Matías Donoso

Matías Donoso
	Donoso with Deportes Temuco in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Jorge Matías Donoso Gárate
Date of birth	8 July 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Temuco, Chile
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Universidad de Concepción
Number	24
Youth career
	Unión Victoria
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2006	Luis Matte Larraín
2007	Instituto Nacional
2008–2012	Unión Temuco
2013	Santiago Wanderers
2014	Everton
2014–2015	Cobresal
2015	Al-Shaab
2016	Patronato
2016–2022	Deportes Temuco
2019	→ Deportes Iquique (loan)
2020–2021	→ Deportes Iquique (loan)
2021	→ Cobresal (loan)
2022–2023	O'Higgins
2023–	Universidad de Concepción
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2023

Jorge Matías Donoso Gárate (born July 8, 1986), known as Matías Donoso, is a Chilean footballer who plays as a forward for Universidad de Concepción in the Primera B de Chile.

Career

Donoso was with Unión Victoria from San José de Maipo before starting his career at the Chilean Tercera División playing for Luis Matte Larraín, Instituto Nacional and Unión Temuco. In 2007, he was awarded as the best player of the division by Círculo de Periodistas Deportivos de Chile (Trade of Sports Journalists of Chile).^[1]

On second half 2015, Donoso played for Emirati club Al-Shaab in the UAE Pro League.^[2] Next he took his second challenge outside Chile after joining Patronato in the Argentine Primera División.^[3]

In 2022–23, he played for O'Higgins in the Chilean top division, and switched to Universidad de Concepción in the Chilean second level for the second half of 2023.^[4]

At international level, he was part of a Chile under-25 squad in a training session led by Claudio Borghi in May 2011, alongside his teammates in Unión Temuco, Leonardo Ruiz^[es] and Sebastián Domínguez.^[5]^[6]