Nicolás Lodeiro

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Nicolás Lodeiro
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Nicolás Lodeiro, 2014
Personnel
Surname Marcelo Nicolás Lodeiro Benítez
birthday March 21, 1989
place of birth Paysandú ,  Uruguay
size 170 cm
position Midfield , wings
Juniors
Years station
Barrio Obrero (Paysandú)
2003-2007 Nacional Montevideo
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2007-2010 Nacional Montevideo 41 (11)
2010–2012 Ajax Amsterdam 19 0(2)
2012-2014 Botafogo FR 67 (15)
2014-2015 Corinthians São Paulo 7 0(0)
2015-2016 Boca Juniors 30 0(6)
2016– Seattle Sounders FC 101 (26)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2008– Uruguay U20 21 0(6)
2012 Uruguay (Olympic selection) 6 0(0)
2009-2019 Uruguay 60 0(5)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2019

Nicolás Lodeiro , full name Marcelo Nicolás Lodeiro Benítez , (born March 21, 1989 in Paysandú ) is a Uruguayan football player on the position of an attacking midfielder and winger . He has been playing in Major League Soccer for Seattle Sounders since 2016 .

Club career

From a small local club to one of the largest clubs in Uruguay

Lodeiro was born in 1989 in Paysandú on the border with Argentina . His father was the member of the Partido Nacional , who died on June 20, 2011, as Edil active in Paysandú politician Alfonso Lodeiro, who also had some successes as a football player. Nicolás Lodeiro began his active career as a football player in the youth division of the Paysandú-based amateur club Barrio Obrero . In 2001 he worked for the youth team from the city ​​of Canelones in the Salinas football tournament , where he was spotted for the first time by scouts from the major Uruguayan club Nacional Montevideo . After a week's trial training at the club from the Uruguayan capital Montevideo , Lodeiro moved to the U-14 team of the venerable club in 2003. The scout Daniel López , who had already discovered various other talents, such as Gonzalo Castro Irizábal , Juan Ángel Albín or Bruno Fornaroli , gave the tip to bring the young and committed offensive player into the team.

Lodeiro's parents only agreed to join the youth of Nacional Montevideo if the club would pay for the cost of attending a private school, which the club eventually did. After he went to the capital, he was found an apartment at a very young age in the immediate vicinity of the club's headquarters, from where he was not far from his club's training sessions and games. Even in Lodeiro's early teens, the youth coaches knew about the boy's extraordinary talent and later compared him, as well as various media, with the Argentinian FIFA World Player of the Year 2009, Lionel Messi , who was also very successful in his youth .

After he was already successful with the U-17 and U-20 teams of the club and celebrated a championship title each with both teams, he was included in the squad of the professional team with play in the Primera División for the first time in 2007 . He finally made his professional debut on August 19, 2007, the first game of Apertura 2007, in a 1-1 away draw against Centro Atlético Fénix . Almost three and a half months passed when Lodeiro finally scored his first goal for the team on December 1, 2007. He scored the only goal of the encounter in the 1-0 away win over the ailing Club Atlético Progreso . About the Liguilla Pre-Libertadores , in which Lodeiro also scored a goal against River Plate , the team came to the Copa Libertadores 2008 , where it was eliminated in the round of 16 with a total score of 0-2 from the return leg against São Paulo FC .

Semi-finals in the Copa Libertadores and national success

In the Torneo Apertura 2008, the entire team performed well and, after completing 15 league games with the same number of points and the same number of wins, draws and defeats, but a goal difference less than two goals, came second in the final table. In a play-off game against the first-placed Danubio FC , the winner of the Torneo Apertura had to be determined; Lodeiros's side won the game 2-1 away. The final championship playoff in 2008/09 was finally won by the Apertura champions Nacional Montevideo with a total score of 4: 2 over the Clausura champions Defensor Sporting Club , with Lodeiro also scoring in the final.

