Carlos Javier Grossmüller (born 4 May 1983) is a Uruguayan

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and former player who played as a

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Career

Born in

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, Uruguay, Grossmüller began his footballing career in 1988, at the age of five, as a youth player with his local team, Ombu. In 2002, he made his professional debut for

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Danubio Danubio Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan association football, football club based in Jardines del Hipódromo, Montevideo that currently plays in the Uruguayan Primera División. Founded in 1945, the club's home stadium is Jardines del Hipódromo Ma ...

, making mostly substitute appearances for the next two seasons, but being part of the 2004 championship team. In 2004, he was sent on loan to

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to gain experience, where he made six appearances in the Segunda División Uruguay before going back to Danubio. During the next two seasons at Danubio, he went on to play 52 league games, netted 13 goals, and won two more titles, (2006 Apertura, 2007 Clausura) which prompted interest from German side

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. Schalke later signed him in the summer of 2007 on a four-year contrac. His first goal in the

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, a free kick against

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, went on to be nominated as "Goal of the Month" in German television. On 31 August 2009, he returned to his former club Danubio on loan until 30 June 2010. On 30 July 2010, he was signed by newly promoted

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. After Lecce were relegated at the end of the 2011–12 season, he returned to Uruguay and joined

Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (), more commonly referred to as Peñarol, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo. The club currently competes in the Uruguayan Primera División, the highest tier in Uruguayan football. The nam ...

on 22 August 2012. In 2013, he joined Cerro and played with them until 2014. He made another return to Danubio in 2018 and left the club in 2020.

International career

He made his début with the Uruguay national team against

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in 2003.

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* Living people 1983 births Footballers from Montevideo Men's association football midfielders Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguay men's international footballers Danubio F.C. players Centro Atlético Fénix players FC Schalke 04 players FC Schalke 04 II players US Lecce players Peñarol players C.A. Cerro players Club Universitario de Deportes footballers Sandefjord Fotball players Uruguayan Primera División players Bundesliga players Serie A players Eliteserien players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Peru Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Uruguayan people of German descent Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Italy Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Peru Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Norway Uruguayan football managers C.A. Bella Vista managers 21st-century Uruguayan sportsmen {{Uruguay-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub