Matías Alejandro Vega (born 18 April 1986) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

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were Vega's first club. After coming through the club's youth ranks, he was promoted into the first-team in 2008 and remained with San Lorenzo for three years but left in 2011 after not making an appearance for the club. His spell with San Lorenzo included two loan spells, the first was with Platense while the second was with Tiro Federal. After 25 appearances for the former and 34 for the latter, he returned to San Lorenzo and subsequently joined Instituto on a permanent transfer. Despite spending two seasons with Instituto, he made just four league appearances and left the club in July 2013. Upon departing Instituto, he completed a move to Primera B Metropolitana club

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. He went onto make 41 Primera B Metropolitana appearances for Atlanta in 2013–14.

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saw Vega move up a division as he completed a move to Primera B Nacional side Aldosivi. He made 6 appearances in his debut season for Aldosivi as the club won promotion into the

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. However, two years later Aldosivi were relegated back to Primera B Nacional; Vega had made nineteen appearances during the 2016–17 season. On 31 May 2019, Vega agreed a move to

ahead of the 2019–20 season.

Career statistics

Honours

;Aldosivi * Primera B Nacional: 2017–18

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vega, Matías 1995 births Living people Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe Argentine men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Primera Nacional players Primera B Metropolitana players Argentine Primera División players San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Club Atlético Platense footballers Tiro Federal footballers Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba footballers Club Atlético Atlanta footballers Club Atlético Aldosivi footballers Deportivo Riestra players