In the Copa Libertadores 2009 , which ran between January and July 2009 , in which the left-footed player often acted as a goal scorer or template provider, the team made it to the semi-finals , where they finally won 3-1 against Estudiantes de La Plata from Argentina from the current competition retired.

At Torneo Apertura 2009 Lodeiro gave his best offensive performance to date, scoring seven goals in just eight appearances in Uruguay's top division. At the end of the championship, Nacional Montevideo was a comfortable distance behind the rest of the league in first place, with the team winning 13 of their 15 league encounters.

For 4 million euros to Ajax

After a successful time at Nacional Montevideo, the left-footed player signed a well-paid contract with the Dutch record champions Ajax Amsterdam on January 22, 2010 . The club from the port city of Amsterdam transferred a total of four million euros for the transfer of Lodeiros to Uruguay, with Nacional Montevideo itself still having 15% of the income from a possible resale of the striker guaranteed. In addition to the Dutch record champions, other clubs such as AZ Alkmaar , SSC Napoli or Liverpool FC were interested in the small offensive player. At Ajax he signed a two and a half year contract. At his new club he was given the shirt number 45.

Lodeiro finally made his team and league debut on February 7, 2010 in a 3-0 home win over FC Twente Enschede , where he came on the pitch in the 83rd minute for Marko Pantelić . On April 11, 2010, the young attacking midfielder made his first assist for Ajax Amsterdam when he came on for Siem de Jong in a clear 7-0 victory over VVV-Venlo in the 63rd minute and Pantelić's goal for 6th minute : 0 leadership prepared. By the end of the 2009/10 season , the Uruguayan completed a total of eight league games, in which he was mostly on the field for only a few minutes. In the end, Lodeiro, together with his compatriot Luis Suárez and the entire team, only finished second in the final table, one point behind, but a goal difference better by 46 goals.

In the KNVB Cup of the 2009/10 season things went better for Ajax Amsterdam. In the final, which was played in a return leg, Ajax won with a total score of 6-1 over Feyenoord Rotterdam . Lodeiro was used in the semi-final game against the Go Ahead Eagles and, after being substituted on shortly before, scored the 6-0 goal for his team via direct free kick. In 2010/11 and 2011/12 he was Dutch champion with Ajax.

Botafogo FR

In July 2012 Lodeiro switched to Botafogo FR . There he completed 46 league games (seven goals) in Série A and 21 games (eight goals) in Carioca 1. He was also used eight times in the Copa do Brasil (one goal). In the Copa Libertadores he completed eight games (no goal) in the Copa Sudamericana one encounter (one goal) for the Brazilians.

Corinthians São Paulo

He then signed a contract with Corinthians São Paulo on May 30, 2014 until 2018 . With the team from the state of São Paulo , he played seven games (no goal) in the Série A.

Boca Juniors

In early February 2015, he joined the Boca Juniors , with whom he signed a contract for four seasons. With the Argentines he ran a total of 30 times in the Primera División and scored six goals. He won the 2015 Argentine championship with the club. He contributed to winning the Copa Argentina 2014/15 cup with five appearances and two goals. In the Copa Libertadores 2015 he was on the pitch five times and scored once in the opposing goal. As part of the Copa Libertadores 2016 , he scored two goals in nine appearances and also played once (no goal) in the Copa Argentina 2016.

Seattle Sounders FC

On July 27, 2016, he moved to the Seattle Sounders, trained by Sigi Schmid , for a transfer fee of around 5.5 million euros . He signed a three-year contract and got the shirt number 10. So far (as of the end of the 2019 season) the American has played 101 league games and scored 26 goals. Lodeiro has been the permanent captain of the Sounders since the 2019 season . With Seattle he was able to win the MLS Cup twice for himself and his team. That was against Toronto FC in 2016 and 2019 . In 2019 he also had a large part in the victory. He scored two goals in four games in the cup.

