Aníbal Matellán

Football player infobox


playername = Aníbal Matellán
fullname = Aníbal Samuel Matellán
height = 182cm
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|5|8
cityofbirth = General Villegas
countryofbirth = Argentina
currentclub = Arsenal de Sarandí
clubnumber = 6
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1996–2001
2001–2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–
clubs = Boca Juniors
FC Schalke 04
Boca Juniors
Getafe CF
Gimnàstic
Arsenal de Sarandí
caps(goals) = 76 (1)
37 (1)
15 (0)
22 (0)
19 (0)
34 (3)
pcupdate = 20 September 2008

Aníbal Matellán (born May 8 1977 in General Villegas) is an Argentine football defender. He Currently plays for Arsenal de Sarandí.

Matellán started his career at Argentine giants Boca Juniors, after several years of success with the club. During his time at the club Boca won 6 major titles in 5 seasons; 3 league titles, 2 Copa Libertadores titles and 1 Intercontinental Cup. In 2001 he earned a transfer to German side FC Schalke 04 where he helped the team to win the German Cup in 2002.

After 3 seasons with the Germans he returned to Boca where he won another major title, the Copa Sudamericana. During his two spells with Boca Matellán made 132 appearances for the club scoring 3 goals.

In 2005 Matellán signed for Spanish side Getafe CF, after only one season at Getafe he moved to La Liga new boys, Gimnàstic. After the 2006-07 season he moved back to Argentina, signing for Arsenal de Sarandí.

Matellán headed one of the most important goals of his career on November 30 2007 in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana 2007 final against América to help give Arsenal a valuable 3-2 lead going into the second leg.

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*es [http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=7099&SEOFutbolista=Matellan+Anibal+Samuel Argentine Primera statistics]