Matías Villavicencio

Matías Villavicencio

Personal information
Full name	Matías Sebastián Villavicencio
Date of birth	September 18, 1981 (1981-09-18) (age 30)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Ferro Carril Oeste
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001-2004	Independiente	29	(0)
2004-2005	Huracán	16	(2)
2005-2008	Olimpo	72	(3)
2008-2009	San Martín de Tucumán	29	(1)
2009-2010	Atlético Tucumán	24	(0)
2010	Shanghai Shenhua	2	(0)
2011-	Ferro Carril Oeste
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 May 2010. † Appearances (Goals).

Matías Sebastián Villavicencio (born 18 September 1981 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football defender who currently plays for Ferro Carril Oeste in the Primera B Nacional.

Villavicencio made his professional debut on 7 December 2001 in a 1-0 victory over Nueva Chicago. In 2002 he was part of the squad that won the Apertura 2002 championship.

In 2004 Villavicencio joined Huracán of the 2nd division. The following year he returned to the Primera when he joined Olimpo de Bahía Blanca the club were relegated in 2006 but they won promotion by winning the Apertura 2006 and Clausura 2007 back to back.

In 2008 after his second relegation with Olimpo he joined newly promoted San Martín de Tucumán who were relegated at the end of the season. Villavicencio again left the relegated team to join another newly promoted club, this time San Martín's local rivals Atlético Tucumán.

On July 29, 2010, Villavicencio signed a 1 year contract with Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua F.C.^[1]

Titles

Season	Team	Title
Apertura 2002	Club Atlético Independiente	Primera División Argentina
Apertura 2006	Olimpo de Bahía Blanca	Primera B Nacional
Clausura 2007	Olimpo de Bahía Blanca	Primera B Nacional

References

1. ^ http://www.shenhuafc.com.cn/newsDetail.htm?ff8080812a117191012a1c59d23c0014

External links

• (Chinese) Player profile on official Shanghai Shenhua site
• Guardian statistics
• (Spanish) BDFA profile
• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics

Persondata
Name	Villavicencio, Matias
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Date of birth	1981-09-18
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
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