{{short description|Argentine footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Pavoni|Escabuso|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Matías Pavoni | image = | fullname = Matías Nicolas Pavoni Escabuso | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|9|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina | height = 1.76 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1999–2001 | clubs1 = Newell's Old Boys | caps1 = 14 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2001–2002 | clubs2 = Central Córdoba | caps2 = 29 | goals2 = 13 | years3 = 2002–2007 | clubs3 = Cádiz | caps3 = 157 | goals3 = 28 | years4 = 2008 | clubs4 = Asteras Tripolis | caps4 = 8 | goals4 = 0 | totalcaps = 208 | totalgoals = 41 | club-update = }} '''Matías Nicolas Pavoni Escabuso''' (born 25 September 1980) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
After starting his career with Newell's Old Boys he played mostly with Cádiz, representing the club in La Liga, Segunda División and Segunda División B and appearing in a total of 168 competitive matches (29 goals).
==Football career== Born in Buenos Aires, Pavoni began his senior career playing for Newell's Old Boys in the Primera División. In 2001, he was sold to neighbouring Central Córdoba de Rosario of the Primera B Nacional.
Pavoni moved to Europe for the 2002–03 season, joining Cádiz CF in Spain and scoring a career-best nine goals in his first year as the team promoted from Segunda División B. He was again instrumental two years later, netting eight times in 39 matches for the Andalusians who returned to La Liga after an absence of 12 years.
Pavoni made his debut in Spain's top flight on 28 August 2005, scoring in a 1–2 home loss against Real Madrid.<ref>[http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2006/04/21/mas_futbol/1145600812_850215.html El hijo del central que marcó a Platini (The son of the stopper who marked Platini)]; Diario AS, 21 April 2006 {{in lang|es}}</ref> Cádiz were eventually relegated at the end of the campaign as second from bottom, and the player appeared sparingly during the following years due to injury, also reportedly being due in wages.<ref>[http://cadizcf.lavozdigital.es/noticia/matias-pavoni-las-lesiones-me-impidieron-dar-mas-de-mi-4004.html Matías Pavoni: «Las lesiones me impidieron dar más de mí» (Matías Pavoni: «I could not give more of myself due to injuries»)]; La Voz Digital, 14 January 2008 {{in lang|es}}</ref>
Pavoni retired in December 2010 at the age of only 30, after an unassuming spell with Greece's Asteras Tripolis and more than two years without a club.<ref>[http://cadizcf.lavozdigital.es/noticia/2010-12-11/matias-pavoni-cuelga-botas-20101211.html Matías Pavoni cuelga las botas después de no poder superar una lesión de tobillo (Matías Pavoni hangs up boots after not being able to overcome ankle injury)]; La Voz Digital, 11 December 2010 {{in lang|es}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Cádiz''' *Segunda División: 2004–05
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==External links== * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170649/http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=8468&SEOFutbolista=Pavoni+Matias+Nicolas Argentine League statistics]}} {{in lang|es}} * {{BDFutbol|1946}} * [http://cadistas1910.awardspace.com/ficha_jugador.php?idjugador=39 Stats and bio at Cadistas1910] {{in lang|es}}
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