Federico Valverde

Federico Santiago Valverde Dipetta (born 22 July 1998) is a Uruguayan professional footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Uruguay national team.^[4]

Federico Valverde

Valverde with Uruguay in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Federico Santiago Valverde Dipetta[1]
Date of birth	(1998-07-22) 22 July 1998 (age 26)[2]
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s)	Central midfielder, right winger
Team information
Current team	Real Madrid
Number	15
Youth career
2001–2008	Estudiantes de la Unión
2008–2015	Peñarol
2016–2017	Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2016	Peñarol	12	(0)
2016–2017	Real Madrid B	30	(3)
2017–	Real Madrid	149	(13)
2017–2018	→ Deportivo La Coruña (loan)	24	(0)
International career‡
2012–2013	Uruguay U15	25	(7)
2014–2015	Uruguay U17	24	(11)
2015	Uruguay U18	7	(3)
2015–2017	Uruguay U20	15	(2)
2017–	Uruguay	53	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:53, 28 October 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 04:00, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 October 2023^[5]

Club	Season	League			Copa del Rey		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Peñarol	2016	Uruguayan Primera División	12	0	—		1[a]	0	—		13	0
Real Madrid Castilla	2016–17	Segunda División B	30	3	—		—		—		30	3
Deportivo La Coruña (loan)	2017–18	La Liga	24	0	1	0	—		—		25	0
Real Madrid	2018–19	La Liga	16	0	5	0	4[b]	0	—		25	0
	2019–20	La Liga	33	2	3	0	6[b]	0	2[c]	0	44	2
	2020–21	La Liga	24	3	1	0	7[b]	0	1[c]	0	33	3
	2021–22	La Liga	31	0	2	0	11[b]	0	2[c]	1	46	1
	2022–23	La Liga	34	7	6	0	11[b]	2	5[d]	3	56	12
	2023–24	La Liga	11	1	0	0	3[b]	0	0	0	14	1
	Total		149	13	17	0	42	2	10	4	218	19
Career total			215	16	18	0	43	2	10	4	286	22

1. Appearance in Copa Libertadores
2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
3. Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España
4. Two appearances in Supercopa de España, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances and three goals in FIFA Club World Cup

International

As of match played 17 October 2023

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Uruguay	2017	4	1
	2018	4	0
	2019	12	1
	2020	2	0
	2021	13	1
	2022	12	1
	2023	6	2
Total		53	6

Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Valverde goal.

List of international goals scored by Federico Valverde

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	5 September 2017	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay	Paraguay	1–0	2–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	7 June 2019	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Panama	3–0	3–0	Friendly
3	5 September 2021	Estadio Campeón del Siglo, Montevideo, Uruguay	Bolivia	2–0	4–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	29 March 2022	Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago, Chile	Chile	2–0	2–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	24 March 2023	Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Japan	1–0	1–1	2023 Kirin Challenge Cup
6	8 September 2023	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Chile	2–1	3–1	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Peñarol

• Primera División: 2015–16^[6]

Real Madrid

• La Liga: 2019–20,^[7] 2021–22^[8]
• Copa del Rey: 2022–23^[9]
• Supercopa de España: 2019–20,^[10] 2021–22^[11]
• UEFA Champions League: 2021–22^[12]
• UEFA Super Cup: 2022^[13]
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2018,^[14] 2022^[15]

Individual

• La Liga Team of the Season: 2022–23^[16]
• FIFA U-20 World Cup Silver Ball: 2017^[17]
• UEFA La Liga Revelation Team of the year: 2019–20^[18]
• La Liga Player of the Month: September 2022^[19]
• FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball: 2022^[20]