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 last played as a defensive midfielder for Rapid București.
 Píriz with Terek Grozny in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Facundo Julián Píriz González | ||
| Date of birth | 27 March 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Tarariras, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| 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) |
| 2019–2020 | Rapid București | 6 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008–2009 | Uruguay U-20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2011 | Uruguay U-22 | 5 | (1) |
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* 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]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nacional | 2009–10 | Uruguayan Primera División | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2010–11 | 21 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 1 | ||||||
| 2011–12 | 28 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | |||||
| 2012–13 | 10 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 2 | ||
| Terek Grozny | 2012–13 | Russian Premier League | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | |||
| 2013–14 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||||
| 2014–15 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||||
| 2015–16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 1 | |||||
| 2016–17 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 28 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 69 | 3 | 7 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 76 | 3 | ||
| Montpellier (loan) | 2017–2018 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||
| Montpellier | 2018–2019 | Ligue 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 150 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 5 | ||
Notes
- This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Píriz and the second or maternal family name is González.
References
- "Terek Sign Uruguayan Piriz in €2.8m Deal". ria,ru. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- "FACUNDO PÍRIZ NOUVEAU PAILLADIN" (in French). Montpellier HSC. 28 July 2017.
- "Facundo Piriz officially signs" (in French). Montpellier HSC. 18 April 2018.
- "FACUNDO PIRIZ A SEMNAT CU RAPID" (in Romanian). Rapid București. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- "F. PÍRIZ". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 March 2014.