Mateo Cassierra

Colombian footballer (born 1997)
Mateo Cassierra
Cassierra with Zenit St. Petersburg in 2022
Personal information
Full name Zander Mateo Cassierra Cabezas
Date of birth (1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Barbacoas, Colombia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Number 30
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Deportivo Cali 43 (12)
2016–2018 Jong Ajax 46 (29)
2016–2019 Ajax 21 (3)
2018 → FC Groningen (loan) 10 (1)
2019 → Racing (loan) 0 (0)
2019–2021 Belenenses SAD 63 (14)
2021–2022 Sochi 22 (14)
2022– Zenit Saint Petersburg 49 (18)
International career‡
2023– Colombia 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2024

Zander Mateo Cassierra Cabezas (born 13 April 1997) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Russian club Zenit St. Petersburg and the Colombia national team.

Career

Deportivo Cali

Cassierra made his debut for Deportivo Cali in 2015. Despite having played at Deportivo Cali with a jersey displaying "Casierra", his official name is spelled "Cassierra" (with two s's).[2]

Ajax

On 17 June 2016, Cassierra signed a five-year contract with Dutch club Ajax, lasting until 2021.[3] The club paid Deportivo Cali €5.5 million to complete the transfer.[4] Cassierra is the third Colombian player to play for Ajax after Daniel Cruz (2000–2003) and Davinson Sánchez.[5] He scored a goal in his Eredivisie debut against Sparta Rotterdam in a 1–3 win.

Cassierra spent the majority of the 2017–18 season playing for the reserves' team Jong Ajax, in the Eerste Divisie. He finished as top scorer of the reserves team with 18 goals scored, helping his side to clinch their first championship since joining the professional ranks and competing in the second tier of Dutch football.[6]

Groningen loan

On 2 June 2018, Ajax announced its loan, for one season, to FC Groningen. However, he returned after only half a season.[7]

Racing loan

In January 2019, he joined Racing on loan until July 2020.[8]

Sochi

On 26 August 2021, he signed a two-year contract with an additional one-year option with Russian Premier League club PFC Sochi.[9] Cassierra finished 2021–22 Russian Premier League as the second-best goal scorer with 14 goals, behind Gamid Agalarov who scored 19, as Sochi finished in 2nd place, club's historical best position.[10]

Zenit St. Petersburg

On 30 June 2022, Zenit St. Petersburg announced the signing of Cassierra to a three-year contract, with the option of an additional year.[11]

After scoring only twice in the 2022–23 Russian Premier League, Cassiera started the 2023–24 season with 6 goals in the first 6 games, taking the top spot in the scoring race. He went into the winter break of the season in December with 14 goals, 6 goals ahead of the second-highest scorers.[12] On 2 February 2024, Cassiera extended his contract with Zenit to June 2027.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 April 2024[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Deportivo Cali 2015 Categoría Primera A 23 8 10 3 – – 33 11
2016 Categoría Primera A 20 4 0 0 6 2 – 26 6
Total 43 12 10 3 6 2 0 0 59 17
Ajax 2016–17 Eredivisie 17 2 3 2 9 0 – 29 4
2017–18 Eredivisie 4 1 1 0 0 0 – 5 1
Total 21 3 4 2 9 0 0 0 34 5
Jong Ajax 2016–17 Eerste Divisie 17 11 – – – 17 11
2017–18 Eerste Divisie 29 18 – – – 29 18
Total 46 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 29
Groningen 2018–19 Eredivisie 10 1 0 0 – – 10 1
Jong Groningen 2018–19 Derde Divisie 2 1 – – – 2 1
Racing 2018–19 Argentine Primera División 0 0 – 0 0 2[b] 0 2 0
2019–20 Argentine Primera División 0 0 – – – 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Belenenses SAD 2019–20 Primeira Liga 29 4 1 0 – – 30 4
2020–21 Primeira Liga 32 10 4 1 – – 36 11
2021–22 Primeira Liga 2 0 – – 1[c] 0 3 0
Total 63 14 5 1 0 0 1 0 69 15
Sochi 2021–22 Russian Premier League 22 14 1 0 – – 23 14
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2022–23 Russian Premier League 26 2 6 3 – 1[d] 0 33 5
2023–24 Russian Premier League 23 16 7 1 – 1[d] 0 31 17
Total 49 18 13 4 – 2 0 64 22
Career total 256 92 33 10 15 2 5 0 309 104
  1. ^ Includes Copa Colombia, KNVB Cup, Taça de Portugal, Russian Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in Copa de la Superliga
  3. ^ Appearance in Taça da Liga
  4. ^ a b Appearance in Russian Super Cup

International

As of match played 22 March 2024[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Colombia 2023 2 1
2024 1 0
Total 3 1

Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first.[16]

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 16 June 2023 Mestalla Stadium, Valencia, Spain  Iraq 1–0 1–0 Friendly

Honours

Ajax

Jong Ajax[17]

Racing Club[17]

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Mateo Cassierra". FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Ajax rondt transfer Colombiaan Cassierra af" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 17 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Ajax sign Mateo Cassierra". Ajax. 17 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Ajax rondt komst miljoenenaankoop Casierra af" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 17 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Cassierra tweede Colombiaan bij Ajax" (in Dutch). Ajax. 17 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Cassierra laat zich uit over 'eeuwige rol' bij Jong Ajax" (in Dutch). SoccerNews.nl. 2 May 2018.
  7. ^ Ajax laat Sierhuis en Matusiwa in kelder Eredivisie minuten maken (Dutch). Voetbal International. 27 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Ajax verhuurt Mateo Cassierra aan Racing Club". AFC Ajax. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Ряды "Сочи" пополнил латиноамериканский форвард!" (in Russian). PFC Sochi. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Агаларов — лучший бомбардир РПЛ сезона-2021/2022. Дзюба и Смолов — в топ-5" (in Russian). Championat. 21 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Матео Кассьерра — в «Зените»!". fc-zenit.ru (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  12. ^ "14-й гол Кассьерры в сезоне принёс «Зениту» победу над «Пари НН»" [14th goal of the season by Cassiera brings Zenit a victory over Pari NN] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 9 December 2023.
  13. ^ "«Зенит» продлил контракт с Матео Кассьеррой" (in Russian). Zenit St. Petersburg. 2 February 2024.
  14. ^ Mateo Cassierra at Soccerway
  15. ^ "Cassierra, Mateo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  16. ^ Mateo Cassierra at National-Football-Teams.com
  17. ^ a b c "2016/17: United win it for Manchester". UEFA. 30 May 2017.
  18. ^ ""Зенит" обеспечил 5-е чемпионство подряд благодаря победе над "Спартаком"" [Zenit secured 5th title in a row thanks to a win over Spartak]. Russian Premier League. 7 May 2023.
  19. ^ "«Зенит» обыграл «Спартак» в Петербурге и завоевал третий OLIMPBET Суперкубок подряд" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 9 July 2022.
  20. ^ "2023 Russian Super Cup game report" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 15 July 2023.
  21. ^ "Агаларов, Сафонов и Захарян – в списке «33 лучших футболистов» сезона". Российский футбольный союз (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-09-14.

External links

  • Mateo Cassierra at WorldFootball.net
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