National team career

U-20

Lodeiro gained his first international experience with the U-20 national team of his home country , in which he made his debut for the first time on May 13, 2008 under coach Diego Aguirre in the game against Mexico and for which he took part in the 2009 Junior World Cup in Egypt as team captain . During the tournament, the entire team performed well and made it to the round of 16 of the competition , where they ultimately failed 3-1 at the eventual finalists Brazil. At the Junior World Cup, the then 20-year-old played in four international matches, in which he scored two goals for his home country. In the technical report of the tournament Lodeiro is listed as one of three outstanding players on his team and is described as "strong on the ball, tireless effort, playmaker with good passing play and strong shots from long range, agile, fast, intelligent ".

Before that, the offensive player and ball artist already took part in the U-20 South American Championship of 2009 , in which he and the team reached third place in the tournament, which was played in purely group games. He made a total of 21 international matches during his membership in Uruguay's U-20 national team and scored six goals. With the good performance in the U-20 national team, Lodeiro made a name for himself among those responsible for the senior national team in Uruguay .

A national team

In November 2009 Lodeiro was finally appointed to the senior team by Uruguayan head coach Óscar Tabárez . Lodeiro finally made his debut on November 14, 2009 in the relegation first leg after the World Cup qualification against Costa Rica , when he was on the pitch from the start and was replaced by Jorge Marcelo Rodríguez from the 61st minute of the game . The game ended in a 1-0 Uruguayan away win. In his second appearance only four days later in the second leg against Costa Rica, he and the team fixed participation in the 2010 World Cup , as the team's second leg draw was 1-1 enough for qualification.

In May 2010, Lodeiro was nominated by Tabárez in Uruguay's provisional 30-man squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and remained in his home country's final 23-man squad after some players were deleted. In the first group game of the Uruguayan national team at the World Cup 2010 on June 11, 2010 against the team of France, he was substituted in the 63rd minute and received in the 81st minute from the Japanese referee Yūichi Nishimura for repeated foul play the yellow-red card . He also came on as a substitute in the tournament in the round of 16 against South Korea and the quarter-finals with Ghana . However, he missed the semi-finals due to a fracture in his right foot in the game against Ghana. In 2011 he won the 2011 Copa América with Celeste . At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil , he was again part of the Uruguayan squad. He is also a member of the Uruguayan squad at the 2015 Copa America .

Including his last appearance on June 25, 2019, he made 60 international matches (five goals) for his home country.

Olympic team

Lodeiro, who was part of the Uruguayan squad at the 2012 Olympic soccer tournament , made his debut on July 11, 2012 in the pre-Olympic game against Chile, making a total of six international matches for this selection.

Awards

As part of the honors of the best Uruguayan athletes of the period 2009-2010 ("Deportista del Año"), he was honored on March 28, 2011 by the Comité Olímpico Uruguayo in the Teatro Solís as the best athlete of 2009 in the "Football" category.

successes

society

With Nacional

  • U-17 champions
  • U-20 champions
  • Winner of the Liguilla Pre-Libertadores 2008
  • Master of Torneo Apertura 2008
  • Champion of the Uruguayan Primera División 2008/09
  • Master of Torneo Apertura 2009

With Ajax

With botafogo

With Boca Juniors

With the Seattle Sounders

National team

  • Copa America 2011

Play style

The comparison with the world footballer of 2009, Lionel Messi, is no coincidence. With his talent, good physique and well-developed game intelligence, left-footed Lodeiro is very similar to the Argentine star striker. According to Daniel Enríquez , the sports director of Nacional Montevideo, the barely 1.73 m tall Lodeiro has a great shot and is a very good pass and cross giver.

Web links / sources

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ "Fallció el papá de Nico Lodeiro - Fuerza Nico" (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Soy celestito, celestito soy yo (Spanish) in El País of June 11, 2010, accessed on November 12, 2013
  4. ↑ Copa Libertadores de América 2008 on rsssf.com (English), accessed on June 5, 2010
  5. ↑ a b Uruguay 2008/09 on rsssf.com (English), accessed on June 5, 2010
  6. ↑ Copa Libertadores de América 2009 on rsssf.com (English), accessed on June 5, 2010
  7. ↑ Uruguay - Torneo Apertura 2009 on rsssf.com (English), accessed on June 5, 2010
  8. ↑ a b Negociación histórica (Spanish), accessed June 5, 2010
  9. ^ Ajax sign Nicolas Lodeiro , accessed on June 5, 2010
  10. ↑ Lodeiro can begin ( Memento of the original dated February 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Dutch), accessed June 5, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ajax.nl
  11. ↑ Ajax contracteert Nicolás Lodeiro ( Memento of the original from January 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Dutch), accessed June 5, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ajax.nl
  12. ↑ Ajax wint met 3-0 van FC Twente ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Dutch), accessed June 5, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ajax.nl
  13. ↑ Netherlands 2009/10 - Eredivisie on rsssf.com (English), accessed June 5, 2010
  14. ↑ Ajacieden honored in ArenA ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Dutch), accessed June 5, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ajax.nl
  15. ↑ Netherlands 2009/10 - KNVB Beker on rsssf.com (English), accessed on June 5, 2010
  16. ↑ Ajax laat Go Ahead simpel achter zich ( Memento of the original from March 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Dutch), accessed June 5, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ajax.nl
  17. ^ ESPN statistics profile , accessed May 17, 2014
  18. ↑ El uruguayo Nicolás Lodeiro firma con el Corinthians hasta 2018 (Spanish) on mundodeportivo.com from May 30, 2014, accessed on November 14, 2014
  19. ↑ Profile on fichajes.com , accessed on November 14, 2014
  20. ↑ Nicolás Lodeiro firmó su contrato y es el séptimo refuerzo de Boca (Spanish) of February 5, 2015, accessed on February 5, 2015
  21. ↑ Seattle Sounders sign Uruguay midfielder Nicolas Lodeiro from Boca Juniors (English) on mlssoccer.com on July 27, 2016, accessed on July 27, 2016
  22. ↑ Nico, the ten (Spanish) on futbol.com.uy of July 27, 2016, accessed on July 27, 2016
  23. ↑ theguardian.com: Seattle Sounders win the MLS Cup after penalty shootout - as it happened , February 20, 2017, accessed June 26, 2020
  24. ↑ soundersfc.com: 2019 MLS CUP CHAMPIONS! , accessed on June 26, 2020
  25. ↑ Unstoppable Brazil , accessed June 5, 2010
  26. ↑ FIFA (Ed.): FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009 - Technical Report and Statistics . Zurich 2009, p. 159
  27. ↑ XXIV Sudamericano Juvenil 2009 (Venezuela) on rsssf.com (English), accessed on June 5, 2010
  28. ↑ "Urus" celebrate away victory , accessed on June 5, 2010
  29. ↑ Costa Rica - Uruguay (0: 1) , accessed June 5, 2010
  30. ↑ "Urus" buy last ticket , accessed on June 5, 2010
  31. ↑ PDF file with all preliminary 30-man squads of the 2010 World Cup participants , accessed on May 26, 2010
  32. ↑ Match report Uruguay - France , accessed on June 12, 2010
  33. ↑ Uruguay's Lodeiro is canceled - Lugano questionable , accessed on July 7, 2010
  34. ↑ Statistical data on international appearances in the Uruguayan national team on rsssf.com (as of June 24, 2015), accessed on July 18, 2015
  35. ↑ Uruguay - International Matches 2011-2015 on rsssf.com (as of November 19, 2015), accessed on December 7, 2015
  36. ↑ profile on www.auf.org.uy , accessed on August 31, 2013
  37. ↑ El Comité Olímpico premió a los mejores deportistas  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) in El Observador, March 29, 2011, accessed March 15, 2014@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.elobservador.com.uy  
  38. ↑ CEREMONIA “DEPORTISTA DEL AÑO 2009-2010” ( Memento of January 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish) at www.cou.org.uy, accessed on March 15, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Lodeiro, Nicolás
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lodeiro Benítez, Marcelo Nicolás (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Paysandú , Uruguay