Matías Almeyda

**Matías Almeyda** (born 21 December, 1973) is a former Argentine football player. He has played for the Argentina national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|River Plate|1991–92|rowspan="6"|Primera División|2|0|—|0|0|—|2|0||
|1992–93|2|0|—|1|0|—|3|0||||||
|1993–94|14|0|1|0|0|0|—|15|0|||||
|1994–95|25|1|—|8|1|—|33|2||||||
|1995–96|24|2|—|20|1|—|44|3||||||
|1996–97|1|0|—|—|—|0|0|||||||
|Sevilla|1996–97|La Liga|28|0|2|0|—|—|30|0||||
|rowspan="4"|Lazio|1997–98|rowspan="3"|Serie A|19|0|2|0|7|0|—|28|0|
|1998–99|25|1|5|0|6|0|—|36|1|||||
|1999–2000|19|1|2|0|8|0|1|0|30|1||||
|rowspan="3"|Parma|2000–01|rowspan="2"|Serie A|16|0|3|0|4|0|—|23|0|
|2001–02|18|0|4|0|5|0|—|27|0|||||
|rowspan="3"|Inter Milan|2002–03|rowspan="2"|Serie A|16|0|0|0|10|1|—|26|1|
|2003–04|11|0|3|0|7|0|—|21|0|||||
|Brescia|2004–05|Serie A|5|0|0|0|—|—|5|0||||
|Quilmes|2005–06|Primera División|10|0|0|0|5|0|—|15|0|||
|Lyn|2007|Tippeligaen|2|0|2|3|—|—|4|3||||
|Fénix|2008–09|Primera C Metropolitana|4|0|—|—|—|4|0|||||
|rowspan="3"|River Plate|2009–10|rowspan="2"|Primera División|32|0|0|0|—|—|32|0||
|2010–11|30|0|0|0|—|—|30|0||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|Argentina|1996|6|0|
|1997|6|0|||
|1998|11|0|||
|2000|3|1|||
|2001|5|0|||
|2002|4|0|||
|2003|5|0|||

- _Score and result list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Almeyda goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|26 July 2000|Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil||1–2|1–3|2002 World Cup qualification||||||||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2" style="width:120px"|Team|rowspan="2" style="width:10px"|Nat|rowspan="2" style="width:130px"|From|rowspan="2" style="width:130px"|To|colspan="8"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:left"|River Plate|rowspan="2"||style="text-align:left"|1 July 2011|align="left|27 November 2012|||
|style="text-align:left"|Banfield|style="text-align:left"|21 April 2013|align="left|3 August 2015|||||
|style="text-align:left"|Guadalajara||style="text-align:left"|15 September 2015|align="left"|11 June 2018||||
|style="text-align:left"|||style="text-align:left"|8 October 2018|align="left"|18 April 2022||||
|style="text-align:left"|AEK Athens||style="text-align:left"|18 Μay 2022|align="left"|present||||

### Player

**River Plate**
- Argentine Primera División: 1993 Apertura, 1994 Apertura, 1996 Apertura
- Copa Libertadores: 1996

**Lazio**
- Serie A: 1999–2000
- Coppa Italia: 1997–98, 1999–2000
- Supercoppa Italiana: 1998
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1998–99
- UEFA Super Cup: 1999

**Parma**
- Coppa Italia: 2001–02

**Argentina**
- Summer Olympic Games Silver medal: 1996

**Individual**
- Guerin d'Oro (former Serie A Footballer of the Year): 1998–99

### Manager

**River Plate**
- Primera Nacional: 2011–12

**Banfield**
- Primera Nacional: 2013–14

**Guadalajara**
- Liga MX: Clausura 2017
- Copa MX: Apertura 2015, Clausura 2017
- Supercopa MX: 2016
- CONCACAF Champions League: 2018

**AEK Athens**
- Super League Greece: 2022–23
- Greek Cup: 2022–23

**Individual**
- Primera Nacional Manager of the Year: 2011–12, 2013–14
- Liga MX Best XI Manager: Clausura 2017
- Liga MX Manager of the Season: 2016–17
- CONCACAF Men's Football Coach of the Year: 2018
- Super League Greece Manager of the Season: 2022–23

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Matías Almeyda
- **caption**: Almeyda in 2016
- **full name**: Matías Jesús Almeyda
- **birth place**: Azul, Buenos Aires, Azul, Argentina
- **height**: 1.74 m
- **position**: Defensive midfielder
- **currentclub**: AEK Athens F.C., AEK Athens (manager)
- **years1**: 1991–1996
- **clubs1**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **caps1**: 68
- **goals1**: 3
- **years2**: 1996–1997
- **clubs2**: Sevilla FC, Sevilla
- **caps2**: 28
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 1997–2000
- **clubs3**: SS Lazio, Lazio
- **caps3**: 63
- **goals3**: 2
- **years4**: 2000–2002
- **clubs4**: Parma AC, Parma
- **caps4**: 34
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2002–2004
- **clubs5**: Inter Milan
- **caps5**: 47
- **goals5**: 1
- **years6**: 2004–2005
- **clubs6**: Brescia Calcio, Brescia
- **caps6**: 5
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2005
- **clubs7**: Quilmes Atlético Club, Quilmes
- **caps7**: 10
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2007
- **clubs8**: FK Lyn, Lyn
- **caps8**: 2
- **goals8**: 0
- **years9**: 2009
- **clubs9**: Club Atlético Fénix, Fénix
- **caps9**: 4
- **goals9**: 0
- **years10**: 2009–2011
- **clubs10**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **caps10**: 64
- **goals10**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 324
- **totalgoals**: 6
- **nationalyears1**: 1992
- **nationalteam1**: Argentina national under-20 football team, Argentina U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1995–1996
- **nationalteam2**: Argentina national under-23 football team, Argentina U23
- **nationalcaps2**: 13
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 1996–2003
- **nationalteam3**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **nationalcaps3**: 40
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **manageryears1**: 2011–2012
- **managerclubs1**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **manageryears2**: 2013–2015
- **managerclubs2**: Club Atlético Banfield, Banfield
- **manageryears3**: 2015–2018
- **managerclubs3**: C.D. Guadalajara, Guadalajara
- **manageryears4**: 2018–2022
- **managerclubs4**: San Jose Earthquakes
- **managerclubs5**: AEK Athens F.C., AEK Athens
- **manageryears5**: 2022–