months respectively.[1][2]
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