Matías Cortave

Matías Cortave
Personal information
Full name Matías Israel Cortave[1]
Date of birth (1992-06-27) 27 June 1992
Place of birth Quilmes, Argentina
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back[1]
Team information
Current team
Deportivo Morón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Brown de Adrogué 27 (0)
2016–2017 Maccabi Herzliya 37 (0)
2017–2019 Brown 27 (0)
2019–2021 Deportivo Morón 26 (0)
2021 Macará 29 (0)
2022– Quilmes 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 July 2022

Matías Israel Cortave (born 27 June 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Deportivo Morón.[2]

Career

Cortave began his career in 2013 with Brown of Primera B Nacional.[2][3] He was selected in nine matches, including for his professional debut on 8 November against Almirante Brown, during the 2013–14 campaign which ended with relegation to Primera B Metropolitana.[2] Thirteen appearances followed across two seasons, with the latter three arriving in the club's title-winning campaign of 2015.[2] On 19 July 2016, Cortave completed a move to Israel to join Liga Leumit side Maccabi Herzliya.[2] He participated in thirty-seven matches, making his last appearance for them in May 2017 in a 2–0 defeat to Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon at Grundman Stadium.[2]

September 2017 saw Cortave rejoin Primera B Nacional's Brown.[2][4] He played a part in twenty fixtures in his first season back with the Adrogué club in 2017–18.[2][5] Cortave left one season and twelve appearances later, as he agreed a move across the division to Deportivo Morón.[2] He remained for two campaigns, featuring a total of twenty-six times.[2] In January 2021, Cortave was announced as a new signing by Ecuadorian Serie A side Macará.[6] At the end of January 2022, Cortave returned to his homeland again, when he signed with Quilmes.[7]

Career statistics

As of 26 April 2025.[2]
Club Division Season League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brown Primera B Nacional 2013-14 9 0 2 0 11 0
Primera B Metropolitana 2014 10 0 0 0 10 0
2015 3 0 0 0 3 0
Primera B Nacional 2016 2 0 0 0 2 0
2017-18 20 0 2 0 22 0
2018-19 10 0 2 0 12 0
Total 54 0 6 0 60 0
Maccabi Herzliya Liga Leumit 2016-17 37 0 0 0 37 0
Deportivo Morón Primera B Nacional 2019-20 21 0 21 0
2020 6 0 6 0
2025 5 0 5 0
Total 32 0 32 0
Macará Serie A 2021 29 0 2 0 31 0
Quilmes Primera B Nacional 2022 16 1 4 0 20 1
Carlos A. Mannucci Liga 1 2023 32 1 0 0 32 1
2024 16 0 0 0 16 0
Total 48 1 0 0 48 1
Career total 216 2 10 0 2 0 228 2

Honours

Brown[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Matías Cortave". World Football. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Argentina - M. Cortave". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Ficha Estadistica de MATIAS CORTAVE". BDFA. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Para Cortave, Brown sumó un buen punto en su casa". La Unión. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Matías Cortave: A partir de acá, son todas finales". Politica del Sur. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Blas Díaz justifica su decisión de marcharse al Macará". D10. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  7. ^ Firmó Matías Cortave y este sábado amistoso ante All Boys, perspectivasur.com, January 2022