Facundo Julián Píriz González (born 27 March 1990), commonly known as Facundo Píriz (), is a Uruguayan professional

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who plays as a defensive midfielder for

Deportivo Maldonado Club Deportivo Maldonado is a football club from Maldonado, Uruguay. They currently play in the Uruguayan Primera División following their promotion from the Uruguayan Segunda División at the end of the 2019 season. History Club Deportivo M ...

Career

Born in

Tarariras Tarariras, is a small city in the south of the Colonia Department of southern Uruguay. Geography The city is located on the junction of Route 50 with Route 22, about north of the later's junction with Route 1, which is east-northeast of Colon ...

, Uruguay, Píriz started his career with

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. In January 2013 he signed a 4.5-year contract with

Terek Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

, of the Russian Premier League, from Nacional for €2.8 million. On 28 July 2017, he signed with the French club

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on a one-year loan deal with option to purchase. Montpellier officially exercised the purchase option on 18 April 2018. On 25 September 2019, he signed a one-year contract with Romanian club

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International career

Píriz was part of Uruguay's under-20 squad in the

2009 South American Youth Championship The 2009 South American Youth Championship (Sudamericano sub-20) was a football competition for national teams U-20 who are associated with the football federation CONMEBOL. It was the 24th time the tournament was held and took place in Venezuela ...

. He also played in Uruguay's under-22 squad at the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Nacional * Uruguayan League: 2008–09,

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, 2011–12

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* * 1990 births Living people Footballers from Colonia Department Men's association football midfielders Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Uruguay men's under-20 international footballers Pan American Games medalists in football Pan American Games bronze medalists for Uruguay Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Club Nacional de Football players FC Akhmat Grozny players Montpellier HSC players FC Rapid București players Club Plaza Colonia de Deportes players Deportivo Maldonado players Uruguayan Primera División players Russian Premier League players Ligue 1 players Liga II players Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Russia Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in France Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Romania {{Uruguay-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub