Agguiregaray (left) withPeñarol in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matías Aguirregaray Guruceaga | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-04-01)1 April 1989 (age 36) | ||
| Place of birth | Porto Alegre, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Right wing back,left back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Montevideo Wanderers | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2007 | Peñarol | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2010 | Peñarol | 66 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Terrassa | 0 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Montevideo Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | →Palermo (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2012 | CFR Cluj | 8 | (1) |
| 2013 | Peñarol | 14 | (1) |
| 2013–2017 | Estudiantes | 57 | (9) |
| 2015–2016 | →Peñarol (loan) | 29 | (5) |
| 2017–2019 | Tijuana | 12 | (0) |
| 2018 | →Las Palmas (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | →Al-Fateh (loan) | 25 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Al-Fateh | 25 | (2) |
| 2021 | Deportivo Maldonado | 9 | (2) |
| 2021 | Estudiantes | 16 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Peñarol | 48 | (0) |
| 2024 | Miramar Misiones | 7 | (0) |
| 2024– | Montevideo Wanderers | 10 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2009 | Uruguay U20 | 9 | (1) |
| 2012 | Uruguay Olympic | 4 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Uruguay | 6 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 May 2025 | |||
Matías Aguirregaray Guruceaga (born 1 April 1989) is a Uruguayan professionalfootballer who plays as adefender forUruguayan Primera División clubMontevideo Wanderers .
His nickname is"El Vasquito". He also holds aSpanish passport, allowing him to be counted as anEU player.[2]
Aguirregaray made his professional debut in 2007 withPeñarol and spent four full seasons with the club.
In October 2010 he joinedTercera División clubTerrassa 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.[3][4]
On 24 August 2011,Serie A clubPalermo confirmed to have signed Aguirregaray on loan fromMontevideo Wanderers F.C., with an option to fully acquire the player's transfer right by the end of the season.[5] He made his debut as a second-half substitute forNicolás Bertolo in a Serie A home game againstCagliari, ended in a 3–2 win for his side.
In July 2013 he signed a contract withArgentine clubEstudiantes de La Plata.
Aguirregaray took part at the2009 South American U-20 Championship and the2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup as part of theUruguayan under-20 team.
He was part of Uruguay's2012 Olympic squad.[6]
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.[7] 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.
Matias is the son of former Peñarol playerÓscar Aguirregaray.[8]