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Federico Santiago Valverde Dipetta (Spanish pronunciation: [feðeˈɾiko βalˈβeɾðe];[lower-alpha 1] born 22 July 1998) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Uruguay national team. A versatile player known for his pace, stamina, and work rate, he can also be deployed as a defensive midfielder, a right winger, and occasionally a right-back.

Federico Valverde

Valverde in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Federico Santiago Valverde Dipetta[1]
Date of birth	(1998-07-22) 22 July 1998 (age 24)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s)	Central midfielder, right winger
Club information
Current team	Real Madrid
Number	15
Youth career
2001–2008	Estudiantes de la Unión
2008–2015	Peñarol
2016–2017	Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2016	Peñarol	12	(0)
2016–2017	Real Madrid B	30	(3)
2017–	Real Madrid	111	(8)
2017–2018	→ Deportivo La Coruña (loan)	24	(0)
National team‡
2012–2013	Uruguay U15	25	(7)
2014–2015	Uruguay U17	24	(11)
2015	Uruguay U18	7	(3)
2015–2017	Uruguay U20	15	(2)
2017–	Uruguay	44	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:02, 2 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:04, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Club career

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.[3] He became part of Uruguayan's youth teams and attracted the interest of clubs like Arsenal, Barcelona, Chelsea and Real Madrid.[4][5][6]

Real Madrid

In July 2016 he transferred from Peñarol to Real Madrid, being assigned to the B team.[7] Two months later, Valverde made his debut for Castilla against Real Unión, in a game which his club eventually lost.[8] He became a regular member of the second team during his debut season. The midfielder scored his first goal for Castilla against Albacete in December 2016.[9]

In regards to his growing importance to the team, Santiago Solari, his coach at Castilla, said on 29 January 2017, "I'm very happy with him. He has adapted very well to the club and country. Valverde always generates a lot of football in midfield."[10]

Loan to Deportivo La Coruña

On 22 June 2017, Valverde was loaned to La Liga side Deportivo de La Coruña for one year.[11] He made his debut in the competition on 10 September, replacing Fede Cartabia in a 2–4 home loss against Real Sociedad.

Valverde contributed with 24 league appearances during the campaign, as his side suffered relegation.

2018: Return to Real Madrid

Upon returning from loan, Valverde impressed new manager Julen Lopetegui during the 2018–19 pre-season and was definitively assigned to the first-team.[12] On 23 October 2018, Valverde made his official Real Madrid debut in the UEFA Champions League Group stage against Viktoria Plzeň at the Bernabéu at just 20 years old.[13][14] He made 25 appearances and won the FIFA Club World Cup in his first season with the first team.[15]

2019–present: First team breakthrough

With the return of Zinedine Zidane to the dugout and the departure of Marcos Llorente, Valverde broke through the team to become a key player of the squad during the 2019–20 season.[16] On 9 November 2019, he scored his first goal for Real Madrid, in a 4–0 away win over Eibar in La Liga.[17]

On 12 January 2020, Valverde tackled Álvaro Morata during the Supercopa de España Final against Atlético Madrid, committing a professional foul and stopping play with Morata clean through on goal.[18] Valverde was sent off, but his actions stopped what was an inevitable goal, forced a penalty shootout which Real Madrid won, and earned him the Man of The Match award and widespread praise. Atlético Madrid manager Diego Simeone later referred to the tackle as "the most important play of the game".[19] He made 33 appearances during the league season, as Real Madrid won the 2019–20 La Liga.[20]

On 27 September, Valverde scored Real Madrid's first goal of the 2020–21 season away to Betis in La Liga in an eventual 3–2 win and was selected as the 'King of The Match'.[21] This was also his 50th La Liga match for Los Blancos.[22] One month later on 24 October, Valverde scored against Barcelona at the Camp Nou in just five minutes in an eventual 3–1 league win. Valverde became just the second Uruguayan to score in El Clásico (after Luis Suárez) and the first for Real Madrid.[23] One week later Valverde scored again, against Huesca in a 4–1 league win at the Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium. This was his third goal of the season, meaning he had already scored more this season than the entirety of the previous campaign.[24]

On 24 August 2021, Valverde extended his contract until 2027.[25] On 12 January 2022, he scored Real Madrid’s third goal in a 3-2 win over Barcelona in extra time of the Supercopa de España semifinal, a tournament which Madrid eventually went on to win.[26] On 28 May, he assisted Vinícius Júnior to score the winning goal in a 1–0 win over Liverpool in the Champions League final to clinch Real Madrid their record 14th UEFA Champions League title.[27]

International career

Federico Valverde was awarded Silver Ball at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup as Uruguay finished fourth in the tournament.[28]

He was called up to the full side for the first time on August 2017[29] and debuted with the Uruguay national football team on 5 September 2017,[30] and scored his first international goal with the senior team in a match against Paraguay. He was named in Uruguay's provisional 26-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but he was left out of the final 23-man squad.[31]

Valverde was included by manager Óscar Tabárez in the final 23-man Uruguay squad for the 2019 Copa América in Brazil.[32] In the quarter-finals against Peru on 29 June, a 0–0 draw after regulation time saw the match go to a penalty shoot-out; Uruguay lost the shoot-out 4–5 and were eliminated from the competition.[33]

In June 2021, he was selected to the squad at the 2021 Copa América.[34]

Personal life

Valverde is in a relationship with Argentinian journalist and presenter, Mina Bonino. Together they have one son, Benicio, born on 20 February 2020.[35]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 October 2022[36]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Peñarol	2016	Uruguayan Primera División	12	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	—		13	0
Real Madrid Castilla	2016–17	Segunda División B	30	3	—		—		—		30	3
Deportivo La Coruña (loan)	2017–18	La Liga	24	0	1	0	—		—		25	0
Real Madrid	2018–19	La Liga	16	0	5	0	4[lower-alpha 3]	0	—		25	0
	2019–20	La Liga	33	2	3	0	6[lower-alpha 3]	0	2[lower-alpha 4]	0	44	2
	2020–21	La Liga	24	3	1	0	7[lower-alpha 3]	0	1[lower-alpha 4]	0	33	3
	2021–22	La Liga	31	0	2	0	11[lower-alpha 3]	0	2[lower-alpha 4]	1	46	1
	2022–23	La Liga	7	3	0	0	3[lower-alpha 3]	1	1[lower-alpha 5]	0	11	4
	Total		111	8	11	0	31	1	6	1	159	10
Career total			177	11	12	0	32	1	6	1	227	13

International

As of match played 27 September 2022

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Uruguay	2017	4	1
	2018	4	0
	2019	12	1
	2020	2	0
	2021	13	1
	2022	10	1
Total		44	4

Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first.

List of international goals scored by Federico Valverde

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	5 September 2017	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay	Paraguay	1–0	2–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	7 June 2019	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Panama	3–0	3–0	Friendly
3.	5 September 2021	Estadio Campeón del Siglo, Montevideo, Uruguay	Bolivia	2–0	4–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.	29 March 2022	Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago, Chile	Chile	2–0	2–0

Honours

Peñarol

• Primera División: 2015–16[37]

Real Madrid

• La Liga: 2019–20,[38] 2021–22[39]
• Supercopa de España: 2019–20,[40] 2021–22[41]
• UEFA Champions League: 2021–22[42]
• UEFA Super Cup: 2022[43]
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2018[44]

Individual

• FIFA U-20 World Cup Silver Ball: 2017[45]
• UEFA LaLiga Revelation Team of the year: 2019–20[46]
• La Liga Player of the Month: September 2022[47]

References

External links

• Federico Valverde at BDFutbol
• Federico Valverde at National-Football-Teams.com
• Federico Valverde at WorldFootball.net

На других языках

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[de] Federico Valverde

Federico Santiago „Fede“ Valverde Dipetta (* 22. Juli 1998 in Montevideo) ist ein uruguayischer Fußballspieler.

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- [en] Federico Valverde

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[es] Federico Valverde

Federico Valverde (Montevideo, 22 de julio de 1998) es un futbolista uruguayo que juega como centrocampista en el Real Madrid Club de Fútbol de la Primera División de España desde la temporada 2018-19. Es desde 2017 internacional absoluto con la selección uruguaya.

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[fr] Federico Valverde

Santiago Federico Valverde Dipetta, abrégé Federico Valverde, né le 22 juillet 1998 à Montevideo en Uruguay, est un footballeur international uruguayen qui évolue au poste de milieu de terrain au Real Madrid. Il possède également la nationalité espagnole depuis 2019[1].

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[it] Federico Valverde

Santiago Federico Valverde Dipetta (in spagnolo feðeˈɾiko βalˈβerðe[2]; Montevideo, 22 luglio 1998) è un calciatore uruguaiano, centrocampista del Real Madrid e della nazionale uruguaiana.

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[ru] Вальверде, Федерико

Федери́ко Сантья́го Вальве́рде Дипе́тта (исп. Federico Santiago Valverde Dipetta, 22 июля 1998, Монтевидео, Уругвай) — уругвайский футболист, полузащитник клуба «Реал Мадрид» и сборной Уругвая.

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