Facundo Pellistri Rebollo (Spanish pronunciation: [faˈkundo peˈlistɾi]; born 20 December 2001) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Manchester United and the Uruguay national team.
![]() Pellistri with Uruguay in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Facundo Pellistri Rebollo[1] | ||
Date of birth | (2001-12-20) 20 December 2001 (age 20) | ||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Manchester United | ||
Number | 28 | ||
Youth career | |||
La Picada | |||
River Plate Montevideo | |||
Peñarol | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2020 | Peñarol | 30 | (1) |
2020– | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
2021 | → Alavés (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Alavés (loan) | 21 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2017 | Uruguay U16 | 2 | (0) |
2022– | Uruguay | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:37, 4 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:30, 23 September 2022 (UTC) |
Pellistri is a youth academy graduate of Peñarol and has played youth football with La Picada and River Plate Montevideo.[3] He made his professional debut on 11 August 2019 in Peñarol's 2–2 draw against Defensor Sporting.[4] He scored his first goal on 6 November 2019 in a 3–1 win against Cerro.[5]
Pellistri joined Manchester United on 5 October 2020, for a reported fee of almost €10 million.[6][7] He has played in two pre-season games, scoring in both. His first pre-season goal was on 18 July 2021 against Derby County in a 2–1 away win at Pride Park.[8] On 12 July 2022, he scored in a 4-0 pre-season win over Liverpool in Bangkok.[9]
On 31 January 2021, Pellistri joined Deportivo Alavés on loan for the remainder of the season.[10][11] He went back on loan to Alavés for the 2021–22 season.[12]
Pellistri is a former Uruguayan youth international, having made two appearances at under-16 level in 2017.[4] He was called up to the senior team for the first time on 7 January 2022, for the World Cup qualifying matches against Paraguay and Venezuela.[13][14][15] He made his full international debut on 27 January in a 1–0 away win against Paraguay.[16]
A winger, Pellistri has been praised highly for his agility, technique and strategic vision on the field.[17][18]
Pellistri was born in Montevideo to a family of Spanish and Italian origin. Pellistri holds a Spanish passport since his father's grandmother was from the city of A Coruña in Galicia.[19] Sebastián Teysera, lead singer of Uruguayan rock band La Vela Puerca is Pellistri's godfather.[20]
Pellistri graduated high school in September 2019 from a pre-architectural program.[21]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Peñarol | 2019 | Uruguayan Primera División | 18 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
2020 | Uruguayan Primera División | 12 | 0 | — | — | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | — | 17 | 1 | ||||
Total | 30 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 2 | ||||
Manchester United U21 | 2020–21 | — | — | — | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
2022–23 | — | — | — | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Total | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
Manchester United | 2020–21 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2021–22 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Alavés (loan) | 2020–21 | La Liga | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | La Liga | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||||
Total | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 35 | 0 | |||||
Career total | 63 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 75 | 3 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Uruguay | 2022 | 7 | 0 |
Total | 7 | 0 |
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