Table of Biography
Mateus Uribe is a professional football player from Colombia. Moreover, Mateus Uribe plays as a central midfielder for Portuguese club Porto and is also a part of the Colombia national team.
Early Life
Andrés Mateus Uribe Villa best known as Mateus Uribe was born on March 21, 1991, in Medellin, Colombia. As of now, he is 32 years old and he is a citizen of Colombia. Furthermore, he was born under the sign of Aries and is of Colombian descent. He is the son of Adriana Villa (mother) and his father’s name is unknown. In addition, there is no information regarding his sibling and his academic background.
Early Career
Mateus began started playing football at a young age. Moreover, he also faced a playing time crisis. He moved to a regional league in Antioquia after debuting with Envigado FC. Following that, Deportivo Espanol of the Primera B Metropolitana recruited him due to his promising talent development.
He also spent time in the third and second leagues to gain additional playing time and have a better understanding of professional competition. With Envigado, Deportes Tolima, and Atletico Nacional, he finally became a first-tier player with his final appearance as a Bueno Aires player.
Mateus Uribe – Net Worth 2024
The midfield has earned a huge sum of money in his career. As of now, his net worth is estimated at around 1.88 million pounds, and while at Envigado, he used to have a 265,000-pound annual salary.
Professional Career
Mateus Uribe began his career with the Espanol U-19 team. He was moved to Deportivo Espanol’s first team in 2010. After making four appearances and scoring two goals, he left the club in 2011. He was transferred to Envigado on January 1, 2012. He made 87 appearances for the club and scored 7 goals.
Moreover, he spent the 2015-016 season on loan with Categoria Primera A side Deportes Tolima, where he scored 9 goals in 49 appearances. Atlético Nacional signed him on July 1, 2016. Moreover, he appeared in 28 games for the club and also scored six goals for the club. On August 1, 2017, he was traded to America for a €5.05 million transfer fee. In 21 appearances for the team, he has scored seven goals.
Caption: Mateus Uribe playing football for the European club FC Porto (Source: Instagram)
International career
On January 26, 2017, he received his first international cap under coach Jose Nestor Pekerman in a 1-0 loss to Brazil in a friendly match. Since 2017, he has made five appearances for his national team. He was enlisted, along with Camilo Vargas, Frank Fabra, and Abel Aguilar, for a friendly match against France on March 23, 2018.
Awards
Mateus Uribe has received several honors and achievements as an individual and also with a team. In 2015, he was listed in the CONCACAF Champions League Best XI and Liga MX in 2018.
Relationship Status
In late September 2014, he married his longtime girlfriend, Cindy Alvarez Garcia. The couple blesses two kids, Yesteban and Antonia. Besides that, there is no more information regarding his personal life.
The footballer is not a part of controversy nor got rumors and focuses on his personal and professional career.
Caption: Mateus with his wife Cindy and their children (Source: Instagram)
Body Measurements
Mateus Uribe has an athletic body type with black hair and brown eyes in color. The football player is 6 feet tall and weighs 71 kg, but there is no other body measurement information.
Caption: Mateus’s body measurement (Source: Instagram)
Mateus Uribe – Social Media
On his Instagram page, there are more than 818k followers. Likewise, there are more than 167.9k followers on Twitter, and he is not active on Facebook.