Mateo Chávez
Mexico
DEF
Age
22
Appearances
0
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About Mateo Chávez
Mateo Chávez is one of Javier Aguirre's 26 for the 2026 World Cup, a defender in the Mexico squad. Mexico take their place in the finals as one of the co-hosts, and the AZ Alkmaar left-back goes into the tournament aged 22 and valued at around €4 million.
A left-footed left-back, Chávez joined Eredivisie side AZ Alkmaar in 2025 and won the KNVB Beker, the Dutch Cup, with the club in April 2026. This season his AZ campaign across all competitions reads 34 appearances and 1 goal. At 22, he heads to a home World Cup as one of Aguirre's defensive options. Mexico open their Group A campaign against South Africa on 11 June 2026, with South Korea and the Czech Republic to follow in the group.
A left-footed left-back, Chávez joined Eredivisie side AZ Alkmaar in 2025 and won the KNVB Beker, the Dutch Cup, with the club in April 2026. This season his AZ campaign across all competitions reads 34 appearances and 1 goal. At 22, he heads to a home World Cup as one of Aguirre's defensive options. Mexico open their Group A campaign against South Africa on 11 June 2026, with South Korea and the Czech Republic to follow in the group.
World Cup 2026 Stats
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Playing Style
Mateo Chávez is a technically assured left-back, left-footed and known for his progressive passing and his intelligent use of space on the left flank. That progressive passing and reading of space from defence is the core of his game for AZ Alkmaar. He is listed at 1.78 m, and his left foot makes him a natural fit on that side of the back line. This season he has played 1,715 minutes of club football across all competitions, between the Eredivisie and cup football with the Dutch side.
World Cup History
The 2026 World Cup will be Mateo Chávez's first. He has no previous senior World Cup appearances, having earned 10 senior caps for Mexico to date. His place in the finals comes after Javier Aguirre named him in Mexico's confirmed 26-man squad. For a 22-year-old defender making his World Cup debut, a place in Mexico's squad marks an early milestone in a career still in its early stages, with much football ahead of him.
National Team
Mexico
Tier 3
£17m
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Goal Rush Impact
Chávez's contribution for Mexico is at left-back, a left-footed defender whose progressive passing helps move the ball forward from the back. His AZ Alkmaar season this term brings 34 appearances and 1 goal across all competitions, a full season of football in the Netherlands. On the Goal Rush card Mexico are a Tier 3 side at £17m within the game's £200m card budget. That ball-playing presence at full-back is what Mexico get from him at the finals.
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Chávez at the 2026 World Cup
Chávez is a confirmed defender in Javier Aguirre's 26-man Mexico squad for the 2026 World Cup. As co-hosts, Mexico begin their Group A campaign against South Africa on 11 June.
Picking Mexico in Goal Rush
A Tier 3 team, Mexico are set at £17m for the tournament. Chávez is one of the defenders in Aguirre's 26, a young left-back in the Mexico squad for the group stage.
Mateo Chávez World Cup 2026 FAQs
Mexico are a Tier 3 team at £17m on the Goal Rush card. Chávez is one of their defenders, named in Javier Aguirre's confirmed 26, so for Goal Rush he is a squad name at that mid-tier team price for the tournament.
Chávez is a defender for Mexico, a left-back by trade. He plays his club football for AZ Alkmaar in the Netherlands and is part of Javier Aguirre's national-team squad for the 2026 World Cup, named in Mexico's final 26-man group.
No. The 2026 World Cup will be Chávez's first. He has no previous senior World Cup appearances, reaching the tournament for the first time after his place in Mexico's 26-man squad was confirmed. Mexico are in the finals as co-hosts.
Chávez plays his club football for AZ Alkmaar, the Eredivisie side he joined in 2025. He is named among Mexico's defenders in Javier Aguirre's final 26, with the co-hosts opening their Group A campaign against South Africa in mid-June.
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