Aníbal Matellán

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Aníbal Matellán
playername = Aníbal Matellán
Personal information
Full name	Aníbal Samuel Matellán
Date of birth	May 8, 1977 (1977-05-08) (age 31)
Place of birth	General Villegas, Argentina
Height	182cm
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Arsenal de Sarandí
Number	16
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996–2001 2001–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–	Boca Juniors FC Schalke 04 Boca Juniors Getafe CF Gimnàstic Arsenal de Sarandí	76 (1) 37 (1) 15 (0) 22 (0) 19 (0) 23 (2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Aníbal Matellán (born May 8, 1977 in General Villegas) is an Argentine football defender. He Currently plays for Arsenal de Sarandí.

Matellán started his career at Argentine giants Boca Juniors, after several years of success with the club. During his time at the club Boca won 6 major titles in 5 seasons; 3 league titles, 2 Copa Libertadores titles and 1 Intercontinental Cup. In 2001 he earned a transfer to German side FC Schalke 04 where he helped the team to win the German Cup in 2002.

After 3 seasons with the Germans he returned to Boca where he won another major title, the Copa Sudamericana. During his two spells with Boca Matellán made 132 appearances for the club scoring 3 goals.

In 2005 Matellán signed for Spanish side Getafe CF, after only one season at Getafe he moved to La Liga new boys, Gimnàstic. After the 2006-07 season he moved back to Argentina, signing for Arsenal de Sarandí.

Matellán headed one of the most important goals of his career on November 30, 2007 in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana 2007 final against América to help give Arsenal a valuable 3-2 lead going into the second leg.

[edit] Titles

Season	Club	Title
1998	Boca Juniors	Primera Division Argentina Apertura
1999	Boca Juniors	Primera Division Argentina Clausura
2000	Boca Juniors	Primera Division Argentina Apertura
2000	Boca Juniors	Copa Libertadores
2000	Boca Juniors	Intercontinental Cup
2001	Boca Juniors	Copa Libertadores
2002	FC Schalke 04	German Cup
2004	Boca Juniors	Copa Sudamericana
2007	Arsenal de Sarandí	Copa Sudamericana

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics

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