Giorgian Daniel de Arrascaeta Benedetti (; born 1 June 1994) is a Uruguayan professional

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who plays as an

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for

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club

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and the Uruguay national team. De Arrascaeta played for Uruguay U20 and has been a member of the senior team since 2014. He represented the nation at the

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and

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, as well as the

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and

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Club career

Defensor Sporting

De Arrascaeta debuted for

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in the

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in October 2012, four months after his 18th birthday. He was a member of the team as it won the 2013 Clausura championship, and played in the

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, a 3–1 loss to

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Cruzeiro

De Arrascaeta's performances for Defensor in its run to the semi-finals of the

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attracted the Brazilian champions Cruzeiro. On 17 January 2015 Cruzeiro secured de Arrascaeta signing by agreeing to pay

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4 million (R$12 million) to acquire 50% of his economic rights. In Cruzeiro, de Arrascaeta formed what became known as "La Banda", along with former Vélez Sarsfield stars Lucas Romero and

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. This trio, along with fellow stars

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and

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helped Cruzeiro win the

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, and

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, scoring decisive goals in all three finals. On 4 February 2018 Cruzeiro won 1–0 against América Mineiro at

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, in a

match. De Arrascaeta scored the only goal of the match with a volley kick, later that year he received his first nomination to the

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for that goal.

Flamengo

During

preseason

began to show interest in de Arrascaeta. On 3 January 2019, he didn't show up on training sessions after the summer break trying to force his exit from Cruzeiro. Claiming to receive thousands of insults, on 7 January 2019, Cruzeiro's and Flamengo's representatives went to Uruguay to resolve the problem: on 8 January, the transfer was completed for a record

15million, or R$63 million, the biggest transfer in Brazilian football history. On 12 January he was announced as a new player, becoming Flamengo's biggest transfer fee paid at that time, signing a five year deal. Against

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in the second match under

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management de Arrascaeta scored a hat trick, with all of his goals scored in the first half, in the 6–1 win at

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on 14 July 2019. On 25 August 2019 de Arrascaeta scored on beautiful

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, after a Rafinha cross, in a 3–0 win against

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at Castelão. With that goal he won the

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award and also has been nominated to the

for the second time in his career. On 23 November 2019 de Arrascaeta assisted

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on Flamengo's first goal in the

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, Flamengo won 2–1 over River Plate. Less than 24 hours later, Flamengo became champions of the

, with de Arrascaeta netting 14 assists and leading the league for the second time in his career. On 25 February 2022 de Arrascaeta extended his contract with Flamengo until 31 December 2026. De Arrascaeta finished the 2022 season in high level being named to Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year for the second time in his career and to the Bola de Prata for the third time. On 28 February 2023, the second leg of the 2023 Recopa Sudamericana was played at the

with a season record attendance of 71,411. Flamengo won 1–0, de Arrascaeta scored the winning goal on the last play of the match on the 96th minute. The score forced

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which remained scoreless. Ironically de Arrascaeta missed the only penalty kick in the shootout as

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won 5–4 and lifted the trophy for the first time.

International career

After scoring twice for

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as they finished runners-up at the

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, De Arrascaeta made his debut for the Uruguay senior team in a friendly match against

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in September 2014. He assisted the only goal of the game, scored by José Giménez, in the 1–0 win in

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. De Arrascaeta was included in Uruguay's squad for the

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by coach

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. He was assigned the prestigious number 10 shirt, previously worn by national team legend

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. On 6 June 2015, de Arrascaeta scored his first senior international goal during a 5–1 pre-tournament friendly win over

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. De Arrascaeta made his tournament debut as a 64th-minute substitute as Uruguay defeated

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1–0 in their opening group match on 13 June. In May 2018 he was named in Uruguay's provisional 26-man

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for the

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in Russia. On 10 June 2021, de Arrascaeta was confirmed in the

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final squad. On 2 December 2022, de Arrascaeta scored both goals in a 2–0 victory over

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, in the last match of group stage in the

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in Qatar. This was not enough to qualify Uruguay to the knockout stage as

won 2–1 against

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, advancing from the group stage on four goals scored in the group stage compared to Uruguay’s two.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first.''

Honours

; ;Defensor *

: 2012–13 Clausura ;Cruzeiro *

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;Flamengo *

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Individual *

Team of the Year:

* Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year:

* Bola de Prata:

Team of the Tournament:

* South American Team of the Year:

, 2022

Personal life

De Arrascaeta is Roman Catholic. He is of Basque and Italian descent.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arrascaeta, Giorgian de 1994 births Living people People from Río Negro Department Uruguayan Roman Catholics Uruguayan footballers Men's association football midfielders Defensor Sporting players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players CR Flamengo footballers Uruguayan Primera División players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Copa Libertadores-winning players Uruguay men's under-20 international footballers Uruguay men's international footballers 2015 Copa América players 2018 FIFA World Cup players 2019 Copa América players 2021 Copa América players 2022 FIFA World Cup players Uruguayan expatriate footballers Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate footballers in Brazil