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Facundo Pellistri
Uruguayan footballer (born 2001) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Facundo Pellistri Rebollo (Spanish pronunciation: [faˈkundo peˈlistɾi]; born 20 December 2001) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Premier League club Manchester United and the Uruguay national team.
![]() Pellistri with Uruguay at the 2022 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Facundo Pellistri Rebollo[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (2001-12-20) 20 December 2001 (age 22) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Manchester United | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
La Picada | |||||||||||||||||
River Plate Montevideo | |||||||||||||||||
2012–2019 | Peñarol | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Peñarol | 30 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2020– | Manchester United | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021 | → Alavés (loan) | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | → Alavés (loan) | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2024 | → Granada (loan) | 15 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2017 | Uruguay U16 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Uruguay | 26 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:00, 1 July 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:30, 14 July 2024 (UTC) |
Born in Montevideo, Pellistri is a graduate of Peñarol's youth system. He made 37 first-team appearances for the club and was named in the Uruguayan Primera División Team of the Season in 2019. He transferred to Manchester United in October 2020, for a fee of £9 million. Since joining United, he has had two loan spells at Spanish club Alavés, where he made 35 appearances in total.
Pellistri represented Uruguay at under-16 level, before making his senior international debut in January 2022. He played for Uruguay at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2024 Copa América.