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Brazilian footballer

Matias Antonini
Personal information
Full name Matias Antonini Lui
Date of birth (1998-04-09) 9 April 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team Catanzaro
Number 4
Youth career
Grêmio
Meda
2015–2016 Inter Milan
2016–2018 Cagliari
2018–2020 Grêmio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020 Arezzo 0 (0)
2020–2021 NibionnOggiono 29 (0)
2021–2022 Ravenna 36 (6)
2022–2024 Taranto 57 (7)
2024– Catanzaro 14 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2024

Matias Antonini Lui (born 9 April 1998) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie B club Catanzaro.

Career

Beginnings

Antonini started his career as part of the youth system of Grêmio before moving to Italy to join amateur club Meda. He was subsequently scouted by Inter Milan who signed him for their youth teams. After a few appearances with friendly games for Inter, Antonini left the Nerazzurri for Cagliari, joining the Under-19 Primavera team; he shortly thereafter made his professional first team debut in a 2016–17 Coppa Italia game against Sampdoria ended in a 0–3 away loss, on what turned to be his only senior appearance with the Sardinian club. Despite having served as team captain for the Under-19 team of Cagliari, he was released in July 2018 and then left to move back to Brazil, re-joining Grêmio.

Serie C

Arezzo

In February 2020, Antonini returned to Italy, joining Serie C club Arezzo.

Serie D

NibionnOggiono

After failing to make any appearances for Arezzo, he left the Tuscan club to join Serie D club NibionnOggiono, with whom he finally managed to play as a regular.

Ravenna

His impressive performances won him the interest of the ambitious Serie D club Ravenna, who signed him in July 2021.

Return to Serie C

Taranto

In July 2022, Antonini signed for Serie C club Taranto. He quickly affirmed himself as a staple for the Apulians, playing as a regular and being praised for his performances, which gained him a contract extension until 30 June 2025. In the 2023–24 Serie C season, Antonini established himself as one of the best defenders in the league, as well as a prolific goalscorer (with four goals in his first sixteen games), and then being linked to higher division clubs and praised by his manager Ezio Capuano as player with Serie A potential.

Antonini, therefore, experienced the best seasons of his career in Taranto, revealing himself to be a key player for the rossoblù.

Serie B

Catanzaro

On 21 January 2024, Antonini joined Serie B side Catanzaro for an undisclosed fee, signing a contract until June 2027.

Personal life

Antonini was born and raised in Brazil to a father of Austrian origins and a mother of Italian ancestry.

He also holds Italian citizenship through jus sanguinis.

References

  1. ^ "L'interesse di Guardiola e l'esordio a San Siro: la storia di Matias Antonini, pupillo di Figo che segna a Taranto" (in Italian). La Casa di C. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. "Il giovane Antonini Lui in Primavera" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  3. "SAMPDORIA AGLI OTTAVI, 3-0 AL CAGLIARI" (in Italian). Eurosport. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  4. "Cagliari, Matias Antonini Lui al Gremio" (in Italian). Gianluca Di Marzio. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Arezzo, c'è Antonini per la difesa. Gori a parte, Cutolo squalificato per due turni" (in Italian). ArezzoNotizie.it. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  6. "Benvenuto Matias Antonini Lui" (in Italian). Ravenna FC. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  7. "Un difensore brasiliano ed un portiere per il Taranto" (in Italian). Corriere di Taranto. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  8. "Taranto: Antonini prolunga fino al 2025" (in Italian). Antenna Sud. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  9. "Antonini, difensore goleador: sono quattro i gol in campionato" (in Italian). MondoRossoblu.it. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  10. "Taranto, Capuano: 'Antonini come Parisi, è da Serie A'" (in Italian). Blunote.it. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  11. "MATIAS ANTONINI È UN NUOVO CALCIATORE DEL CATANZARO" (in Italian). US Catanzaro 1929. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  12. Pasta, Niccolò (21 January 2024). "Il Catanzaro ha un nuovo difensore: Matias Antonini firma fino al 2027". TUTTOmercatoWEB (in Italian). Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  13. "Antonini, Cutolo e Dell'Agnello. Dalla sosta l'Arezzo prova a uscire con qualche pedina in più" (in Italian). ArezzoNotizie.it. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.

External links

US Catanzaro 1929 – current squad
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