Andrés Mateus Uribe Villa (born 21 March 1991) is a Colombian professional

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who plays as a

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for Portuguese club

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and the Colombia national team. After coming through the ranks of

Envigado Envigado () is a town southeast of Medellín, Colombia in the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. It borders El Poblado, Medellín to the north, Sabaneta to the south, El Retiro and Caldas ...

's youth academy, Uribe made his professional debut with Argentine third division side

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before returning to Envigado in 2012. After a loan to

Deportes Tolima Club Deportes Tolima S.A., commonly known as Deportes Tolima, or simply as Tolima, is a Colombian professional football club based in Ibagué, Tolima Department that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. Founded in 1954, the club has wo ...

in 2015, he joined

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, where he won the

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, and the league title in 2017. Uribe then signed with Liga MX side Club América, where he won an

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title, the Copa MX Clausura, and the

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title. In 2019, he joined Portuguese side

and has since won six trophies with the club, two each of the Primeira Liga,

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and

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. A full international with Colombia since 2017, he represented the side at the 2018 FIFA World Cup and both the

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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 Envigado Fútbol Club () is a Colombian professional football team based in Envigado, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Estadio Polideportivo Sur. The club is renowned for the quality of its yo ...

. As first-team opportunities were limited, he played a year in the regional league of Antioquia Department, and his first professional games at

in the

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, on the third tier of the Argentine football league system. He scored twice in four games during his experience in

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. On returning home, he played regularly in the Categoría Primera A for Envigado,

and

América

On 1 August 2017, Uribe joined Club América of the Mexican Liga MX. He scored 14 goals across all competitions in his first season in

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, including two in a 4–1 win at

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on 3 May 2018 in the Clausura Liguilla quarter-finals. He was named in the 2018

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Best XI.

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. Nine days later, he made his debut for the ''Dragons'' in their

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first qualifying round second leg at home to

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; 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). In November, he and teammates Luis Díaz,

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and Renzo Saravia were suspended from the derby game against

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for having partied the night before; the incident was involunatrily exposed by his wife Cindy Álvarez García on Instagram. Uribe scored his first goal for Porto – already crowned champions – to open a 2–1 loss at

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on 25 July 2020, the last day of the season. However, he was substituted with injury moments later. The following 10 February in a

semi-final 1–1 draw at the same opponents, after compatriot Díaz had already been sent off, he joined him by headbutting

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International career

Uribe made his debut for the Colombia national team on 25 January 2017, against

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at the

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. He played the full 90 minutes of the 1–0 defeat. On 4 June 2018, Uribe was named in Colombia's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. He played in three of Colombia's four matches in the tournament, starting the game against

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. Uribe hit the crossbar with his penalty during Colombia's 4–3

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defeat against

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in the

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, after the game had finished 1–1 after extra time. 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

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in Brazil.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Uribe goal.''

Honours

Atlético Nacional * Categoría Primera A: Torneo Apertura 2017 *

América * Liga MX: Apertura 2018 *

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: Clausura 2019 *

Porto * Primeira Liga: 2019–20, 2021–22 *

: 2019–20, 2021–22 * Taça da Liga: 2022–23 *

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Individual * CONCACAF Champions League Best XI:

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* Liga MX Best XI: 2018 Clausura

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Uribe, Mateus 1991 births Living people Colombian footballers Colombian expatriate footballers Categoría Primera A players Liga MX players Primeira Liga players Deportivo Español footballers Deportes Tolima footballers Envigado F.C. players Atlético Nacional footballers Club América footballers FC Porto players Expatriate footballers in Argentina Expatriate footballers in Mexico Expatriate footballers in Portugal Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Footballers from Medellín Association football fullbacks Association football midfielders 2018 FIFA World Cup players 2019 Copa América players 2021 Copa América players Colombia international footballers