Facundo Medina

Facundo Medina
Personal information
Full name Facundo Axel Medina
Date of birth (1999-05-28) 28 May 1999
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Talleres
Number 30
Youth career
River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 River Plate 0 (0)
2018– Talleres 4 (0)
National team
Argentina U20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:32, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Facundo Axel Medina (born 28 May 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defender for Talleres.[1]

Career

Club

Medina's career got underway with a stint with River Plate, who he was an unused substitute for four times during the 2016–17 Argentine Primera División season.[1] In January 2018, Medina completed a move to fellow Argentine Primera División side Talleres.[2][3] After featuring for their U20s at the 2018 U-20 Copa Libertadores in February, he made his first league appearances in the following August when he played the full duration of matches against Boca Juniors, Rosario Central and Gimnasia y Esgrima.[1]

International

After playing in all three of Talleres' fixtures at the beginning of 2018–19, Medina received a call-up to the Argentina U20 squad.[4][5] He subsequently featured on 29 August 2018 in a friendly with Uruguay.[4][5] He had previous experience with the U20s during his time with River Plate, and was also called up to train against the senior squad during the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[2][6]

Career statistics

As of 21 September 2018.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Continental[lower-alpha 2] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
River Plate 2016–17 Primera División 0000—000000
2017–18 0000—000000
Total 0000—000000
Talleres 2017–18 Primera División 0000——0000
2018–19 4000—000040
Total 4000—000040
Career total 4000—000040
  1. ↑ Includes the Copa Argentina
  2. ↑ Includes the Copa Libertadores

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Argentina - F. Medina". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Facundo Medina refuerza la defensa de Talleres para la Superliga". Talleres. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Ficha Estadistica de FACUNDO MEDINA". BDFA. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Facundo Medina, el lateral de Talleres que fue convocado a la selección argentina sub 20". Mundod Lavoz. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Jugó Facundo Medina de Talleres y ganó la selección sub 20". Mundod Lavoz. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Facundo Medina, el último "propio" en sumarse a la pretemporada de Talleres". Mundod Lavoz. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
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