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Mateus Uribe

Andrés Mateus Uribe Villa (born 21 March 1991) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Categoría Primera A club Atlético Nacional.

Mateus Uribe
Uribe playing for Colombia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Andrés Mateus Uribe Villa[1]
Date of birth (1991-03-21) 21 March 1991 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth Medellín, Colombia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Atlético Nacional
Number 8
Youth career
Envigado
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Deportivo Español 4 (2)
2012–2016 Envigado 87 (7)
2015–2016 → Deportes Tolima (loan) 49 (9)
2016–2017 Atlético Nacional 28 (6)
2017–2019 América 65 (15)
2019–2023 Porto 113 (10)
2023–2025 Al Sadd 14 (0)
2025– Atlético Nacional 27 (2)
International career
2017–2024 Colombia 62 (6)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Colombia
Copa América
Runner-up2024 United States
Third place2021 Brazil
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 December 2025 (UTC)

After coming through the ranks of Envigado's youth academy, Uribe made his professional debut with Argentine third division side Deportivo Español before returning to Envigado in 2012. After a loan to Deportes Tolima in 2015, he joined Atlético Nacional, where he won the Copa Colombia in 2016, and the league title in 2017. Uribe then signed with Liga MX side Club América, where he won an Apertura title, the Copa MX Clausura, and the Campeón de Campeones title. In 2019, he joined Portuguese side Porto and won eight trophies with the club, including two Primeira Liga, three Taça de Portugal, one Taça da Liga and two Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira titles. In 2023, Uribe moved to Qatar Stars League side Al Sadd on a free transfer. In 2023, Uribe joined Qatar Stars League side Al Sadd on a free transfer and went on to win the Emir Cup the following year, scoring the decisive goal in the final.

A full international with Colombia from 2017 to 2024, he played for the side at the 2018 FIFA World Cup as well as the 2019, 2021, and 2024 Copa América, where the latter finished runners-up to Argentina.

Club career

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Early career

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Born in Medellín, Uribe was formed at Envigado FC. As first-team opportunities were limited, he played a year in the regional league of Antioquia Department, and his first professional games at Deportivo Español in the Primera B Metropolitana, on the third tier of the Argentine football league system. He scored twice in four games during his experience in Buenos Aires. On returning home, he played regularly in the Categoría Primera A for Envigado, Deportes Tolima and Atlético Nacional.[2]

América

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On 1 August 2017, Uribe joined Club América of the Mexican Liga MX.[3] He scored 14 goals across all competitions in his first season in Mexico City,[2] including two in a 4–1 win at Pumas UNAM on 3 May 2018 in the Clausura Liguilla quarter-finals.[4] He was named in the 2018 Clausura Best XI.[5]

Porto

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Uribe joined Portuguese club FC Porto on 4 August 2019, on a four-year deal for a €10 million fee, earning a net annual salary of €3 million.[6] Nine days later, he made his debut for the Dragons in their UEFA Champions League first qualifying round second leg at home to FC Krasnodar; he came on in the 49th minute for the injured Sérgio Oliveira in a 3–2 loss (3–3 aggregate draw and elimination on away goals).[7] In November, he and teammates Luis Díaz, Agustín Marchesín and Renzo Saravia were suspended from the derby game against Boavista F.C. for having partied the night before; the incident was involuntarily exposed by his wife Cindy Álvarez García on Instagram.[8]

Uribe scored his first goal for Porto – already crowned champions – to open a 2–1 loss at S.C. Braga on 25 July 2020, the last day of the season. However, he was substituted with injury moments later.[9] The following 10 February in a Taça de Portugal semi-final 1–1 draw at the same opponents, after compatriot Díaz had already been sent off, he joined him by headbutting Ricardo Esgaio.[10]

Al Sadd

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On 5 June 2023, Uribe signed a three-year contract with Qatari club Al Sadd on a free transfer.[11]

On 24 June 2024, he netted his first goal for Al Sadd in the Amir Cup, scoring a 118th minute goal against Qatar SC to clinch his first title with the club.[12]

On 4 January 2025, Al Sadd announced that they had terminated Uribe's contract by mutual consent.

International career

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Uribe made his debut for the Colombia national team on 25 January 2017, against Brazil at the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro. He played the full 90 minutes of the 1–0 defeat.[13]

On 4 June 2018, Uribe was named in Colombia's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[14] He played in three of Colombia's four matches in the tournament, starting the game against Senegal.[15] Uribe hit the crossbar with his penalty during Colombia's 4–3 penalty shootout defeat against England in the round of 16, after the game had finished 1–1 after extra time.[16]

