When Mateo Cassierra debuted at Deportivo Cali, many close to the cluyb commented that the youth squad from Barbacoas, Nariño would surpass Harold Preciado, a teammate from that sugar club in 2015 and 2016. Cassierra was seen to have even more scoring power than Preciado, who He has already added one or another meeting with the Colombian National Team.
Harold Preciado had a great season with Deportivo Cali upon his return in which he recently won the title under the coaching of Rafael Dudamel. However, Preciado never managed to explode in Europe, a case very different from that of Mateo Cassierra. In Shenzhen he shone with 105 appearances and 57 goals, and in Santos Laguna he has had good numbers with 15 games and six goals.
The opposite case, that of Mateo Cassierra who jumped non-stop from Deportivo Cali to Jong Ajax, a subsidiary of Ajax where he played 46 games and scored 29 goals. Due to his good presentations, he was promoted to the first team and played 34 games, but only scored five goals. In Groningen he could not shine either with ten games, and one goal.
From Europe he returned to South America to Racing Club de Avellaneda, but the time was very short and without annotations and only two games. After that downturn, Belenenses had the services of Mateo Cassierra, a league in which he played 69 games and scored 15 goals. Later, he ended up at Sochi in Russia where he appeared in 23 games and contributed 14 goals.
Without a doubt, they have not been bad numbers for a striker who found in Deportivo Cali a springboard to jump directly to Europe and not let go of the old continent for his good performances despite returning to South America with Racing and not leaving good impressions. Mateo Cassierra is 25 years old, and is about to join a club with the longest history and the largest in Russia.
While Russia continues with a huge political problem due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, football continues and the clubs continue to seek to arm themselves in the best way to fight for the local league, cups and the Uefa Champions League. This is the case of Zenit de San Petersburgo, where Wilmar Barrios plays, who clears doubts by appearing in the preseason.
The current champions of the Russian rent streamline conversations with the Colombian striker, Mateo Cassierra, who aims to be the new partner of Wilmar Barrios. A matter of coffee growers at the Zenit de San Petersburgo with the desire that the one from Barbacoas, Nariño do their bit with the aim of achieving the long-awaited Champions League for any club.
According to the media, Sport Express, Zenit will pay between 4.5 and 5 million euros to sign the Colombian striker, Mateo Cassierra. At 25 years old, he has great numbers in terms of appearances and goals. He has played 229 games and has scored 74 goals. In the Saint Petersburg club he hopes to reach a hundred goals, and also, be a candidate with his presence to sneak into the new generation that is coming in the Colombian National Team.
This joining Zenit St. Petersburg would show that Mateo Cassierra wants to continue reaping success in Europe, and he does not plan to return to the South American continent for now, not even because Marcelo Gallardo calls him. It is worth remembering that Mateo sounded on that list of candidates to reinforce River Plate after the next departure of Julián Álvarez.
