Giorgian De Arrascaeta

Giorgian Daniel De Arrascaeta Benedetti[1] (locally [ˈʃoɾʃan de araskaˈeta], born 1 June 1994) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Flamengo and the Uruguay national team.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is De Arrascaeta and the second or maternal family name is Benedetti.
Giorgian De Arrascaeta
De Arrascaeta with Uruguay in 2017
Personal information
Full name Giorgian Daniel De Arrascaeta Benedetti
Date of birth (1994-06-01) 1 June 1994
Place of birth Nuevo Berlín, Uruguay
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Flamengo
Number 14
Youth career
2007–2012 Defensor Sporting
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Defensor Sporting 53 (16)
2015–2018 Cruzeiro 90 (22)
2019– Flamengo 23 (13)
National team‡
2012–2013 Uruguay U20 23 (4)
2014– Uruguay 25 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 September 2019

Club career

De Arrasceata debuted for Defensor Sporting in the Uruguayan Primera División in October 2012, four months after his 18th birthday.[2] He was a member of the team as it won the 2013 Clausura championship, and played in the Championship play-off, a 3–1 loss to Peñarol.[2]

Cruzeiro

De Arrasceata's performances for Defensor in its run to the semi-finals of the 2014 Copa Libertadores attracted the Brazilian champions Cruzeiro, who signed the playmaker in January 2015.

In Cruzeiro, De Arrascaeta formed what became known as "La Banda", along with former Vélez Sarsfield stars Lucas Romero and Ariel Cabral.[3] This trio, along with fellow stars Thiago Neves and Robinho helped Cruzeiro win the 2017 Copa do Brasil, 2018 Campeonato Mineiro, and 2018 Copa do Brasil, scoring decisive goals in all three finals.

Flamengo

Flamengo began to show interest in Arrascaeta. On 3 January 2019, he began not showing up on training after the summer break, trying to force his exit from Cruzeiro.[4] Claiming to receive thousands of insults, on 7 January 2019, Cruzeiro's and Flamengo's representatives went to Uruguay to resolve the problem: on 8 January, the transfer was completed for a record R$63 million, the biggest transfer in Brazilian football history.[5] On 12 January, he was announced as a new player.

International career

After scoring twice for Uruguay as they finished runners-up at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, De Arrascaeta made his debut for the Uruguay senior team in a friendly match against South Korea in September 2014. He assisted the only goal of the game, scored by José Giménez, in the 1–0 win in Goyang.[6]

De Arrascaeta was included in Uruguay's squad for the 2015 Copa América by coach Óscar Tabárez. He was assigned the prestigious number 10 shirt, previously worn by national team legend Diego Forlán.[7] On 6 June 2015, De Arrascaeta scored his first senior international goal during a 5–1 pre-tournament friendly win over Guatemala in Montevideo.[8] De Arrascaeta made his tournament debut as a 64th-minute substitute as Uruguay defeated Jamaica 1–0 in their opening group match on 13 June.[9] In May 2018 he was named in Uruguay's provisional 26-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of 14 March 2020.[1]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Defensor 2012–13 Primera División 163—00—163
2013–14 267—12[lower-alpha 1]2—389
2014–15 116—00—116
Total 5316—122—6518
Cruzeiro 2015 Série A 2342010[lower-alpha 1]18[lower-alpha 2]4439
2016 319920012[lower-alpha 3]35214
2017 1631022[lower-alpha 4]015[lower-alpha 2]64311
2018 206629[lower-alpha 1]313[lower-alpha 2]44815
Total 9022276214481718649
Flamengo 2019 Série A 23133011[lower-alpha 1]115[lower-alpha 5]45218
2020 00002[lower-alpha 1]07[lower-alpha 6]292
Total 2313301312266120
Career total 16651306467702331287
  1. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores.
  2. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Mineiro.
  3. Ten appearances and two goals in Campeonato Mineiro, two appearances and one goal in Primeira Liga.
  4. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana.
  5. Thirteen appearances and one goal in Campeonato Carioca, two appearances and one goal in FIFA Club World Cup.
  6. Two appearances in Recopa Sudamericana, one appearance and one goal in Supercopa do Brasil, four appearances and one goal in Campeonato Carioca.

International
As of 11 September 2019.[11]
Uruguay senior team
YearAppsGoals
201430
201541
201600
201750
201861
201971
Total253

International goals
Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first.[11]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.6 June 2015Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Guatemala4–05–1Friendly
2.7 June 2018 Uzbekistan1–03–0
3.6 September 2019Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica Costa Rica1–02–1

Honours

Club

Cruzeiro

Flamengo

Individual

Personal life

De Arrascaeta is Roman Catholic.[16] He is of Basque and Italian descent.[17][18]

References
  1. "Giorgian De Arrascaeta profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  2. "De Arrascaeta interesa al Milan". Marca. 27 October 2014.
  3. "Eto'o, Odegaard moves catch the eye". FIFA. 30 January 2015.
  4. "Arrascaeta, Cruzeiro, e Flamengo: veja todos os detalhes da novela". ESPN Brazil. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  5. "Fla fecha com Arrascaeta em maior compra da história do futebol brasileiro". Esporte UOL. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  6. "Stakes are high in South American friendlies as players look to impress". ESPN. 12 November 2014.
  7. "Uruguay confirm Copa América squad numbers as Rolán lands Suárez's No.9". Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  8. "Argentina, Uruguay impress in Copa America warmups". SBS. 7 June 2015.
  9. "Uruguay 1-0 Jamaica". BBC. 13 June 2015.
  10. "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". goal.com. 6 April 2018.
  11. "G. De Arrascaeta". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  12. Unwin, Will (23 November 2019). "Flamengo 2–1 River Plate: Copa Libertadores final – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  13. Vickery, Tim (27 February 2020). "Flamengo's Recopa win over Independiente a stepping stone to more glory". ESPN. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  14. "Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão 2019: veja a seleção e quem foi premiado" (in Portuguese). Goal.com. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  15. "Bola de Prata: veja como ficou a seleção do Campeonato Brasileiro 2019" (in Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  16. goal.com/br/news
  17. "AS ROMA keen on Giorgian DE ARRASCAETA". Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  18. "Un talento al giorno, Giorgian De Arrascaeta: il nuovo gioiello dell'Uruguay - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". Retrieved 15 June 2018.
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