Matías Dituro
Matías Ezequiel Dituro Curto (born 8 May 1987) is an
Matías Dituro
Argentine naturalized Chilean professional footballer who
plays as a goalkeeper for Spanish club Elche.
He played top-flight football in Peru with CNI; Bolivia with
Club Aurora, Jorge Wilstermann and Bolívar; Chile with
Antofagasta and Universidad Católica; and in Spain with Celta
Vigo.
As a goalkeeper, Dituro scored six professional goals. Four
were penalty kicks, one a long kick from his own penalty area,
and the sixth a header.
Club career
Dituro with Universidad Católica in 2019
Early years Personal information
Born in Bigand in the Caseros Department of Santa Fe Full name Matías Ezequiel Dituro Curto
Province, Dituro began his career with Independiente and had Date of birth 8 May 1987
a loan with Almagro. After playing for CNI in the Peruvian Place of birth Bigand, Argentina
Primera División in 2010, he signed for Alavés of the Spanish Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Segunda División B in January 2011. That August, he moved Position(s) Goalkeeper
to Celta Vigo on a one-year deal with the option of one more, Team information
being assigned to the B-team.[1] Current team Elche
Number 13
Dituro's place at third-tier Celta B was taken by youngster
Rubén Blanco halfway through the season.[2] He had one call- Youth career
up for the first team in Segunda División in the penultimate Independiente
game of the season on 27 May 2012, a 2–1 win at Gimnàstic Senior career*
de Tarragona. He returned to his homeland later that year, at Years Team Apps (Gls)
Douglas Haig in the Primera B Nacional,[3] and Guillermo 2007–2009 Independiente 0 (0)
Brown of the Torneo Federal A in July 2013.[4] 2008 → Almagro (loan) 0 (0)
2010 CNI 37 (0)
Bolivia and Chile 2011 Alavés 8 (0)
2011–2012 Celta Vigo B 15 (0)
Dituro then moved to the Bolivian Primera División, with 2012 Celta Vigo 0 (0)
Cochabamba-based Aurora and Jorge Wilstermann. He scored
2012–2013 Douglas Haig 3 (0)
four penalties for the latter.[5]
2013 Guillermo Brown 13 (0)
Following a spell in the Chilean Primera División with 2014 Aurora 19 (0)
Antofagasta, Dituro returned to Bolivia in January 2017 with 2014–2015 Jorge Wilstermann 43 (4)
Bolívar.[6] On 23 April, he scored from his own goal at the end 2015–2016 Deportes Antofagasta 44 (1)
of a 3–1 home win over San José.[5] He went back to Chile in 2017–2018 Bolívar 42 (1)
January 2018 on loan to Universidad Católica for a 2018 → Universidad Católica 30 (0)
US$250,000 fee.[7][8] 2019–2023 Universidad Católica 90 (0)
Celta de Vigo 2021–2022 → Celta Vigo (loan) 38 (0)
2023 Fatih Karagümrük 11 (0)
On 8 July 2021, Dituro joined La Liga side Celta de Vigo on
2024– Elche 34 (0)
loan for the 2021–22 season with an option to make the deal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals,
permanent. He was signed by compatriot Eduardo Coudet to correct as of 21 November 2024
replace the retired Sergio Álvarez,[9] and started ahead of
Blanco who was still at the club.[1] In his second match for Celta on 23 August, he saved a penalty from Rubén
García and kept a clean sheet as the club drew 0–0 with Osasuna.[10]
Elche
After a stint with Turkish club Fatih Karagümrük, he returned to Spain and joined Elche in 2024.[11]
Personal life
In February 2023, he got Chilean nationality by residence.[12]
Career statistics
Club
As of 2 June 2024[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
League National Cup Continental Other Total
Club Season
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Peruvian
CNI 2010 Segunda 37 0 — — — 37 0
División
Segunda
Deportivo 2010–
División 12 0 — — — 12 0
Alavés 11
B
Segunda
2011–
Celta Vigo B División 15 0 — — — 15 0
12
B
Primera
2012–
Douglas Haig B 3 0 1 0 — — 4 0
13
Nacional
Guillermo Primera
2013 13 0 — — — 13 0
Brown C
Bolivian
2013–
Aurora Primera 19 0 3 0 — — 22 0
14
División
Bolivian
Jorge 2014–
Wilstermann 15
Primera 43 4 — 2[a] 0 — 45 4
División
Chilean
2015–
Primera 31 1 4 0 — — 35 1
16
División
Deportes
Chilean
Antofagasta 2016–
Primera 13 0 2 0 — — 15 0
17
División
Total 44 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 50 1
Bolivian
2016–
Bolívar
17
Primera 42 1 — 4[a] 0 — 46 1
División
Chilean
