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Mateo Ponte

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Mateo Ponte
Ponte with Uruguay U20 in 2023
Personal information
Full name Mateo Ponte Costa[1]
Date of birth (2003-05-24) 24 May 2003 (age 23)[1]
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Botafogo
Number 4
Youth career
Danubio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 Danubio 22 (1)
2023– Botafogo 59 (5)
International career
2021–2023 Uruguay U20 36 (3)
2024 Uruguay U23 6 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Uruguay
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner2023 Argentina
South American U-20 Championship
Runner-up2023 Colombia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 April 2026

Mateo Ponte Costa (born 24 May 2003) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Botafogo.[2]

Club career

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Danubio

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A youth academy graduate of Danubio, Ponte made his professional debut on 4 February 2021 in a 4–0 league win against River Plate Montevideo.[3][4]

Botafogo

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On 2 August 2023, Ponte signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side Botafogo.[5][6]

In August, Mateo Ponte debuted with the Botafogo shirt in the 3–0 victory over Bahia, at the Nilton Santos Stadium, in the 21st round of the Brazilian Championship.[7]

In July 2025, Mateo Ponte received a $4 million offer from Al Jazira of the United Arab Emirates to leave Botafogo. Adapted, a multiple-champion, and identified with the club, the right-back declined the offer to remain with the team.[8]

In September 2025, Botafogo announced the renewal of Mateo Ponte's contract until July 2028.[9]

International career

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Ponte is a current Uruguayan youth international.[10] He was a part of the Uruguayan side that won the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.[11][12]

In June 2023, Ponte received his first call-up to the senior team for friendlies against Nicaragua and Cuba.[13] In January 2024, he was named in Uruguay's squad for the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.[14]

Career statistics

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As of 8 December 2024[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State league National cup[a] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Danubio 2020 UPD 100———100
2021 USD 30———30
2022 UPD 10—10—20
2023 UPD 81—000081
Total 221001000231
Botafogo 2023 Série A 10——1[b]020
2024 Série A 1736[c]03013[d]0393
Total 1836030140413
Career total 4046040140644
  1. ↑ Includes Copa Uruguay, Copa do Brasil
  2. ↑ Appearance in Copa Sudamericana
  3. ↑ Appearances in Campeonato Carioca
  4. ↑ Appearances in Copa Libertadores

Honours

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Botafogo

Uruguay U20

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Uruguay (URU)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 22. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 Mateo Ponte at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "Debutantes de la 4a fecha del Torneo Clausura 2020". 5 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "River Plate vs. Danubio - 4 February 2021". Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Uruguaio na família" [Uruguayan in the family] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Botafogo FR. 2 August 2023. Archived from the original on 5 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  6. ↑ Redação (2 August 2023). "Botafogo anuncia contratação de lateral-direito Mateo Ponte, ex-Danubio". Fogo na Rede (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  7. ↑ "COM DOIS DE DIEGO COSTA, BOTAFOGO VENCE BAHIA E AMPLIA VANTAGEM NA LIDERANÇA DO BRASILEIRO". Fogo na Rede (in Brazilian Portuguese). 27 August 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  8. ↑ FNR, Redação (23 July 2025). "Mateo Ponte recusa proposta de R$ 33 milhões do Al Jazira para ficar no Botafogo". Fogo na Rede (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  9. ↑ FNR, Redação (16 September 2025). "Botafogo renova contrato de Mateo Ponte até julho de 2028: 'Muito feliz por estar até 2028 aqui em casa'". Fogo na Rede (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "29 futbolistas convocados para el primer entrenamiento del año". 25 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  11. 1 2 "Uruguay es Campeón del Mundo". Uruguayan Football Association. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  12. 1 2 Lopesino, Juan (12 June 2023). "Luciano Rodríguez vale un Mundial". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  13. ↑ "Los sub-20 convocados se incorporan a los entrenamientos este miércoles" (in Spanish). 13 June 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "Lista final para el CONMEBOL Preolímpico 2024" (in Spanish). 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  15. ↑ "Uruguayan Champion: Mateo Ponte Claims CONMEBOL Libertadores with Botafogo". 1 December 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  16. ↑ "Uruguay vicecampeón del CONMEBOL SUB20". 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
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