Facundo Julián Píriz González[a] (born 27 March 1990), commonly known as Facundo Píriz (Latin American Spanish: [faˈkundo ˈpiɾis]), is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Deportivo Maldonado.

Facundo Píriz
Píriz with Terek Grozny in 2016
Personal information
Full name Facundo Julián Píriz González
Date of birth (1990-03-27) 27 March 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Tarariras, Uruguay
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Deportivo Maldonado
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Nacional 60 (2)
2013–2018 Akhmat Grozny 69 (3)
2017–2018Montpellier (loan) 15 (0)
2017–2018Montpellier B (loan) 1 (0)
2018–2019 Montpellier 6 (0)
2018–2019Montpellier B 5 (0)
2019–2020 Rapid București 6 (0)
2020 Club Plaza 20 (2)
2021 Nacional 12 (0)
2022– Deportivo Maldonado 0 (0)
International career
2008–2009 Uruguay U-20 3 (0)
2011 Uruguay U-22 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:02, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Career

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Born in Tarariras, Uruguay, Píriz started his career with Nacional.

In January 2013 he signed a 4.5-year contract with Terek Grozny, of the Russian Premier League, from Nacional for €2.8 million.[1]

On 28 July 2017, he signed with the French club Montpellier on a one-year loan deal with option to purchase.[2] Montpellier officially exercised the purchase option on 18 April 2018.[3]

On 25 September 2019, he signed a one-year contract with Romanian club Rapid București.[4]

International career

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Píriz was part of Uruguay's under-20 squad in the 2009 South American Youth Championship.

He also played in Uruguay's under-22 squad at the 2011 Pan American Games.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 1 July 2019[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nacional 2009–10 Uruguayan Primera División 1 0 1 0
2010–11 21 1 21 1
2011–12 28 1 11 0 34 1
2012–13 10 0 3 0 13 0
Total 60 2 0 0 - - 14 0 0 0 74 2
Terek Grozny 2012–13 Russian Premier League 6 1 0 0 6 1
2013–14 15 0 1 0 16 0
2014–15 11 0 1 0 12 0
2015–16 11 1 3 0 14 1
2016–17 26 1 2 0 28 1
Total 69 3 7 0 - - - - - - 76 3
Montpellier (loan) 2017–2018 Ligue 1 15 0 1 0 4 0 20 0
Montpellier II (loan) 2017–2018 Championnat National 3 1 0 1 0
Montpellier 2018–2019 Ligue 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
2019–2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 6 0 0 0 1 0 - - - - 7 0
Montpellier II 2018–2019 Championnat National 3 4 0 4 0
2019–2020 1 0 1 0
Total 5 0 - - - - - - - - 5 0
Rapid București 2019–20 Liga I 6 0 0 0 6 0
Club Plaza 2020 Uruguayan Primera División 20 2 0 0 2 0 20 2
Nacional 2021 Uruguayan Primera División 1 0 0 0 4 0 5 0
Career total 183 7 8 0 5 0 20 0 0 0 211 7

Honours

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Nacional

Notes

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  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Píriz and the second or maternal family name is González.

References

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  1. ^ "Terek Sign Uruguayan Piriz in €2.8m Deal". ria,ru. 20 January 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ^ "FACUNDO PÍRIZ NOUVEAU PAILLADIN" (in French). Montpellier HSC. 28 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Facundo Piriz officially signs" (in French). Montpellier HSC. 18 April 2018.
  4. ^ "FACUNDO PIRIZ A SEMNAT CU RAPID" (in Romanian). Rapid București. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  5. ^ "F. PÍRIZ". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
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