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Joaquín Lavega Colzada (born 3 February 2005) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a winger for River Plate Montevideo.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joaquín Lavega Colzada | ||
| Date of birth | 3 February 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | River Plate Montevideo | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | River Plate Montevideo | 80 | (12) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Uruguay U15 | 17 | (2) |
| 2022– | Uruguay U20 | 10 | (3) |
| 2023– | Uruguay U23 | 4 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 September 2024 | |||
Lavega is a youth academy graduate of River Plate Montevideo. He made his professional debut for the club on 30 May 2021 in a goalless draw against Deportivo Maldonado.[1]
In September 2022, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2005 worldwide.[2]
Lavega is a current Uruguayan youth national team player.[3] He was part of Uruguay squad at the 2019 South American U-15 Championship.[4]
On 15 August 2021, Uruguay under-17 team coach Diego Demarco named Lavega in 20-man squad for the 2021 U-18 L'Alcúdia International Football Tournament.[5] On 28 September 2023, he was named in Uruguay's squad for the 2023 Pan American Games.[6]
In October 2024, Lavega received his first call-up to the Uruguay national team.[7]
- As of 29 September 2022[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| River Plate Montevideo | 2021 | Uruguayan Primera División | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 21 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 2 | ||
- Appearances in Copa Sudamericana.
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