Matías Garrido

Leonardo Matías Garrido (born 2 February 1986) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Sportivo Desamparados.^[3]

Matías Garrido

Personal information
Full name	Leonardo Matías Garrido
Date of birth	(1986-02-02) 2 February 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth	San Juan, Argentina
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder[2]
Team information
Current team	Sportivo Desamparados
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004	Peñarol
2005–2008	Trinidad	20	(3)
2008–2011	Sportivo Desamparados	98	(7)
2011–2013	Gimnasia y Esgrima	30	(0)
2013–2014	Juventud Unida Universitario	31	(6)
2014	Deportivo Madryn	11	(6)
2015–2019	Patronato	94	(15)
2019	Sarmiento	8	(0)
2019–2021	Olimpia	40	(7)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 April 2021

Career

Garrido began his career with Peñarol.^[4] He joined Trinidad in 2005, who he featured twenty times for during the 2005–06 Torneo Argentino B; scoring three goals in the process.^[1] In 2008, Garrido was signed by Torneo Argentino A team Sportivo Desamparados.^[1] Seven goals in ninety-six appearances followed in three seasons, with the last yielding promotion to Primera B Nacional.^[1] He subsequently made two appearances in tier two, prior to departing Sportivo Desamparados in 2011 to play for Primera B Nacional's Gimnasia y Esgrima.^[5][6] He played a total of thirty matches for the club between 2011 and 2013.^[3]

On 2 July 2013, Garrido joined Juventud Unida Universitario of Torneo Argentino A.^[7] He scored in his third match for them, in a win over CAI on 1 September.^[3] That was one of seven goals in 2013–14 for Garrido.^[3] He left Juventud Unida Universitario in mid-2014, joining Torneo Federal A side Deportivo Madryn for the rest of the year.^[8] He went on to score seven goals in thirteen games as Deportivo Madryn finished ninth.^[3] 2015 saw Garrido join Patronato in Primera B Nacional.^[9] He scored ten goals in forty-three appearances in a debut season that ended with promotion to the Argentine Primera División.^[3]

Garrido completed a move to Primera B Nacional club Sarmiento on 11 January 2019.^[10][11] Garrido headed abroad for the first time in the succeeding June, agreeing a contract with Honduran outfit Olimpia.^[3][12] He netted on his unofficial bow, scoring in a Copa Premier Centroamericana match with Costa Rica's Herediano on 11 July; a goal in the same competition over Árabe Unido of Panama followed.^[13] On 28 July, Garrido scored on his Liga Nacional debut versus Honduras Progreso, before continuing his scoring streak with a strike against Real Sociedad in his second appearance.^[3][14]

Career statistics

As of 24 December 2020.^[3]

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Patronato	2015	Primera B Nacional	39	9	1	0	—		—		4[a]	1	44	10
	2016	Primera División	15	2	0	0	—		—		0	0	15	2
	2016–17		13	0	2	0	—		—		0	0	15	0
	2017–18		14	3	0	0	—		—		0	0	14	3
	2018–19		13	1	1	0	—		—		0	0	14	1
	Total		94	15	4	0	—		—		4	1	102	16
Sarmiento	2018–19	Primera B Nacional	8	0	1	0	—		—		5[a]	0	14	0
Olimpia	2019–20	Liga Nacional	23	6	0	0	—		9[b]	1	0	0	32	7
	2020–21		8	1	0	0	—		1[c]	0	0	0	9	1
	Total		31	7	0	0	—		10	1	0	0	41	8
Career total			133	22	5	0	—		10	1	4	1	152	24

1. Appearance(s) in the Primera B Nacional play-offs
2. Appearance(s) in the CONCACAF League and CONCACAF Champions League
3. Appearance(s) in the CONCACAF League

Honours

Club

Olimpia^[3]

• Liga Nacional: 2019–20 Apertura