Matías Donnet

Matías Donnet

Personal information
Full name	Matías Abel Donnet
Date of birth	April 18, 1980 (1980-04-18) (age 31)
Place of birth	Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Unión de Santa Fe
Youth career
1998	Juventud
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999-00	Unión de Santa Fe	58	(12)
2001	Venezia	2	(0)
2002-05	Boca Juniors	64	(9)
2006	D.C. United	8	(1)
2007	Belgrano de Córdoba	14	(2)
2007-2009	Newell's Old Boys	27	(2)
2009-	Unión de Santa Fe	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:36, 4 October 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Matías Donnet (born April 18, 1980 in Esperanza, Santa Fe) is an Argentine football (soccer) midfielder, who currently plays for Unión de Santa Fe.

With Boca Juniors he won the Intercontinental Cup 2003, the Copa Libertadores de América 2003, and the Copa Sudamericana 2005 . 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.

External links

• (Spanish) Argentine Primera Statistics
• (Spanish) ESPN profile
• MLS bio
• Press Release on signing with DC United
• Washington Post profile

Persondata
Name	Donnet, Matias
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Date of birth	1980-04-18
Place of birth	Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina
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