Mateo Musacchio

Mateo Musacchio
Musacchio in action for Villarreal in 2012
Personal information
Full name Mateo Pablo Musacchio
Date of birth (1990-08-26) 26 August 1990
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Centre-back
Youth career
25 de Mayo
1999–2006 River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 River Plate 10 (0)
2009–2010 Villarreal B 22 (3)
2010–2017 Villarreal 189 (7)
2017–2021 AC Milan 63 (1)
2021 Lazio 4 (0)
Total 288 (11)
International career
2006–2007 Argentina U17 15 (1)
2008–2010 Argentina U20 3 (0)
2011–2017 Argentina 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mateo Pablo Musacchio (Spanish: [maˈteo muˈsakjo], Italian: [muˈzakkjo]; born 26 August 1990) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

He spent most of his 15-year senior career with Villarreal after transferring as a 19-year-old, going on to appear in 249 competitive matches and score seven goals over seven La Liga seasons. In 2017 he joined AC Milan and, four years later, signed with Lazio also of the Italian Serie A.

Musacchio made his full debut for Argentina in 2011.