Facundo Píriz

Facundo Julián Píriz González[lower-alpha 1] (born 27 March 1990), commonly known as Facundo Píriz (American Spanish: [faˈkundo ˈpiɾis]), is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Rapid București.

Facundo Píriz
Píriz with Terek Grozny in 2016
Personal information
Full name Facundo Julián Píriz González
Date of birth (1990-03-27) 27 March 1990
Place of birth Tarariras, Uruguay
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Rapid București
Number 22
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Nacional 60 (2)
2013–2018 Akhmat Grozny 69 (3)
2017–2018 → Montpellier (loan) 15 (0)
2018–2019 Montpellier 6 (0)
2019– Rapid București 6 (0)
National team‡
2008–2009 Uruguay U-20 3 (0)
2011 Uruguay U-22 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 January 2012

Career

Born in Tarariras, Uruguay, Píriz started his career with Nacional.

In January 2013 he signed a 4.5-year contract with Terek Grozny, of the Russian Premier League, from Nacional for €2.8 million.[1]

On 28 July 2017, he signed with the French club Montpellier on a one-year loan deal with option to purchase.[2] Montpellier officially exercised the purchase option on 18 April 2018.[3]

On 25 September 2019, he signed a one-year contract with Romanian club Rapid București.[4]

International career

Píriz was part of Uruguay's under-20 squad in the 2009 South American Youth Championship.

He also played in Uruguay´s under-22 squad at the 2011 Pan American Games.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 1 July 2019[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nacional 2009–10 Uruguayan Primera División 10————10
2010–11 211————211
2011–12 280——110—341
2012–13 100——30—130
Total 60200--14000742
Terek Grozny 2012–13 Russian Premier League 6100———61
2013–14 15010———160
2014–15 11010———120
2015–16 11130———141
2016–17 26120———281
Total 69370------763
Montpellier (loan) 2017–2018 Ligue 1 1501040——200
Montpellier 2018–2019 Ligue 1 600010——70
Career total 15058050140001775

Honours

Nacional

Notes
  1. This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Píriz and the second or maternal family name is González.

References
  1. "Terek Sign Uruguayan Piriz in €2.8m Deal". ria,ru. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. "FACUNDO PÍRIZ NOUVEAU PAILLADIN" (in French). Montpellier HSC. 28 July 2017.
  3. "Facundo Piriz officially signs" (in French). Montpellier HSC. 18 April 2018.
  4. "FACUNDO PIRIZ A SEMNAT CU RAPID" (in Romanian). Rapid București. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  5. "F. PÍRIZ". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
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