Retegol: How Mateo Retegui Succeeded in His First Season In Serie A Under Alberto Gilardino

It has been nothing short of a breakout campaign for Mateo Retegui. The Argentine-born Italian international throughout his professional career, bleeds the colours of blue and red having spent his youth under both River Plate and Boca Juniors’ systems before securing a move to Boca’s first team. 

His big break onto the scene came when he joined Tigre in the early months of 2022, where he joined forces with Diego Martinez’s side. In more than 40 appearances for Los Azules de Norte, he managed to rack up 30 goals which had enhanced his status and shocked scouts of Europe’s very best.

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It was approaching the end of his loan spell at Tigre and the start of the summer window where the interest of top Italian teams such as AC Milan and Fiorentina sparked their interest for the forward. Retegui’s strengths manage to outweigh most of his weaknesses and after discussing with Argentinian football specialist, Albert Hilton, he managed to outline what there was to expect with Mateo Retegui and the background to his breakthrough.