Matías Ezequiel Dituro (born 8 May 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Fatih Karagümrük.

He played top-flight football in Peru with CNI; Bolivia with Club Aurora, Jorge Wilstermann and Bolívar; Chile with Antofagasta and Universidad Católica; and in Spain with Celta Vigo.

Matías Dituro

As a goalkeeper, Dituro scored six professional goals. Four were penalty kicks, one a long kick from his own penalty area, and the sixth a header.

Matías Dituro

Club career

Early years

Born in Bigand in the Caseros Department of Santa Fe Province, Dituro began his career with Independiente and had a loan with Almagro. After playing for CNI in the Peruvian Primera División in 2010, he signed for Alavés of the Spanish Segunda División B in January 2011. That August, he moved to Celta Vigo on a one-year deal with the option of one more, being assigned to the B-team.

Matías Dituro

Dituro's place at third-tier Celta B was taken by youngster Rubén Blanco halfway through the season. He had one call-up for the first team in Segunda División in the penultimate game of the season on 27 May 2012, a 2–1 win at Gimnàstic de Tarragona. He returned to his homeland later that year, at Douglas Haig in the Primera B Nacional, and Guillermo Brown of the Torneo Federal A in July 2013.

Bolivia and Chile

Dituro then moved to the Bolivian Primera División, with Cochabamba-based Aurora and Jorge Wilstermann. He scored four penalties for the latter.

Following a spell in the Chilean Primera División with Antofagasta, Dituro returned to Bolivia in January 2017 with Bolívar. On 23 April, he scored from his own goal at the end of a 3–1 home win over San José. He went back to Chile in January 2018 on loan to Universidad Católica for a US$250,000 fee.

On 8 July 2021, Dituro joined La Liga side Celta de Vigo on loan for the 2021–22 season with an option to make the deal permanent. He was signed by compatriot Eduardo Coudet to replace the retired Sergio Álvarez, and started ahead of Blanco who was still at the club. In his second match for Celta on 23 August, he saved a penalty from Rubén García and kept a clean sheet as the club drew 0–0 with Osasuna.

Personal life

In February 2023, he got Chilean nationality by residence.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Bolivar

Primera División de Bolivia: 2017–AP, 2017–CL

Universidad Católica

Primera División de Chile: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

Supercopa de Chile: 2019, 2020

Individual

Primera División's El Gráfico Golden Ball: 2020

References

External links

1987 births

Living people

People from Caseros Department

Men's association football goalkeepers

Argentine men's footballers

Argentine expatriate men's footballers

Argentine emigrants to Chile

Naturalized citizens of Chile

Chilean men's footballers

Chilean expatriate men's footballers

Club Atlético Independiente footballers

Club Almagro players

Colegio Nacional Iquitos footballers

Deportivo Alavés players

RC Celta Fortuna players

Club Atlético Douglas Haig players

Guillermo Brown de Puerto Madryn footballers

Club Aurora players

C.D. Jorge Wilstermann players

C.D. Antofagasta footballers

Club Bolívar players

Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers

RC Celta de Vigo players

Fatih Karagümrük S.K. footballers

Argentine Primera División players

Primera Nacional players

Peruvian Primera División players

Segunda División B players

Segunda División players

Torneo Federal A players

Bolivian Primera División players

Chilean Primera División players

La Liga players

Süper Lig players

Expatriate men's footballers in Peru

Expatriate men's footballers in Spain

Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia

Expatriate men's footballers in Chile

Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey

Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Peru

Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain

Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia

Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile

Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Turkey

Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Turkey

Footballers from Santa Fe Province