Matías Soulé Malvano (born 15 April 2003) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder, right winger or forward for Serie A club Roma.
_(cropped).jpg) Soulé with Argentina U20 in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matías Soulé Malvano[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 April 2003[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Mar del Plata, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, right winger, forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Roma | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2015 | Kimberley | ||
| 2015–2020 | Vélez Sarsfield | ||
| 2020–2021 | Juventus | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | Juventus Next Gen | 28 | (3) |
| 2021–2024 | Juventus | 15 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | → Frosinone (loan) | 36 | (11) |
| 2024– | Roma | 10 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2019 | Argentina U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Argentina U20 | 7 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:49, 2 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editEarly career
editSoulé started his career aged six for Kimberley and six years later moved to Vélez[2] with whom he refused the proposal to sign a professional contract.[3] In January 2020, he moved to Juventus as free transfer.[4] Soulé scored five goals and five assists in 30 appearances with under-19s in the 2020–21 season.[5]
Juventus
editSoulé made his official debut for Juventus U23—the reserve team of Juventus—in a first-round Coppa Italia Serie C 3–2 win against Pro Sesto on 22 August 2021.[6] He made his Serie C debut on 28 August in a 2–1 win to Pergolettese.[7] On 10 September, first-team manager Massimiliano Allegri included Soulé in the match-day squad for the Serie A game against Napoli.[8]
On 15 September, Soulé scored his first two career goals in a 3–2 win against Feralpisalò in the second round of Coppa Italia Serie C.[9] On 24 September, he extended his contract with Juventus until 2024 with option until 2026.[10] On 7 November, he scored his first goal in Serie C in a 1–0 win against Lecco with a curling shoot in the 43rd minute.[11] On 30 November, Soulé made his official debut for the first team in a 2–0 win against Salernitana coming on as substitute during the stoppage time.[12]
He ended his first professional season with five goals in 34 matches[13] with the addition of two first-team appearances.[14] Throughout the season, he also played for Juventus U19 in the UEFA Youth League.[15] With two goals in six games, Soulé helped the U19s reach the semifinals, their best-ever placing in the competition.[16] During the semifinal against Benfica, Soulé took the last penalty of the game which he missed causing his side to lose 4–3 at penalty shoot-outs after a 2–2 draw.[17]
On 11 October 2022, Soulé made his UEFA Champions League debut, playing for 15 minutes in a defeat against Maccabi Haifa.[18] On the 29th of the same month, he made his first-minute debut for the first team, in the match against Lecce.[19] On 12 March 2023, he scored his first first-team goal in stoppage time of Juventus–Sampdoria 4–2.[20] He finished his first season with the first team with 19 appearances[14] in mid-May, to make part of Argentina U20's team at the 2023 FIFA U20 World Cup.[21]
Loan to Frosinone
editOn 28 August 2023, Soulé joined Serie A club Frosinone on a season-long loan.[22] During the first half of the 2023–24 campaign, he managed to accomplish the most successful dribbles in the top European competitions.[23] He finished his loan season as top scorer for the club with 11 goals, and the player with most dribbles won in Serie A in 102 occasions.[24]
Roma
editOn 30 July 2024, Soulé joined fellow Italian side Roma for a reported transfer fee of $28m plus $4m in bonuses.[25][26]
International career
editSoulé made three appearances for Argentina U16.[27]
On 3 November 2021, he was first called up for the Argentina national team ahead of the qualification rounds for the 2022 FIFA World Cup against Uruguay and Brazil;[28] but did not make either of the match day squads.[29]
In May 2023, Soulé was called up to Argentina U20's 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign by coach Javier Mascherano.[30]
Due to his Italian citizenship through ius sanguinis, following his impressive Serie A performances with Frosinone, Soulé was publicly considered in 2023 by Italy manager Luciano Spalletti for a potential call-up with the senior Azzurri squad.[31][32]
Style of play
editSoulé is a left-footed right winger, noted for his dribbling ability and set-piece taking, earning him comparisons to Angel Di Maria.[33][34]
Personal life
editSoulé was born in Argentina and is of Italian descent, and holds dual citizenship.[35] Soulé considers Independiente his favourite team and Lionel Messi his favourite player.[4]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 12 December 2024[7]
| Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Juventus Next Gen | 2021–22 | Serie C | 25 | 3 | — | — | 9[a] | 2 | 34 | 5 | ||
| 2022–23 | Serie C | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3[b][13] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Total | 28 | 3 | — | — | 12 | 2 | 40 | 5 | ||||
| Juventus | 2021–22 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022–23 | Serie A | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5[c] | 0 | — | 19 | 1 | ||
| Total | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
| Frosinone (loan) | 2023–24 | Serie A | 36 | 11 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 11 | ||
| Roma | 2024–25 | Serie A | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5[d] | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | |
