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VALVERDE

Federico Santiago Valverde Dipetta
URUGUAY · URU · MIDFIELDER · #8
22 JUL 1998 · Peñarol · Deportivo La Coruña · Real Madrid
PajaritoEl Halcón
URUGUAY · #8

🌎 WORLD CUP RECORD

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TITLES
3
MATCHES
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GOALS
YEARHOSTAPPSGOALSRESULT
2022Qatar30 GROUP STAGE
█ ATTRIBUTES
PACE 88
SHOOTING 84
PASSING 84
DRIBBLING 84
DEFENDING 83
PHYSICAL 85

⚡ DEFINING MOMENTS

▲ 2018 · Named, then left at home
A teenager already trusted at Real Madrid, Valverde was carried in Uruguay's provisional 26 for Russia but cut from the final 23. He watched the 2018 finals from outside the camp — a footnote that explains why his World Cup ledger opens four years later than his talent suggested it might.
▲ 2022 · Three matches, no reward
In Qatar he started all three of Uruguay's group games — a goalless draw with South Korea, defeat to Portugal, a 2-0 win over Ghana that arrived too late. Uruguay finished level on points with Ghana and South Korea and went out on goals scored. Valverde, by then one of Europe's most coveted midfielders, left the tournament having played every minute and changed nothing.

📜 CAREER TIMELINE

2015
Makes his senior debut for Peñarol in Montevideo as a 17-year-old.
2016
Signs for Real Madrid and joins the Castilla reserve side.
2017
Spends a season on loan at Deportivo La Coruña in La Liga.
2019
Establishes himself in the Real Madrid first team and makes his Copa América debut for Uruguay.
2022
Plays at the World Cup in Qatar, starting all three matches as Uruguay exit the group; wins the Champions League with Real Madrid the same year.
2024
Wins a second Champions League and a third La Liga title, and takes third place with Uruguay at the Copa América.
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PROF. INKSWORTH:

A midfielder built for the grandest club nights, yet his one World Cup amounted to three goalless matches and a group-stage door closing on goals scored. The finals have so far asked little of him and received less in return. The trophies in his cabinet are nearly all in club colours.

  • Cut from Uruguay's final 2018 squad, he did not reach a World Cup until 2022 — by which point he was already a Champions League winner.
  • Uruguay went out of Qatar 2022 on goals scored despite beating Ghana on the final day; Valverde started every group match.
  • His nicknames trace a promotion of sorts — from 'Pajarito', the little bird, to 'El Halcón', the falcon.
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Zone: Historical