Matías Donnet

Matías Donnet

Personal information
Full name	Matías Abel Donnet
Date of birth	(1980-04-18) 18 April 1980
Place of birth	Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Boca Juniors (youth coach)
Youth career
1998	Juventud
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	Unión de Santa Fe	58	(12)
2001	Venezia	2	(0)
2002–2005	Boca Juniors	64	(9)
2006	D.C. United	8	(1)
2007	Belgrano	14	(2)
2007–2009	Newell's Old Boys	27	(2)
2009–2010	Unión de Santa Fe	32	(9)
2011	Olimpia	13	(2)
2012–2013	Unión de Santa Fe	36	(3)
2014–2015	Antigua
2016–2017	Juventud
2019	Juventud
Managerial career
2020–	Boca Juniors (youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Matías Donnet (born 18 April 1980 in Esperanza, Santa Fe) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

With Boca Juniors he won the Intercontinental Cup 2003, the Copa Libertadores de América 2003, and the Copa Sudamericana 2004 . At the match for the Intercontinental Cup, Donnet scored the equalizer that took the match to penalty shootout, won by Boca 3–1, and was named Man of the Match.

In 2006, he signed with D.C. United of Major League Soccer in the USA. He scored his first and only goal in the MLS on September 26, 2006, against New York Red Bulls. The goal was scored in the 89th minute and turned out to have been the game winner when Red Bull's Jozy Altidore scored to make the score 4–3 United.

Donnet left D.C. United after the 2006 season and returned to Argentina with Belgrano de Córdoba. Between 2007 and 2009 he played for Newell's Old Boys before returning to his first club Unión de Santa Fe. In summer 2014, Donnet signed with Antigua GFC of the Guatemalan Liga Mayor for one year. He is currently one of their top players in the clausura 2015 season.

In April 2016, Donnet returned to his childhood club Juventud. He decided to rest in 2018, but in February 2019 it was confirmed, that he would take one more year at the club.

Coaching career

At the end of 2019 it was confirmed, that Donnet had been hired as a youth coach at Boca Juniors.

Honours

Boca Juniors

• Argentine Primera División: 2003 Apertura
• Copa Libertadores: 2003
• Copa Sudamericana: 2004
• Intercontinental Cup: 2003

Olimpia

• Paraguayan Primera División: 2011 Clausura

External links

• Argentine Primera Statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 June 2012)
• Matías Donnet at ESPN FC
• MLS bio at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 November 2006)
• Press Release on signing with DC United
• Washington Post profile