Rodrigo Bentancur
Uruguayan footballer (born 1997) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rodrigo Bentancur Colman (born 25 June 1997) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Uruguay national team.
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Full name | Rodrigo Bentancur Colman[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1997-06-25) 25 June 1997 (age 26)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Nueva Helvecia, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Tottenham Hotspur | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2009–2015 | Boca Juniors | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Boca Juniors | 51 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2022 | Juventus | 133 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Tottenham Hotspur | 58 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2017 | Uruguay U20 | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2017– | Uruguay | 59 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:27, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2024 |
Bentancur started his career in the youth system of Argentine side Boca Juniors in 2009. He was promoted to the senior squad in 2015, winning two Primera División titles and a Copa Argentina with the team. He was then signed by Italian club Juventus in 2017, where he won three consecutive Serie A titles, among other trophies. In January 2022, Bentancur joined Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.
At international level, Bentancur was a member of the Uruguay U20 squad that won the 2017 South American U-20 Championship. He made his senior debut for Uruguay in 2017, representing the side at the FIFA World Cup in 2018 and 2022 and the Copa América in 2019 and 2021.