Matías Nicolas Pavoni Escabuso (born 25 September 1980) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. After starting his career with Newell's Old Boys he played mostly with Cádiz, representing the club in La Liga,

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and

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and appearing in a total of 168 competitive matches (29 goals).

Football career

Born in Buenos Aires, Pavoni began his senior career playing for Newell's Old Boys in the

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. In 2001, he was sold to neighbouring

Central Córdoba de Rosario Club Atlético Central Córdoba, usually just Central Córdoba, is an Argentine football club based in the city of Rosario, Santa Fe. The team currently plays in Primera C Metropolitana, the regionalised fourth division of the Argentine football ...

of the Primera B Nacional. Pavoni moved to Europe for the 2002–03 season, joining

Cádiz CF Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., known simply as Cádiz, is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the La Liga, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20 ...

in Spain and scoring a career-best nine goals in his first year as the team promoted from

. He was again instrumental two years later, netting eight times in 39 matches for the Andalusians who returned to La Liga after an absence of 12 years. Pavoni made his debut in Spain's top flight on 28 August 2005, scoring in a 1–2 home loss against

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. Cádiz were eventually relegated at the end of the campaign as second from bottom, and the player appeared sparingly during the following years due to injury, also reportedly being due in wages. Pavoni retired in December 2010 at the age of only 30, after an unassuming spell with Greece's

Asteras Tripoli F.C. Asteras Tripolis Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Αστέρας Τρίπολης), commonly referred to as Asteras Tripolis (meaning "Star of Tripoli"), is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in the city of Tripoli, Greece, ...

and more than two years without a club.Matías Pavoni cuelga las botas después de no poder superar una lesión de tobillo (Matías Pavoni hangs up boots after not being able to overcome ankle injury)
La Voz Digital, 11 December 2010

Honours

Cádiz *

: 2004–05

References

External links

Argentine League statistics
*
Stats and bio at Cadistas1910
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pavoni, Matias 1980 births Living people Argentine people of Italian descent Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players Newell's Old Boys footballers Central Córdoba de Rosario footballers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Cádiz CF players Super League Greece players Asteras Tripolis F.C. players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain