Facundo Leonel Mater

Facundo Mater's career runs through the Argentine lower and mid-tier divisions, but his one senior cap has taken him somewhere else entirely: the Syria national team, whom he represents through descent. He made his debut for Syria in a friendly against Russia, a match Syria lost 4–0.

Mater came through at Nueva Chicago, making his professional debut there in 2016 and going on to make around 55 league appearances for the club, scoring once, before Argentinos Juniors signed him in 2020 under a deal that gave them an option to purchase half of his rights. He barely featured for Argentinos directly, instead spending most of the following years out on loan. A first loan spell at Almirante Brown brought 17 appearances in the second half of 2021, but it was his subsequent loan to Barracas Central, running from January 2022 through the end of 2025, that gave him the bulk of his senior football: around 124 to 130 appearances and five goals, including six assists in the 2023 Liga Profesional Argentina season. That loan was made permanent in January 2026, when Barracas Central signed him outright after his spell at Argentinos Juniors ended.

He did not settle at Barracas for long. The same month the permanent transfer was completed, Mater moved again, this time out of Argentina altogether on loan to Universidad de Concepción in the Chilean Primera División.