Matías Rocha

Matías Rocha
Personal information
Full name Matías Emiliano Rocha Calderón
Date of birth (2001-02-13) 13 February 2001
Place of birth Paysandú, Uruguay
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Arouca
Number 4
Youth career
Defensor Sporting
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Defensor Sporting 68 (1)
2023– Arouca 16 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 June 2025

Matías Emiliano Rocha Calderón (born 13 February 2001) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Arouca.

Club career

Rocha is a youth product of Defensor Sporting, and on 22 December 2020 signed a professional contract with the club for 3 seasons.[1] He was part of the Defensor side that earned promotion to the Uruguayan Primera División in 2021, and won the 2022 Copa Uruguay.[2] In the summer of 2023, he was due to transfer to the Argentine club Unión de Santa Fe, but the move fell through.[3] Instead on 11 August 2023, he transferred to the Primeira Liga club Arouca on a 4-year contract.[4]

International career

Rocha was called up to the Uruguay U20s in October 2020.[5]

Career statistics

As of 3 September 2023.
Club statistics
Club Division League Cup Continental Total
Season Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Defensor Sporting Uruguayan Primera División 2020 13 0 13 0
Uruguayan Segunda División 2021 17 1 17 1
Uruguayan Primera División 2022 25 0 25 0
2023 13 0 1 0 14 0
Total 68 1 0 0 1 0 69 1
Arouca Primeira Liga 2023-24 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 70 1 0 0 0 0 71 1

Honour

Defensor Sporting

References

  1. ^ "Mercado de pases: Ignacio Lores es nuevo jugador de Wanderers". El Observador.
  2. ^ "Matías Rocha dejó Defensor Sporting para jugar en Portugal". ESPN.com.mx. 10 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Matías Rocha is already in Santa Fe to join Unión".
  4. ^ "OFICIAL: internacional sub-20 uruguaio é o sucessor de Basso no Arouca". Maisfutebol.
  5. ^ "27 convocados en la sub-20 - AUF". www.auf.org.uy.