Yordan Hernando Osorio Paredes (; born 10 May 1994) is a Venezuelan professional

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who plays as a

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for Serie A club Parma and the Venezuela national team. Formed at

Zamora FC Zamora Fútbol Club is a Venezuelan football club in Barinas. History Zamora Fútbol Club was founded in 2002. After being in the Second Division for several years the club was promoted to the First Division after finishing as runners-up in th ...

, he spent most of his career in Europe, representing Tondela, Porto and Vitória de Guimarães in the Portuguese

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in the Russian Premier League and Parma in Serie A in Italy. He won a league and

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on loan at Zenit in 2020. A full international for Venezuela from 2017, Osorio represented the nation at the

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Club career

Zamora / Tondela

Born in Barinas, Osorio began his career at hometown club

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in the Venezuelan Primera División, where he won three league titles. In January 2017, he joined

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in Portugal's

on a contract lasting until 2021. Osorio made his debut for Tondela on 22 January 2017 in a 4–0 loss at S.L. Benfica, as a 79th-minute substitute for Fernando Ferreira. Six days later, he started at home to

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and scored his first goal to open a 2–0 win. In late April, he scored in consecutive wins over

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and

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at the Estádio João Cardoso, as his team avoided relegation on goal difference over

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Porto

On 31 January 2018, Osorio moved to league leaders

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on loan for the remainder of the season with an option to buy. He made only one appearance as the ''Dragons'' won the title, a 2–0 loss at

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on 2 April, starting in place of the suspended

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; a communication error with his defensive partner Felipe led to the first goal. Having signed a Porto contract lasting until 2022, Osorio moved on loan to Vitória S.C. on 5 July 2018 for the season. He played 30 total matches for the team from

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and scored twice, including one on 19 May 2019 on the final day of the season to win 3–1 at neighbours

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to seal fifth place, qualifying for the UEFA Europa League at their expense. On 31 August 2019, Osorio was loaned to

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for the season, with the option to buy. He made his debut on 17 September in the UEFA Champions League opening group game away to

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, a 1–1 draw. His team won the

of Russian Premier League and Russian Cup, though he played only seven times in the former and missed the latter final win over

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Parma

Osorio left Porto on 5 October 2020, when he joined Italy's

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on a four-year deal for an estimated fee of €4 million. He made his debut on 7 November in the seventh game of the Serie A season, a goalless home draw with

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, and finished with 23 appearances as his team were relegated. In 2024 he is promoted to Serie A with his team.

International career

Osorio was first called up for Venezuela in May 2017, for friendlies against the United States and Ecuador. He made his debut on 4 June in a 1–1 draw with the Americans at the Rio Tinto Stadium in Utah, replacing José Manuel Velázquez after 56 minutes. Manager Rafael Dudamel called up Osorio to his 23-man squad for the

in Brazil. He played one of their four matches as they reached the quarter-finals, a goalless draw with the hosts in the second group match on 18 June. Osorio was one of several Venezuelan players to miss the

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through injury.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

;Zamora * Venezuelan Primera División: 2013–14,

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;Porto *

: 2017–18 ;Zenit Saint Petersburg * Russian Premier League: 2019–20 * Russian Cup: 2019–20 ;Parma * Serie B: 2023–24 ;Venezuela * Kirin Cup: 2019

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Osorio, Yordan 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Barinas (state) Venezuelan men's footballers Venezuela men's international footballers Men's association football central defenders Venezuelan Primera División players Primeira Liga players Russian Premier League players Serie A players Serie B players Zamora F.C. players C.D. Tondela players FC Porto players Vitória S.C. players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players Parma Calcio 1913 players Venezuelan expatriate men's footballers Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy 2019 Copa América players 2024 Copa América players