Matías Ezequiel Zaldívar (born 4 August 1995) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as an

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for Círculo Deportivo.

Career

Zaldívar started his career with

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team

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and made his first-team debut for the club on 11 May 2014 against Belgrano as he came on for the final few seconds. He had to wait two years before featuring again, but he did go onto play in five consecutive

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fixtures. In September 2017, Zaldívar rescinded his contract with Arsenal. On 13 March 2018, Zaldívar joined

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side

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. He scored his first senior goal on 14 April during a 3–2 loss versus

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. On 5 June, Zaldívar signed for RGVFC's affiliate club

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on a short-team loan. He made his debut for Houston Dynamo a day later in the U.S. Open Cup against

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, scoring the club's fourth goal in a 5–0 victory in the process. He went back to RGVFC days later. In total, Zaldívar scored three times across nineteen games for Rio Grande Valley FC Toros before departing at the conclusion of the

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campaign. A return to his homeland was completed in July 2019, as he penned terms with

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. Ten games followed. In August 2020, Zaldívar secured a move up to

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with San Miguel. He debuted in a goalless draw at home to Talleres on 5 December, having replaced Federico Sena off the bench with twenty-seven minutes remaining.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zaldivar, Matias 1995 births Living people Footballers from Avellaneda Argentine men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States Argentine Primera División players USL Championship players Primera C Metropolitana players Primera B Metropolitana players Arsenal de Sarandí footballers Rio Grande Valley FC Toros players Houston Dynamos players Sportivo Italiano footballers Club Atlético San Miguel footballers San Martín de Burzaco footballers 21st-century Argentine sportsmen