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Mateo Gamarra
Personal information
Full name Mateo Gamarra González
Date of birth (2000-10-20) 20 October 2000 (age 22)
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
Club Olimpia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018-2019 Independiente F.B.C. 1 (0)
2020 Club 12 de Octubre SD 8 (0)
2021– Club Olimpia 42 (2)
International career
2022– Paraguay 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:15, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Mateo Gamarra (born 20 October 2000) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays for Club Olimpia and the Paraguay national football team.

Career

From Concepción,[1] he joined Independiente F.B.C. at the age of 15.[2] Playing as a central defender Gamarra had a breakthrough in 2022 featuring for Club Olimpia regularly in the league, Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana. He won his first silverware with Olimpia when the club clinched the 2022 Clausura tournament.[3]

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Concepción, Paraguay

Concepción, Paraguay

Concepción is a city & district in northern Paraguay and capital of the Concepción Department. It lies next to the Paraguay River.

Independiente F.B.C.

Independiente F.B.C.

Independiente Foot-Ball Club also referred to as Independiente de Campo Grande is a Paraguayan football club based in the neighborhood of Campo Grande in Asunción. Founded on September 20, 1925, they play in the Second Division of Paraguayan League. Their home stadium is Estadio Ricardo Gregor.

Club Olimpia

Club Olimpia

Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan professional sports club based in the city of Asunción. The club promotes the practice of various sports with most importance given to the football, rugby and basketball sides, the former being the highest priority and most successful. They were founded on July 25, 1902 by a group of young Paraguayans, and the name stems from the idea of its principal founding member, William Paats, a Dutchman based in Paraguay, who is considered the father of Paraguayan football for having introduced the practice of the sport in the South American country. Internationally, the club is referred to as Olimpia Asunción in order to distinguish itself from Latin American football clubs of the same name.

Copa Libertadores

Copa Libertadores

The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América, is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournament is named after the Libertadores, the leaders of the Latin American wars of independence, so a literal translation of its former name into English is "America's Liberators Cup".

Copa Sudamericana

Copa Sudamericana

The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, named as Copa Sudamericana, is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004 and 2008. The CONMEBOL Sudamericana began in 2002, replacing the separate competitions Copa Merconorte and Copa Mercosur by a single competition. Since its introduction, the competition has been a pure elimination tournament with the number of rounds and teams varying from year to year.

International career

On 1 September, 2022 Gamarra made his debut for the Paraguay against Mexico.[4]

Personal life

One of 13 children born to Vidalia González, his father died when Gamarra was a teenager. Gamarra worked as a painter during the COVID-19 pandemic and football was suspended, in order to provide extra income for his family.[5][6] Gamarra has organised friendly football matches in his hometown to raise money for local charity causes.[7][8]

Source: "Mateo Gamarra", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, January 15th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mateo_Gamarra.

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References
  1. ^ "Mateo Gamarra's vacations, between the farm and fishing". Extra.com.
  2. ^ "Mateo Gamarra came from Concepción with a rubber bag". Extra.com.
  3. ^ "Did you have Mateo Gamarra as a singer?". Lanacion.com.
  4. ^ "Mateo Gamarra, great debut and even luxury with the Albirroja". d10.ultimahora.com.
  5. ^ "Mateo Gamarra, a painter a la Albirroja". Lanacion.com.
  6. ^ "Mateo Gamarra fulfilled the dream of being red-and-white". D10.ultimahora.com.
  7. ^ "Mateo Gamarra and his friends, a solidarity party for the kitchens of Concepción". ABC.com.
  8. ^ "A highly anticipated match! Derlis González and Mateo Gamarra come together for a good cause". Lanacion.com.

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