Mateo Sobral

Mateo Sobral
Personal information
Full name Mateo Sobral Sabajanes
Date of birth (2009-01-13) 13 January 2009 (age 17)
Place of birth Soutomaior, Spain
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Celta B
Number 29
Youth career
Arcadia
2017– Celta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2026– Celta B 2 (0)
International career
2025– Spain U17 3 (0)
2026– Spain U18 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 September 2026

Mateo Sobral Sabajanes (born 13 January 2009) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for RC Celta Fortuna.

Club career

Born in Soutomaior, Pontevedra, Galicia, Sobral joined RC Celta de Vigo's youth sides in 2017, from Arcadia EF. After being regularly used in the Juvenil squad, he made his senior debut with the reserves on 23 May 2026, coming on as a late substitute for Adrià Capdevila in a 1–1 Primera Federación away draw against Barakaldo CF.

Sobral made his professional debut with the B-side on 5 September 2026, starting in a 2–0 Segunda División away win over AD Ceuta FC; aged 17, he became the first youth player to ever appear for Fortuna in a professional match.

International career

Sobral received call-ups to the Spain under-16, under-17 and under-18 levels.

References

  1. ↑ "Mateo Sobral, el niño rubio que destacaba entre los mayores" [Mateo Sobral, the blond boy who stood out among the older ones] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 8 September 2026. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  2. ↑ "Mateo Sobral, sexto juvenil en debutar con el Celta Fortuna esta temporada" [Mateo Sobral, sixth juvenil to debut with Celta Fortuna this season] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 26 May 2026. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  3. ↑ "Mateo Sobral, primer juvenil del Celta que debuta en Segunda con el Fortuna" [Mateo Sobral, first juvenil of Celta who debuts in Segunda with Fortuna] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 6 September 2026. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  4. ↑ "El Celta Fortuna aún no cierra el encaje de Mateo Sobral entre el filial y el Juvenil A" [Celta Fortuna have not yet defined Mateo Sobral's place between the reserves and the Juvenil A] (in Spanish). Mucha Calidad. 8 September 2026. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  5. ↑ "El cadete del Celta Mateo Sobral, citado por primera vez por la selección española sub-16" [Celta cadete Mateo Sobral, called up for the first time in the Spain national under-16 team] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  6. ↑ "Mateo Sobral, de Soutomaior a la Selección Española Sub-17" [Mateo Sobral, from Soutomaior to the Spain national under-17 team] (in Spanish). Pontevedra Viva. 7 November 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  7. ↑ "El canterano del Celta Mateo Sobral, convocado por primera vez con la selección española sub-18" [Celta youth player Mateo Sobral, called up for the first time with the Spain national under-18 team] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 22 August 2026. Retrieved 9 September 2026.