Mateo Carreras
Date of birth (1999-12-17) 17 December 1999
Place of birthTucuman, Argentina
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight86 kg (190 lb; 13 st 8 lb)[1]
UniversityNational University of Tucumán
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Current team Newcastle Falcons
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2018–2019 Los Tarcos 3 (20)
2019 Jaguares XV 4 (0)
2021– Newcastle Falcons 36 (80)
Correct as of 28 August 2023
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2018–2019 Argentina U20 10 (25)
2020 Argentina XV 3 (0)
2021– Argentina 17 (40)
Correct as of 31 September 2023
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2018–2019 Argentina 5
Correct as of 28 August 2023

Mateo Carreras (born 17 December 1999) is an Argentine professional rugby union player who plays as a wing for Premiership Rugby club Newcastle Falcons and the Argentina national team.[2]

Club career

On 21 November 2019, he was named in the Jaguares squad for the 2020 Super Rugby season.[3][4][5] His playing position is Wing.

Despite sharing the same last name as Santiago Carreras of Gloucester and playing in a common position, the players are not related. Santiago Carreras is from Córdoba; Mateo Carreras is from Tucumán.

Carreras joined Newcastle Falcons in December 2020.

In November 2023, Mateo Carreras agreed to join France's Top14 club Bayonne at the end of Newcastle's 2023-24 Premiership season.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mateo Carreras player profile". rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "Falcons swoop for Argentinean pair". www.newcastlefalcons.co.uk. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Jaguares comienza la pretemporada" (Press release) (in Spanish). Jaguares. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Altas y bajas en Jaguares para 2020". ESPN Deportes. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Mateo Carreras". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  6. ↑ https://www.tntsports.co.uk/rugby/premiership/2023-2024/argentina-star-mateo-carreras-to-leave-newcastle-falcons-at-end-of-season-and-move-to-bayonne_sto9883420/story.shtml


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