Facundo Barceló

Facundo Barceló
Personal information
Full name Facundo Barceló Viera[1]
Date of birth (1993-03-31) 31 March 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Florida, Uruguay
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Ceará
Number 31
Youth career
0000–2013 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Liverpool 50 (13)
2015 → El Tanque Sisley (loan) 11 (1)
2016–2022 Juventud 11 (6)
2016–2017 → San Martín SJ (loan) 17 (5)
2017–2018 → San Martín SJ (loan) 24 (5)
2018–2019 → Patronato (loan) 11 (6)
2019 → Atlas (loan) 28 (6)
2020–2021 → Emelec (loan) 52 (20)
2022 → O'Higgins (loan) 24 (6)
2023 Guaraní 32 (9)
2024– Ceará 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:29, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

Facundo Barceló Viera[a] (born 31 March 1993), known as Facundo Barceló, is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a forward for Ceará.[1] He previously played domestically for Liverpool and El Tanque Sisley.

Life and career

Barceló was born in Florida, Uruguay.[2] He came through the youth system at Montevideo-based club Liverpool,[3] and made his first-team debut on 24 February 2013, aged 19, as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 opening-day defeat against Danubio in the Primera División.[4] He scored his first goal in his fourth appearance, in a 3–3 draw away to Bella Vista,[1] and in the next match, he scored a hat-trick to help his team beat River Plate 4–2.[5] He finished the 2012–13 Clausura with five goals from twelve appearances, which made him the club's joint top scorer (with Paulo Pezzolano).[6]

He scored six goals in the 2013–14 season,[1] which ended in relegation to the Segunda División.[7] After scoring once from five substitute appearances in the first half of the following season,[1] Barceló joined El Tanque Sisley on a six-month loan.[8] He played eleven matches and scored once,[1] in a 4–2 defeat of Atenas on the final day of the 2015 Clausura; the result confirmed that El Tanque Sisley stayed in the Primera and their opponents were relegated.[9]

In his absence, Liverpool had won the 2014–15 Segunda División title and returned to the Primera.[10] Barceló made seven appearances (one start) in the 2015 Apertura, but in January 2016 he was allowed to leave for another Primera team, Juventud de Las Piedras.[11] He made a scoring debut on the opening day of the campaign against Danubio, albeit in a losing cause, when a shot hit the crossbar and he headed home the rebound,[12] scored again the following week with a penalty awarded when he himself was fouled,[13] and finished the season as the club's top scorer with six goals from eleven appearances.[14]

In August 2016, Barceló joined Argentine Primera División club San Martín de San Juan on loan with an option to purchase.[15] He made his debut on 18 September as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 draw with River Plate in the Estadio Monumental,[16] He top-scored (jointly with Emanuel Dening) for San Martín in the 2016–17 Primera División with five goals.[17] Barceló was reported to be a transfer target for Chilean Primera División club O'Higgins in July 2017,[18] but he signed a two-year contract extension with San Martín.[19]

Honours

Liverpool

Ceará

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Barceló and the second or maternal family name is Viera.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "F. Barcelo". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Facundo Barcelo". BDFA. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Resultados ante Rampla Jrs" [Results against Rampla Jrs]. Liverpool F.C. – Divisiones Juveniles (in Spanish). 25 March 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Facundo Barcelo: Primera División 2012/2013 Clausura". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Liverpool venció a River Plate con hat-trick de Facundo Barcelo" [Liverpool beat River Plate with a hat-trick from Facundo Barcelo]. LaRed21 (in Spanish). 25 March 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Liverpool FC: Appearances Primera División 2012/2013: sorted by goals". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Pezzolano pidió perdón en emotiva carta" [Pezzolano begs forgiveness in an emotional letter]. Referí (in Spanish). Montevideo: El Observador. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  8. ^ Gard, J.C. (5 January 2015). "El Tanque Sisley: Facundo Barcelo, en préstamo de Liverpool ya entrena" [El Tanque Sisley: Facundo Barcelo, on loan from Liverpool, is training] (in Spanish). Tenfield. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Clausura: Atenas 2 – El Tanque Sisley 4". Futbol.com.uy (in Spanish). 7 June 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  10. ^ a b Fernández, Francisco (20 August 2015). "Uruguay 2014/15: Segunda División Profesional". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  11. ^ Bachs, Martín (8 January 2016). "Juventud: Llega Facundo Barcelo" [Juventud: Facundo Barcelo arrives] (in Spanish). Tenfield. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  12. ^ Castro, Eduardo (8 February 2016). "Debut que mereció mejor suerte" [Debut that deserved better luck] (in Spanish). Club Atlético Juventud de Las Piedras. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  13. ^ Olascuaga, Joselo (14 February 2016). "Rentistas de atrás, 2:1" [Rentistas from behind, 2–1] (in Spanish). Tenfield. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  14. ^ "CA Juventud: Appearances Primera División 2015/2016: sorted by goals". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  15. ^ "Facundo Barcelo, de Juventud al Club San Martín de San Juan" [Facundo Barcelo, from Juventud to San Martín de San Juan] (in Spanish). Club Atlético Juventud de Las Piedras. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  16. ^ "River empezó ganando a San Martín de San Juan pero no supo mantener la ventaja" [River take the lead against San Martín de San Juan but don't know how to keep it]. La Prensa (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  17. ^ "San Martín de San Juan: Appearances Primera División 2016/2017: sorted by goals". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  18. ^ Savoy, Alex (14 July 2017). "El delantero uruguayo que podría convertirse en la carta goleadora de O'Higgins" [The Uruguayan forward who could become O'Higgins' star striker]. El Tipógrafo (in Spanish). Rancagua. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  19. ^ "Hay uruguayo para rato" [The Uruguayan's here for a while]. El Tiempo de San Juan (in Spanish). 19 July 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.

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