Jeremía Alexandre Recoba Perrone (born 8 October 2003) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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. Born in Italy, he is a dual citizen with Uruguay.

Early life

Recoba was born in

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, Italy. His father,

Álvaro Recoba Álvaro Alexánder Recoba Rivero (; born 17 March 1976; nickname "El Chino"

, was a long-term Uruguay international footballer who spent most of his career in Italy, primarily with

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. His mother is Lorena Perrone, who is of Italian descent. His half-brother Julio Recoba is also a footballer. While the most common spelling of the name

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in Spanish is ''Jeremías'', Recoba's father wrote the name incorrectly on his birth certificate.

Club career

Nacional

After playing in the youth ranks of

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, Recoba signed for

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in 2021; his father had made the same move in 1996. In September 2023, he signed his first professional contract at Nacional, to last through 2024. Recoba made his professional debut on 29 October 2023 in a 4–0

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win over Potencia. On the opening day of the 2024 season, he played the last eight minutes as a substitute for Mauricio Pereyra. On 28 February, he was given a surprise first start in a

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group game at home to Venezuela's

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also at the

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, winning 2–0. On 20 April 2024, Recoba scored his first goal in his 14th match – a 6–2 home win over

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in the domestic league – having already registered two assists in his career. Four days later, he netted again in a 2–1 Libertadores group win over another Venezuelan opponent,

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; he was congratulated for this feat by former Nacional player

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Las Palmas

On 19 July 2025, Recoba joined Spanish club

on a three-year contract. The

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club bought 50% of his economic rights for an initial fee of

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750,000, with the fee set to double if the club won promotion to

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or he was sold before the end of his contract.

International career

Recoba is eligible to represent

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at international level. He has stated he would only play for the latter.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Recoba, Jeremia 2003 births Living people Uruguayan men's footballers Sportspeople of Italian descent Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Como Danubio F.C. players Club Nacional de Football players UD Las Palmas players Uruguayan Primera División players Italian people of Uruguayan descent Sportspeople of Uruguayan descent Italian emigrants to Uruguay Naturalized citizens of Uruguay Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain