Mathías Laborda

{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (born 1999)}} {{family name hatnote|Laborda|Malseñido|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mathías Laborda | image = | full_name = Mathías Nicolás Laborda Malseñido | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|09|15}} | birth_place = [[Fray Bentos]], Uruguay | height = 1.82 m | position = [[Right-back]], [[centre-back]]<ref>{{WorldFootball.net|mathias-laborda}}</ref> | currentclub = [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]] | clubnumber = 2 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]] | years1 = 2019–2023 | clubs1 = [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]] | caps1 = 83 | goals1 = 6 | years2 = 2023– | clubs2 = [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]] | caps2 = 87 | goals2 = 12 | nationalyears1 = 2017 | nationalteam1 = [[Uruguay national under-18 football team|Uruguay U18]] | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2018–2019 | nationalteam2 = [[Uruguay national under-20 football team|Uruguay U20]] | nationalcaps2 = 10 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2020 | nationalteam3 = [[Uruguay Olympic football team|Uruguay U23]] | nationalcaps3 = 6 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | club-update = 2 May 2026 | nationalteam-update = }}

'''Mathías Nicolás Laborda Malseñido''' (born 15 September 1999) is a Uruguayan professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[right-back]] or [[centre-back]] for [[Major League Soccer]] club [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]].<ref name="soccerway">{{Soccerway|486239}}</ref>

==Club career== Before making his professional debut. Laborda has been scouted several times by the Spanish football club [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]].<ref name="Barcelona">{{cite web|title=Barcelona closing on deal for Nacional youngster Mathias Laborda|url=https://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/barcelona-closing-on-deal-for-nacional-youngster-mathias-laborda-4257380#popup-sso|accessdate=26 August 2019}}</ref>

Laborda made his professional debut on 8 May 2019, in a 1–1 draw against [[Club Cerro Porteño|Cerro Porteño]]. He came in as a substitute in the 55th minute of the match.

He made his league debut on 28 July 2019, in a 4–2 win against [[Club Atlético Progreso]]. He played all 90 minutes and scored one of the goals.

On 9 January 2023, it was announced that Laborda would join [[Major League Soccer]] side [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC|Vancouver Whitecaps]] on a three-year deal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/vancouver-whitecaps-sign-uruguayan-defender-mathias-laborda|title=Vancouver Whitecaps sign Uruguayan defender Mathías Laborda | MLSSoccer.com|website=mlssoccer}}</ref>

==International career== As a youth international, Laborda has represented Uruguay at the [[2019 South American U-20 Championship]] and the [[2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/22-mathias-laborda/|title=22 - Mathías Laborda|date=16 January 2020|access-date=27 May 2024}}</ref>

==Honours== '''Nacional U20''' *[[U-20 Copa Libertadores]]: [[2018 U-20 Copa Libertadores|2018]]

'''Nacional''' *[[Uruguayan Primera División]]: [[2020 Uruguayan Primera División season|2020]], [[2022 Uruguayan Primera División season|2022]] *[[Supercopa Uruguaya]]: [[2021 Supercopa Uruguaya|2021]]

'''Vancouver Whitecaps FC''' *[[Canadian Championship]]: [[2023 Canadian Championship|2023]], [[2024 Canadian Championship|2024]], [[2025 Canadian Championship|2025]]

==References== {{reflist}}

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