Mateo Maillefaud

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Chapel Hill, NC Ð Sep 9: NCAA Men's Soccer - Pitt at North Carolina at Dorrance Field in Chapel Hill, NC on September 9, 2022. (Credit: Andy Mead/YCJ)

Photo by: Andy Mead/YCJ

Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Valence, France
High School:
Emmanuelle d’alzon

2024: Made 19 appearances, while starting in 18 matches … Key member of the Panthers’ back line which tallied seven clean sheets, while finishing the season with a 0.90 GAA … Played 90+ minutes in 15 matches … Recorded an assist in a win over Denver (10/7).

2023: Started all 17 games on the backline for Pitt during his second season as a Panther… Finished second on the team with 1,436 minutes played on the season… Posted a career-high three assists and 10 shots (two on goal) on the season… Notched his first career assist in Pitt’s 5-0 win over Howard (8/28)… Had assists in back-to-back games against Fairleigh Dickinson (9/18) and Syracuse (9/22)… Recorded a career-high four shots including two on goal in the ACC Tournament game against Louisville (11/1)… Posted a career-high 12 games with at least 90 minutes played… Named to the All-ACC Academic Team for the second straight season.

2022: Turned into a cog on the Panthers backline during his first season as he appeared in 20 matches and earned 11 starts… Started the last nine games of the season including the four NCAA Tournament games, playing every minute in those contests… He helped the Pitt defense allow just seven goals across their final nine games of the season… Capped his season with one goal, the game-winning goal in a 1-0 road win over North Carolina (Sept. 9) which marked Pitt’s first victory in Chapel Hill in program history… Key contributor for a Pitt defense that secured eight clean sheets on the year which ranked 10^th in the NCAA… Totaled eight shots, four on goal, across 1360 minutes during his first season... Earned All-ACC Academic Team honors for the first time in his career.

Club: Played for a variety of club teams including Olympique Lyonnais, Nîmes olympique, Football club Annecy and Football club Martigues in France.

Personal: Son of Carole and Frederic Maillefaud... Undeclared major at Pitt.