Facundo Barceló Viera (born 31 March 1993), known as Facundo Barceló, is a Uruguayan

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who plays as a

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for

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. He previously played domestically for

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and

El Tanque Sisley El Tanque Sisley is a football club from Montevideo in Uruguay. They currently play in the Uruguayan 3rd Division. The club were founded in 1955 with the name ''Club Atlético El Tanque'', on December 15, 1981 the club were amalgamated with '' ...

Life and career

Barceló was born in

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, Uruguay. He came through the youth system at

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-based club

, and made his first-team debut on 24 February 2013, aged 19, as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 opening-day defeat against

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in the

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. He scored his first goal in his fourth appearance, in a 3–3 draw away to Bella Vista, and in the next match, he scored a

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to help his team beat River Plate 4–2. He finished the 2012–13 Clausura with five goals from twelve appearances, which made him the club's joint top scorer (with

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). He scored six goals in the 2013–14 season, which ended in

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to the

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. After scoring once from five substitute appearances in the first half of the following season, Barceló joined

on a six-month loan. He played eleven matches and scored once, in a 4–2 defeat of

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on the final day of the 2015 Clausura; the result confirmed that El Tanque Sisley stayed in the Primera and their opponents were relegated. In his absence, Liverpool had won the

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title and returned to the Primera. Barceló made seven appearances (one start) in the 2015 Apertura, but in January 2016 he was allowed to leave for another Primera team,

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. He made a scoring debut on the opening day of the campaign against Danubio, albeit in a losing cause, when a shot hit the crossbar and he headed home the rebound, scored again the following week with a

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awarded when he himself was fouled, and finished the season as the club's top scorer with six goals from eleven appearances. In August 2016, Barceló joined

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club

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on loan with an option to purchase. He made his debut on 18 September as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 draw with River Plate in the Estadio Monumental, He top-scored (jointly with

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) for San Martín in the 2016–17 Primera División with five goals. Barceló was reported to be a transfer target for

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club O'Higgins in July 2017, but he signed a two-year contract extension with San Martín.

Honours

Liverpool *

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: 2014–15 Ceará *

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: 2024

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barcelo, Facundo 1993 births Living people People from Florida Department Men's association football forwards Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) players El Tanque Sisley players Juventud de Las Piedras players San Martín de San Juan footballers Club Atlético Patronato footballers Atlas F.C. footballers C.S. Emelec footballers O'Higgins F.C. footballers Club Guaraní players Ceará Sporting Club players Uruguayan Primera División players Uruguayan Segunda División players Argentine Primera División players Liga MX players Ecuadorian Serie A players Chilean Primera División players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil