Gastón Brugman Duarte (born 7 September 1992) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gastón Brugman Duarte | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-09-07) 7 September 1992 (age 30) | ||
| Place of birth | Rosario, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | LA Galaxy | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Estudiantes de Rosario | |||
| Peñarol | |||
| Empoli | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Empoli | 20 | (2) |
| 2012–2020 | Pescara | 153 | (18) |
| 2013 | → Grosseto (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Palermo (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Parma (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Parma | 39 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | → Oviedo (loan) | 33 | (3) |
| 2022– | LA Galaxy | 14 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 2009 | Uruguay U17 | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:47, 22 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
Born in Rosario, Uruguay, Brugman began playing football in Peñarol's youth system. He moved to Italy to join Empoli in 2011. He made his debut in Empoli's 0–1 defeat to Modena coming on as 58th-minute substitute replacing Riccardo Nardini.
In the summer of 2012 he moved to Serie A club Pescara.[2] The following January he was sent on loan to Grosseto in Serie B. In the 2013–14 season, coach Pasquale Marino made him a regular starter at Pescara,[3] who had been relegated to Serie B. Having further blossomed under coach Serse Cosmi Brugman's play was likened to that of Andrea Pirlo and former Pescara player Marco Verratti.[3] In the summer of 2014 he was close to a transfer to Villareal which, however, was cancelled due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.[4]
On 10 July 2015, he moved on loan to Serie A club Palermo, with a buyout clause.[5]
On 1 August 2019, Serie A side Parma announced the signing of Brugman on a season long loan deal with an obligation to buy.[6]
On 1 September 2021, he joined Spanish club Oviedo on loan.[7]
On 6 July 2022, Brugman joined Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy on a three-and-a-half-year contract.[8]
In November 2009 he made his debut for Uruguay U17 in the match against Spain U17, which ended in favor of Spain in a penalty shootout.
| Club | Season | League | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Empoli | 2010–11 | Serie B | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2011–12 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | ||
| Pescara | 2012–13 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| Grosseto (loan) | 2012–13 | Serie B | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||
| Pescara | 2013–14 | Serie B | 35 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 4 | ||
| 2014–15 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |||
| Total | 54 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 61 | 6 | ||
| Palermo (loan) | 2015–16 | Serie A | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0 | ||
| Pescara | 2016–17 | Serie A | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18 | Serie B | 41 | 7 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 44 | 8 | |||
| 2018–19 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 0 | 35 | 5 | |||
| Total | 99 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 107 | 14 | ||
| Parma | 2019–20 | Serie A | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 45 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 244 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 264 | 23 | ||
LA Galaxy – current squad | |
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