Matías Donnet (born 18 April 1980 in Esperanza, Santa Fe) is an Argentine former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

With

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...

he won the Intercontinental Cup 2003, the

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2003, and the

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. At the match for the Intercontinental Cup, Donnet scored the equalizer that took the match to

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, won by Boca 3–1, and was named ''Man of the Match''. In 2006, he signed with D.C. United of

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in the USA. He scored his first and only goal in the MLS on September 26, 2006, against

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. The goal was scored in the 89th minute and turned out to have been the game winner when Red Bull's Jozy Altidore scored to make the score 4–3 United. Donnet left D.C. United after the 2006 season and returned to Argentina with

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. Between 2007 and 2009 he played for

Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football. A ...

before returning to his first club

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. In summer 2014, Donnet signed with

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of the

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n Liga Mayor for one year. He is currently one of their top players in the clausura 2015 season. In April 2016, Donnet returned to his childhood club Juventud. He decided to rest in 2018, but in February 2019 it was confirmed, that he would take one more year at the club.

Coaching career

At the end of 2019 it was confirmed, that Donnet had been hired as a youth coach at

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Honours

Boca Juniors *

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: 2003 Apertura *

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* Intercontinental Cup:

Olimpia *

Paraguayan Primera División The División Profesional de la Paraguayan Football Association, Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (; "Professional Division of the Paraguayan Football Association"), also known as the Primera División (; "first division"), or due to sponsorship ...

: 2011 Clausura

References

External links

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Press Release on signing with DC United

{{DEFAULTSORT:Donnet, Matias 1980 births Living people Copa Sudamericana–winning players People from Esperanza, Santa Fe Men's association football midfielders Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine people of French descent Unión de Santa Fe footballers Venezia FC players Boca Juniors footballers D.C. United players Club Atlético Belgrano footballers Newell's Old Boys footballers Club Olimpia footballers Antigua GFC players Argentine Primera División players Serie A players Major League Soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay Footballers from Santa Fe Province 21st-century Argentine sportsmen