| Career total | 89 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 115 | 18 | ||
- ^ Three appearances and two goals in Coppa Italia Serie C, six appearances in Serie C promotion play-offs
- ^ Appearances in Coppa Italia Serie C
- ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
References
edit- ^ a b c "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Argentina (ARG)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ "SOULE': "Quando mi ha chiamato la Juve non ho avuto dubbi. Quella punizione contro il Venezia..."". Tutto Juve (in Italian). Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Le liti con il Velez e il paragone con Di Maria: Matias Soulè, nuovo talento di casa Juve". gianlucadimarzio.com (in Italian). Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Dalla Serie C all'Albiceleste: 5 cose che forse non sapevate sul talento juventino Matias Soulé - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ "MATIAS SOULE', IL TALENTO ARGENTINO JOLLY DI ALLEGRI". alfredopedulla.com (in Italian). 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ Alessandro Villano (22 August 2021). "Pro Sesto Juventus U23 2-3 dts: i bianconeri avanzano in Coppa Italia". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ a b Matías Soulé at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ JuventusNews24, Redazione (10 September 2021). "Convocati Juve per il Napoli: la decisione di Allegri su Ramsey". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 24 October 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Baridon, Marco (15 September 2021). "Juventus U23 Feralpisalò 3-2: Soulé e Compagnon per il pass agli ottavi". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ JuventusNews24, Redazione (24 September 2021). "Rinnovo Soulé, ora è anche ufficiale: firma con la Juve fino al 2024". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 24 September 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Baridon, Marco (7 November 2021). "Juventus U23 Lecco 1-0: magia Soulé, i bianconeri tornano a vincere". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ Munno, Mauro (30 November 2021). "Salernitana-Juve 0-2: Dybala-Morata per tornare a respirare". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Profilo Giocatore Matías Soulé". www.myjuve.it. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Profilo Giocatore Matías Soulé". www.myjuve.it. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Fioretti, Luca (22 April 2022). "Juve Benfica Primavera 5-6 dcr: rigori fatali, bianconeri fuori a testa altissima". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "Matías Soulé". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "Il Benfica in finale grazie ai calci di rigore. Non basta la gran rimonta della Juve". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 22 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ JuventusNews24, Redazione (11 October 2022). "Esordio Soulè in Champions League: primi minuti in Europa per l'argentino". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 29 October 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Juventus, le scelte di Allegri: c'è l'esordio in attacco per Soulé". La Casa di C (in Italian). 29 October 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Marzio, Gianluca Di. "Juventus-Sampdoria, la chiude Soule: "Ho sognato tanto questo primo gol in Serie A..."". Gianluca Di Marzio (in Italian). Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Juventus.com. "Soule set for U20 World Cup bow - Juventus". Juventus.com. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "SOULÉ FIRMA CON IL FROSINONE" [SOULÉ SIGNS WITH FROSINONE] (in Italian). Frosinone. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "The top 10 dribblers in Europe in 2023-24". Planet Football. 17 January 2024.
- ^ "La Top 10 degli Under 21 più forti del mondo: Juve, uno ce l'hai tu!" (in Italian). Tuttosport. 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Matias Soulé signs for Roma!". AS Roma. 30 July 2024.
- ^ Gates, Emmet (31 July 2024). "Roma Quietly Building Exciting Squad As Matias Soule Is Announced". Forbes.
- ^ "Matías Soulé alla Juventus. Primo contratto da professionista per il 16enne argentino". Gaucho News (in Italian). 13 January 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "Sorpresa Soulé: il talento della Juventus Under 23 è stato convocato dall'Argentina | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ Baridon, Marco (18 November 2021). "Soulé, da Messi e Dybala alla prova di maturità con la Juventus U23". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Argentina en el Mundial Sub 20 2023: Lista de convocados, resultados, partidos y todos los detalles". www.sportingnews.com (in Spanish). 20 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Spalletti, occhi su Soulé. Il ct in visita al Frosinone" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport - Stadio. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ "Spalletti confirmó el interés de Italia por Soulé" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ "Juventus, il talento classe 2003 Matias Soulé sta già stupendo in Primavera". Blasting News (in Italian). 21 November 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "Soulé, il Dybala del futuro che la Juventus ha già in casa". Numero Diez (in Italian). 30 April 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ Riggio, Salvatore (11 May 2021). "Soulé, chi è il "nuovo Messi" convocato dall'Argentina, ma che con la Juve gioca nell'Under 23". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 5 November 2021.
External links
edit
- Matías Soulé at the Juventus FC website
- Matías Soulé at LegaSerieA.it
- Matías Soulé at Soccerway
- Matías Soulé at Global Sports Archive