Mateus Uribe

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Uribe and the second or maternal family name is Villa.

Andrés Mateus Uribe Villa (born 21 March 1991) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Atlético Nacional and the Colombia national team.

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 34)[1]
Place of birth	Medellín, Colombia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	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	26	(0)
International career‡
2017–	Colombia	62	(6)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Colombia Copa América Runner-up 2024 United States 2021 Brazil
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 October 2024 (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 since 2017, he played for the side at the 2018 FIFA World Cup and both the 2019 and 2021 Copa América, achieving a third-place finish in the latter.

Club career

Early career

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

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

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

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, he ended his contract with Al Sadd by mutual consent.

International career

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

Club

As of match played 26 September 2024^[18]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Deportivo Español	2010–11	Primera B Metropolitana	4	2	—		—		—		—		4	2
Envigado	2012	Categoría Primera A	30	1	5	2	—		4[c]	0	—		39	3
	2013		28	3	4	1	—		—		—		32	4
	2014		29	3	2	0	—		—		—		31	3
	Total		87	7	11	3	—		4	0	—		102	10
Deportes Tolima	2015	Categoría Primera A	33	2	7	1	—		3[c]	0	—		43	3
	2016		16	7	5	3	—		—		—		21	10
	Total		49	9	12	4	—		3	0	—		64	13
Atlético Nacional	2016	Categoría Primera A	11	1	8	0	—		7[c]	1	2[d]	0	28	2
	2017		17	5	0	0	—		2[e]	1	—		19	6
	Total		28	6	8	0	—		9	2	2	0	47	8
América	2017–18	Liga MX	30	11	3	0	—		5[f]	3	—		38	14
	2018–19		33	3	5	0	—		—		—		38	3
	2019–20		2	1	0	0	—		0	0	2[g]	0	4	1
	Total		65	15	8	0	—		5	3	2	0	80	18
Porto	2019–20	Primeira Liga	26	1	4	0	3	0	8[h]	0	—		41	1
	2020–21		31	4	3	0	2	0	9[i]	1	1[j]	0	46	5
	2021–22		25	1	5	2	0	0	8[k]	1	—		38	4
	2022–23		31	4	6	0	6	0	7[i]	1	1[j]	0	51	5
	Total		113	10	18	2	11	0	32	3	2	0	176	15
Al Sadd	2023–24	Qatar Stars League	9	0	4	1	—		5[l]	1	4[m]	0	22	2
	2024–25	Qatar Stars League	5	0	0	0	—		2[l]	0	—		7	0
	Total		14	0	4	1	—		7	1	4	0	29	2
Career total			360	49	61	10	11	0	60	9	10	0	502	68

1. Includes Copa Colombia, Copa MX, Taça de Portugal and Emir of Qatar Cup
2. Includes Taça da Liga
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. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
10. Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
11. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
12. Appearances in AFC Champions League
13. Appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup

International

As of match played 10 October 2024^[19]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Colombia	2017	5	0
	2018	10	0
	2019	11	3
	2020	2	0
	2021	11	1
	2022	4	1
	2023	10	1
	2024	9	0
Total		62	6

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
1	9 June 2019	Estadio Monumental "U", Lima, Peru	Peru	1–0	3–0	Friendly
2				2–0
3	19 November 2019	Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States	Ecuador	1–0	1–0	Friendly
4	3 June 2021	Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru	Peru	2–0	3–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	24 March 2022	Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia	Bolivia	3–0	3–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	12 October 2023		Uruguay	2–1	2–2	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Atlético Nacional

• Categoría Primera A: Torneo Apertura 2017
• Copa Colombia: 2016
• Copa Libertadores: 2016
• Recopa Sudamericana: 2017
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América

• Liga MX: Apertura 2018
• Copa MX: Clausura 2019
• Campeón de Campeones: 2019

Porto

• Primeira Liga: 2019–20,^[20] 2021–22
• Taça de Portugal: 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23
• Taça da Liga: 2022–23
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2020, 2022

Al Sadd

• Amir Cup: 2024

Individual

• CONCACAF Champions League Best XI: 2018^[21]
• Liga MX Best XI: 2018 Clausura^[5]