Universidad
2018 Primera 30 0 2 0 — — 32 0
Católica(loan)
División
Chilean
2019 Primera 20 0 4 0 8[b] 0 1[c] 0 33 0
División
Chilean
2020 Primera 33 0 — 12[d] 0 1[c] 0 46 0
División
Chilean
Universidad 2021 Primera 7 0 — 5[e] 0 — 12 0
Católica División
Chilean
2022 Primera 15 0 3 0 — — 18 0
División
Chilean
2023 Primera 15 0 2 0 1[a] 0 — 18 0
División
Total 90 0 9 0 26 0 2 0 127 0
Celta de Vigo 2021–
La Liga 38 0 1 0 — — 39 0
(loan) 22
Fatih 2023– Süper
11 0 0 0 — — 11 0
Karagümrük 24 Lig
2023– Segunda
Elche 21 0 0 0 — — 21 0
24 División
Career total 418 6 22 0 32 0 2 0 474 6
a. Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
b. 6 appearances in the Copa Libertadores, 2 in the Copa Sudamericana
c. Appearance(s) in the Supercopa de Chile
d. 6 appearances in the Copa Libertadores, 6 in the Copa Sudamericana
e. Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores
Honours
Bolivar
Primera División de Bolivia: 2017–AP, 2017–CL
Universidad Católica
Primera División de Chile: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Supercopa de Chile: 2019, 2020
Individual
Primera División's El Gráfico Golden Ball: 2020
References
1. "El Celta ficha al joven portero argentino Matías Dituro" ([Link]
12/[Link]) [Celta sign the young Argentine goalkeeper
Matías Dituro]. Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). 12 August 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
2. "Dituro y Rubén, papeles cambiados diez años después" ([Link]
rio/2021/10/08/dituro-ruben-papeles-cambiados-diez-anos-despues/0003_202110V8P40991.htm)
[Dituro and Rubén, roles reversed ten years later]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 8 October 2021.
Retrieved 22 October 2021.
3. "¿Quién es el exDouglas Haig que es revelación en la Liga de España?" ([Link]
quien-es-el-exdouglas-haig-que-es-revelacion-en-la-liga-de-espana/) [Who is the ex-Douglas Haig
player who is a revelation in the Spanish Liga?] (in Spanish). Primera Plana. 30 September 2021.
Retrieved 22 October 2021.
4. "El portero Dituro ficha por el Guillermo Brown argentino" ([Link]
13/07/31/portero-dituro-ficha-guillermo-brown/[Link]) [Goalkeeper Dituro signs for Argentina's
Guillermo Brown] (in Spanish). Noticias de Álava. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
5. Carballo, Pablo (16 October 2021). "Los seis días como goleador de Matías Dituro: "Me falta solo
marcar de libre directo" " ([Link]
r-matias-dituro-me-falta-solo-marcar-libre-directo/[Link]) [Matías Dituro's
six days as a goalscorer: "All that's missing is a free kick"]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved
22 October 2021.
6. "Matías Dituro deja Antofagasta y es confirmado en el Bolívar" ([Link]
utbol/1484139685_295840.html) [Matías Dituro leaves Antofagasta and is confirmed at Bolívar].
Diario AS (in Spanish). 11 January 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
7. "Matías Dituro, el nuevo arquero de Universidad Católica" ([Link]
i/175851/matias-dituro-el-nuevo-arquero-de-universidad-catolica) [Matías Dituro, the new Universidad
Católica goalkeeper] (in Spanish). [Link]. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
8. Matías Dituro permanecerá en Universidad Católica ([Link]
nal/matias-dituro-permanecera-en-universidad-catolica), [Link], 28 December 2018
9. Valero, Rafa (8 July 2021). "Matías Dituro llega cedido al Celta" ([Link]
021/07/08/[Link]) [Matías Dituro arrives on loan at Celta]. Marca (in
Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2021.
10. "CA Osasuna 0-0 RC Celta de Vigo" ([Link]
a-santander-ca-osasuna-rc-celta-2). La Liga. 23 August 2021.
11. "OFICIAL Matías Dituro" ([Link] [Link] (in
Spanish). 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
12. Retamal, Pablo (7 February 2023). " "El número uno es chileno": Universidad Católica anuncia la
nacionalización de Matías Dituro" ([Link]
hileno-universidad-catolica-anuncia-la-nacionalizacion-de-matias-dituro/WCJCAGPFP5CFVKND2HL
2KYZ3FU/) (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
13. "Matías Dituro" ([Link] Retrieved 1 March 2022.
External links
Matías Dituro ([Link] at BDFutbol
Matías Dituro ([Link] at BDFA
(in Spanish)
Matías Dituro ([Link] at Soccerway
Retrieved from "[Link]
