Matías Gallegos Panozzo (born 15 May 1997) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for Chilean club

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Career

He played for Tiro Federal de Santa Ana and Deportivo Santa Ana in his youth career, before joining Unión Santa Fe in 2011. Seven years later, Gallegos' senior career got underway with Unión Santa Fe. After being promoted into the first-team midway through the 2017–18 Primera División season, Gallegos scored on his professional debut on 31 March 2018. He featured for the final eleven minutes and netted the club's only goal in a 1–1 draw against San Martín. Five further appearances followed in all competitions in season one. In January 2019, Gallegos was loaned to Olimpo of

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. Gallegos scored four goals for Olimpo, including a brace over

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on 24 March 2019. In the succeeding July, having returned to his parent club, Gallegos left on loan for a second time as he returned to the second tier with Estudiantes. He made his debut on 24 August against San Martín, the same opponents he'd score his only Estudiantes goal for in February 2020. Upon returning to Unión, the forward suffered a knee injury. In February 2021, Gallegos joined

Chacarita Juniors Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine association football, football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Gre ...

on a one-year loan deal. In February 2023, Gallegos joined Chilean club AC Barnechea on loan until the end of 2023. In 2025, Gallegos signed with

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gallegos, Matias 1997 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers People from General Obligado Department Men's association football forwards Footballers from Santa Fe Province Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players Unión de Santa Fe footballers Club Olimpo footballers Estudiantes de Buenos Aires footballers Chacarita Juniors footballers Primera B de Chile players A.C. Barnechea footballers Deportes Copiapó footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Chile 21st-century Argentine sportsmen