Matías Martín Rubio Köstner (born 8 August 1988) is a

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an former

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who played as a

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Career

In August 2016, Rubio joined

Kazakhstan Premier League The Kazakhstan Professional Football League ( kk, Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы, ''Qazaqstan Premer Ligasy''), commonly referred to as Kazakh Premier League or simply Premier League, is the top division of football in Kazakhstan ...

side

FC Akzhayik FC Akzhayik ( kk, Aqjaıyq Oral Fýtbol Klýby) is a Kazakhstani professional football club, based in Oral, current member of the Kazakhstan First Division. History Names *1968 : Founded as ''Uralets'' *1993 : The club was renamed ''Uralets-Arm ...

. He retired at the end of the 2022 season, as a player of

Deportes Recoleta Club Deportes Recoleta is an association football club of Chile of the commune of Recoleta, situated in the town of Santiago. It was the champion of the Tercera División B in 2015 and the champion of the Segunda Division of Chile in 2021 play ...

. At international level, Rubio was part of a Chile under-25 squad in a training session led by Claudio Borghi in May 2011, being a player of

Rangers de Talca Club Social de Deportes Rangers is a Chilean football club based in the city of Talca. The club was founded November 2, 1902 and plays in the second level of the Chilean football system. Their home games are played at the Fiscal stadium, which ha ...

Personal life

He is a member of a football family nicknamed "Rubio Dynasty" since his grandfather Ildefonso, his father

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, and his two brothers,

Eduardo Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male given name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to: Association football * Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean football player and sports commentator * Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footbal ...

and

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, were or are professional footballers.

Honours

;Universidad Católica *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rubio, Matias 1988 births Living people People from Santiago Province, Chile Footballers from Santiago Chilean people of German descent Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Kazakhstan Premier League players Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers Rangers de Talca footballers Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers Unión La Calera footballers Deportes Temuco footballers FC Akzhayik players CD Colchagua footballers Deportes Recoleta footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Men's association football forwards