Jonathan Matías Urretaviscaya da Luz (born 19 March 1990) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo) as a right winger.

Club career

Born in

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to a father of Basque descent, Urretaviscaya started off his career with hometown's Club Atlético River Plate. His

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debut came one month shy of his 18th birthday as he scored in a 2–0 win against

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in the '' Clausuras first game, and he eventually netted nine goals overall for the runners-up. Urretaviscaya signed a contract with Portuguese club S.L. Benfica on 2 July 2008, for a fee of €1.5 million, being rarely used in his debut season. In January 2010, after having made almost no official appearances during the campaign – his only

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game was against

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as his team had many players missing due to injuries and suspensions, and he put up a good performance in a 1–0 home win for the eventual champions– he was loaned to Peñarol for five months, thus returning to his country. In late June 2010, Urretaviscaya was loaned to Deportivo de La Coruña in a season-long move. In the following transfer window, however, he returned to Peñarol in the same situation. For 2011–12, Urretaviscaya returned to Portugal, being loaned to Vitória S.C. while also renewing his contract until 2015. He went on to miss most of the campaign, due to injury. Subsequently, returned to the Estádio da Luz, Urretaviscaya spent the better part of the following two seasons with the B team. On 1 September 2014 he terminated his contract with Benfica and penned a one-year deal with F.C. Paços de Ferreira. Urretaviscaya re-joined Peñarol for a third spell on 23 January 2015, after signing for six months. He was on the move again the following June, joining C.F. Pachuca in the Mexican

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International career

Urretaviscaya was part of the Uruguayan squad that competed in the

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, held in London. He earned his first cap for the full side on 28 March 2017: after having come on as a second-half substitute for Carlos Sánchez, he received two yellow cards in 11 minutes and was thus sent off, in a 1–2 away loss to Peru for the

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qualifiers. On 2 June 2018, Urretaviscaya was selected for the finals in Russia by manager Óscar Tabárez. He made his debut in the competition on 6 July, playing 17 minutes in the 2–0 quarter-final defeat against France after replacing

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Benfica *

: 2009–10 *

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: 2009–10 * UEFA Europa League runner-up:

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Peñarol * Uruguayan Primera División: 2009–10 *

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runner-up:

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Pachuca *

: Clausura 2016 *

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: 2016–17 Monterrey *Liga MX: Apertura 2019 *CONCACAF Champions League:

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Individual *

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: Bronze Ball

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National team data
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Urretaviscaya, Jonathan 1990 births Living people Uruguayan people of Basque descent Uruguayan footballers Footballers from Montevideo Association football wingers Uruguayan Primera División players Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo) players Peñarol players C.A. Rentistas players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players S.L. Benfica footballers Vitória S.C. players S.L. Benfica B players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players La Liga players Deportivo de La Coruña players Liga MX players C.F. Pachuca players C.F. Monterrey players Uruguay youth international footballers Uruguay under-20 international footballers Uruguay international footballers 2018 FIFA World Cup players Olympic footballers of Uruguay Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Uruguayan expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Mexico Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Mexico