Uribe scored his first international goals on 9 June 2019, two of a 3–0 friendly win away to Peru ahead of his participation in the Copa América tournament in Brazil.[17]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 24 August 2025[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Deportivo Español 2010–11 Primera B Metropolitana 42————42
Envigado 2012 Categoría Primera A 30152—4[c]0—393
2013 28341———324
2014 29320———313
Total 877113—40—10210
Deportes Tolima 2015 Categoría Primera A 33271—3[c]0—433
2016 16753———2110
Total 499124—30—6413
Atlético Nacional 2016 Categoría Primera A 11180—7[c]12[d]0282
2017 17500—2[e]1—196
Total 28680—9220478
América 2017–18 Liga MX 301130—5[f]3—3814
2018–19 33350———383
2019–20 2100—002[g]041
Total 651580—53208018
Porto 2019–20 Primeira Liga 26140308[h]0—411
2020–21 31430209[i]11[j]0465
2021–22 25152008[k]1—384
2022–23 31460607[i]11[j]0515
Total 113101821103232017615
Al Sadd 2023–24 Qatar Stars League 9041—5[l]14[m]0222
2024–25 Qatar Stars League 6000—5[l]1—111
Total 15041—10240333
Atlético Nacional 2025 Categoría Primera A 17020—5[n]02[o]0260
Career total 378496310110681012053269
  1. ↑ Includes Copa Colombia, Copa MX, Taça de Portugal and Emir of Qatar Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Taça da Liga
  3. 1 2 3 Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  4. ↑ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  5. ↑ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  6. ↑ Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
  7. ↑ One appearance in Leagues Cup, one appearance in Campeón de Campeones
  8. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
  9. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  10. 1 2 Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  11. ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  12. 1 2 Appearances in AFC Champions League
  13. ↑ Appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup
  14. ↑ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  15. ↑ Appearances in Superliga Colombiana

International

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As of match played 10 October 2024[19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Colombia 201750
2018100
2019113
202020
2021111
202241
2023101
202490
Total626
Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Uribe goal.[19]
List of international goals scored by Mateus Uribe
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
19 June 2019Estadio Monumental "U", Lima, Peru Peru1–03–0Friendly
22–0
319 November 2019Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States Ecuador1–01–0Friendly
43 June 2021Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru Peru2–03–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
524 March 2022Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia Bolivia3–03–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
612 October 2023 Uruguay2–12–22026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Colombia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 Pulido, Juan Ricardo. "Las primeras jugadas de Mateus Uribe en el barrio San Cristóbal de Medellín" [Mateus Uribe's first playing experience in Medellín's San Cristobal neighbourhood] (in Spanish). Radio Nacional de Colombia. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Bienvenido Mateus Uribe" [Welcome Mateus Uribe] (in Spanish). Club América. 1 August 2017. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  4. ↑ Arnold, Jon (3 May 2018). "Uribe the key as America rolls in first leg vs. Pumas". Goal. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Mateus Uribe en el XI ideal de la Liga MX" [Mateus Uribe in the Liga MX Best XI]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 29 May 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "Oficial: América confirma acordo com FC Porto por Uribe" [Official: América confirm agreement with FC Porto for Uribe]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 4 August 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "Sérgio Oliveira lesionou-se, saiu em lágrimas e Uribe estreou-se pelo FC Porto" [Sérgio Oliveira injured himself, left in tears and Uribe debuted for FC Porto]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 13 August 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  8. ↑ "FC Porto afasta quatro jogadores por motivos disciplinares" [FC Porto sideline four players for disciplinary reasons]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 9 November 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "Mateus Uribe sale llorando por una terrible lesión, luego de marcar con el Porto" [Mateus Uribe goes off crying with a terrible injury, after scoring for Porto]. Marca (in Spanish). 25 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Vídeo: A agressão de Uribe a Esgaio que ditou a expulsão do jogador portista" [Video: Uribe's aggression against Esgaio which led to the expulsion of the Porto player] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "OFFICIAL: Al-Sadd sign Colombian player Mateus Uribe". Al Sadd SC. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  12. ↑ "2024 Amir Cup/ Al Sadd Beat Qatar SC 1-0 to Clinch Title". www.qna.org.qa. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  13. ↑ ""Se mantuvo el orden, pero hay cosas que mejorar": Mateus Uribe" ["We kept order, but there are things to improve": Mateus Uribe] (in Spanish). Fútbol Red. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  14. ↑ "Oficial: Tesillo, fuera de la lista de los 23 para Rusia 2018" [Official: Tesillo out of the list of 23 for Russia 2018]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 8 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  15. ↑ "Mateus Uribe Player Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  16. ↑ "Story of the match: England end shootout hoodoo with win over Colombia". York Press. Press Association. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  17. ↑ Leal, Sebastián (9 June 2019). "Mateus Uribe marca doblete en la victoria de Colombia sobre Perú" [Mateus Uribe scores a brace in Colombia's victory against Peru]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  18. ↑ Mateus Uribe at Soccerway
  19. 1 2 "Mateus Uribe". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  20. ↑ "FC Porto secure 29th Portuguese league title". The Times of India. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  21. ↑ "2018 SCCL - Best XI". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
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