Federico Valverde

Federico Valverde
Personal information
Full name Santiago Federico Valverde Dipetta
Date of birth (1998-07-22) 22 July 1998
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Real Madrid Castilla
Youth career
2008–2015 Peñarol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Peñarol 12 (0)
2016– Real Madrid Castilla 14 (1)
National team
2012–2014 Uruguay U15 25 (7)
2014–2015 Uruguay U17 24 (11)
2015 Uruguay U18 7 (3)
2016 Uruguay U20 2 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Santiago Federico Valverde Dipetta (born 22 July 1998 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Madrid Castilla as a midfielder.

Club career

Peñarol

Valverde spent most of his youth career with Peñarol, where he quickly made an impression. Making his debut for Peñarol in their first fixture of 2015–16 season against Cerro.[1] He became part of Uruguayan's youth teams and attracted the interest of clubs like Arsenal, Barcelona, Chelsea and Real Madrid.[2][3][4]

Real Madrid

In July 2016 he transferred from Peñarol to Real Madrid being assigned to the B team.[5]

Club Career Statistics

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2015–16 Peñarol Uruguayan Primera División 1200010130
2016-17 Real Madrid Castilla Segunda División B 9 1 - 9 1
Career total 2110010221

References

  1. "CERRO VS. PEÑAROL 0 - 3". Soccerway.
  2. Arsenal battle Real Madrid for Uruguayan starlet Federico Valverde
  3. Arsenal ‘launch transfer bid to sign Uruguay starlet Federico Valverde ahead of Barcelona’
  4. Arsenal and Chelsea battling transfer Uruguayan talent.
  5. "Real Madrid sign up starlet Valverde - MARCA English". Retrieved 2016-09-25.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/21/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.