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My Take
Matías Aguirregaray is a wonderfully transnational footballer: born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, capped by Uruguay, and carrying a Spanish passport that lets him pass as an EU player. Nicknamed El Vasquito, he is a defender who at 174 cm is undersized for the role, which tells me he wins with reading and grit rather than reach. That is the kind of player I gravitate toward. Uruguayan football has always prized stubborn, scrappy defending, and he feels like a living embodiment of it. Plying his trade at Montevideo Wanderers, he is the sort of dependable, unglamorous pro that good teams are quietly built on.
Overview
Matías Aguirregaray Guruceaga (born 1 April 1989) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a defender for Uruguayan Primera División club Montevideo Wanderers . His nickname is "El Vasquito". He also holds a Spanish passport, allowing him to be counted as an EU player.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Matías Aguirregaray
- Name (Japanese)
- マティアス・アギーレガライ
- Reading
- まてぃあす・あぎーれがらい
- Born
- April 1, 1989 (age 37)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Snake
- Origin
- Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 174 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Brazil →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.