.jpeg) Soulé warming up forRoma in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matías Soulé Malvano[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2003-04-15)15 April 2003 (age 22)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Mar del Plata, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Roma | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2015 | Kimberley | ||
| 2015–2020 | Vélez Sarsfield | ||
| 2020–2021 | Juventus | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | Juventus Next Gen[α] (res.) | 28 | (3) |
| 2021–2024 | Juventus | 15 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | →Frosinone (loan) | 36 | (11) |
| 2024– | Roma | 51 | (11) |
| International career | |||
| 2019–2020 | Argentina U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Argentina U20 | 7 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:19, 9 February 2026 (UTC) | |||
Matías Soulé Malvano (born 15 April 2003) is an Argentine professionalfootballer who plays as anattacking midfielder,right winger orforward forSerie A clubRoma.
Soulé started his career aged six for Kimberley and six years later moved toVélez[5] with whom he refused the proposal to sign a professional contract.[6] In January 2020, he moved toJuventus asfree transfer.[7] Soulé scored five goals and five assists in 30 appearances with under-19s in the 2020–21 season.[8]
Soulé made his official debut forJuventus U23—the reserve team of Juventus—in a first-roundCoppa Italia Serie C 3–2 win againstPro Sesto on 22 August 2021.[9] He made hisSerie C debut on 28 August in a 2–1 win toPergolettese.[10] On 10 September, first-team managerMassimiliano Allegri included Soulé in the match-day squad for theSerie A game againstNapoli.[11]
On 15 September, Soulé scored his first two career goals in a 3–2 win againstFeralpisalò in the second round of Coppa Italia Serie C.[12] On 24 September, he extended his contract with Juventus until 2024 with option until 2026.[13] On 7 November, he scored his first goal inSerie C in a 1–0 win againstLecco with a curling shoot in the 43rd minute.[14] On 30 November, Soulé made his official debut for the first team in a 2–0 win againstSalernitana coming on as substitute during the stoppage time.[15]
He ended his first professional season with five goals in 34 matches[16] with the addition of two first-team appearances.[17] Throughout the season, he also played forJuventus U19 in theUEFA Youth League.[18] With two goals in six games, Soulé helped the U19s reach the semifinals, their best-ever placing in the competition.[19] During the semifinal againstBenfica, Soulé took the last penalty of the game which he missed causing his side to lose 4–3 at penalty shoot-outs after a 2–2 draw.[20]
On 11 October 2022, Soulé made hisUEFA Champions League debut, playing for 15 minutes in a defeat againstMaccabi Haifa.[21] On the 29th of the same month, he made his first-minute debut for the first team, in the match againstLecce.[22] On 12 March 2023, he scored his first first-team goal in stoppage time of Juventus–Sampdoria 4–2.[23] He finished his first season with the first team with 19 appearances[17] in mid-May, to make part ofArgentina U20's team at the2023 FIFA U20 World Cup.[24]
On 28 August 2023, Soulé joinedSerie A clubFrosinone on a season-long loan.[25] During the first half of the 2023–24 campaign, he managed to accomplish the most successful dribbles in the top European competitions.[26] He finished his loan season as top scorer for the club with 11 goals, and the player with most dribbles won in Serie A in 102 occasions.[27]
On 30 July 2024, Soulé joined fellow Italian sideRoma for a reported transfer fee of $28m plus $4m in bonuses.[28][29] On matchday 2 of the2025–26 Serie A, Soulé scored the sole goal for Roma in a 0-1 away win atPisa.[30]
Soulé made three appearances for Argentina U16.[31] On 3 November 2021, he was first called up for the Argentina national team ahead of thequalification rounds for the2022 FIFA World Cup againstUruguay andBrazil;[32] but did not make either of the match day squads.[33] In May 2023, Soulé was called up to Argentina U20's 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign by coachJavier Mascherano.[34] Due to his Italian citizenship throughius sanguinis, following his impressive Serie A performances with Frosinone, Soulé was publicly considered in 2023 byItaly managerLuciano Spalletti for a potential call-up with the seniorAzzurri squad.[35][36]
Soulé is aleft-footed right winger, noted for his dribbling ability and set-piece taking, earning him comparisons toÁngel Di María.[37][38]
Soulé was born in Argentina and is of Italian descent, and holds dual citizenship.[39] Soulé considersIndependiente his favourite team andLionel Messi his favourite player.[7]
| Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Juventus Next Gen | 2021–22 | Serie C | 25 | 3 | — | — | 9[a] | 2 | 34 | 5 | ||
| 2022–23 | Serie C | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3[b][16] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Total | 28 | 3 | — | — | 12 | 2 | 40 | 5 | ||||
| Juventus | 2021–22 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022–23 | Serie A | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5[c] | 0 | — | 19 | 1 | ||
| Total | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
| Frosinone (loan) | 2023–24 | Serie A | 36 | 11 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 11 | ||
| Roma | 2024–25 | Serie A | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11[d] | 0 | — | 39 | 5 | |
| 2025–26 | Serie A | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8[d] | 1 | — | 33 | 7 | ||
| Total | 51 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 12 | ||
| Career total | 130 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 172 | 29 | ||
