Mathías Leonardo Vidangossy Rebolledo (born 25 May 1987) is a Chilean professional footballer who currently plays for Unión La Calera as an attacking midfielder or winger.

Club career

Born in Santiago, Vidangossy began his career in the youth squads of

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, but finished his football grooming at Unión Española. He made his

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debuts in 2005, and became a constant feature in the starting lineups. In June 2007, Vidangossy was signed to a five-year contract with Villarreal CF in Spain, joining compatriots Manuel Pellegrini (coach) and Matías Fernández. However, he would never play any official games for the club, as all of its foreign player spots were used up; he was quickly loaned out to fellow La Liga team UD Almería, but met the same fate. Vidangossy was subsequently loaned to Chilean club

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, which played in the 2008 edition of the

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. Afterwards, he stayed in the country and also on loan, now to Everton de Viña del Mar. On 23 June 2009, Vidangossy was confirmed as a new Ñublense player, but he was released after only two months, momentarily retiring from football. He joined Ceará Sporting Club of the Brazilian Série A on 17 February 2010 but, shortly after, he returned to his country and signed for San Luis Quillota. Vidangossy subsequently represented, in quick succession and always in the Chilean top flight, Deportes La Serena, Colo-Colo, Unión Española and Club Deportivo Palestino. On 27 August 2015, he was loaned by the latter side to Chiapas FC, who had the option to make the move permanent.

International career

In 2007, Vidangossy was selected to play for the Chilean under-20 team in the

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that took place in Paraguay. There, he scored twice against

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. The nation went on to qualify for the

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that took place in Canada: in the quarter-finals against Nigeria, Vidangossy netted the last goal in a 4–0

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as the team eventually finished third, their best-ever performance in the category.

Honours

Club

;Unión Española * Primera División de Chile (1): 2005 Apertura ;Colo-Colo * Primera División de Chile (1): 2014 Apertura

Country

* FIFA U-20 World Cup: Third-place

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vidangossy, Mathias 1987 births Living people Chilean people of Hungarian descent Footballers from Santiago Chilean footballers Association football midfielders Association football wingers Chilean Primera División players Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Primera B de Chile players Unión Española footballers Audax Italiano footballers Everton de Viña del Mar footballers Ñublense footballers San Luis de Quillota footballers Deportes La Serena footballers Colo-Colo footballers Colo-Colo B footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Deportes Melipilla footballers Deportes Valdivia footballers Deportes Colchagua footballers Unión La Calera footballers La Liga players Villarreal CF players UD Almería players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Ceará Sporting Club players Liga MX players Chiapas F.C. footballers Club Universidad Nacional footballers Chile under-20 international footballers Chile international footballers Chilean expatriate footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Spain Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Brazil Expatriate footballers in Mexico