Gustavo Varela

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Gustavo Varela
Personal information

Full name	Gustavo Antonio Varela Rodríguez
Date of birth	(1978-05-14) 14 May 1978
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)^[1]
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Cerro
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1998–2002	Nacional	118	(28)
2002–2009	FC Schalke 04	82	(8)
2003	FC Schalke 04 II	4	(2)
2009–2011	Nacional	20	(9)
2010–2011	→ Quilmes (loan)	21	(0)
2011–2012	Cerro	21	(1)
2013–	Cerro	4	(0)
National team^‡
2000–2006	Uruguay	24	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 October 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:53, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Varela and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Gustavo Antonio Varela Rodríguez (born 14 May 1978) is a Uruguayan football player who currently plays for C.A. Cerro. Varela is a versatile right sided player who also "can be played as a lone striker, behind the front two" or at the heart of midfield.^[2]

Career

Varela started his career in Nacional in Uruguay, and played between 2002 and 2008 for FC Schalke 04 in Germany. After his contract with Schalke 04 expired in January 2009, Varela returned to Nacional.^[3]

Varela transferred to Argentina to play for recently promoted Quilmes in the 2010-11 Argentine Primera División season.^[4]

International career

Varela made 24 appearances for the Uruguay national football team,^[5] and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.^[6]

References

↑ "Player Profile". Club Atletico Cerro. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
↑ "Player Profile". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
↑ ""Heimweh" in Uruguay: Zu Besuch bei Darío Rodríguez und Gustavo Varela" ["Homesick" in Uruguay: Visiting Darío Rodríguez and Gustavo Varela] (in German). FC Schalke 04. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
↑ "Morales y Varela llegan a Quilmes". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). 18 June 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
↑ Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando (1 May 2009). "Uruguay - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
↑ Gustavo Varela – FIFA competition record

External links

Gustavo Varela at National-Football-Teams.com
Statistics at ESPN Soccernet

v t e Uruguay squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup

1 Carini 2 Méndez 3 Lembo 4 Montero (c) 5 García 6 Rodríguez 7 Guigou 8 Varela 9 Silva 10 O'Neill 11 Magallanes 12 Munúa 13 Abreu 14 Sorondo 15 Olivera 16 Romero 17 Regueiro 18 Morales 19 Bizera 20 Recoba 21 Forlán 22 De los Santos 23 Elduayen Coach: Púa

v t e Uruguay squad – 2004 Copa América Third Place

1 Viera 2 Bizera 3 Darío Rodríguez 4 Montero (c) 5 Sosa 6 Lago 7 Varela 8 Pouso 9 Silva 10 Parodi 11 Cristian Rodríguez 12 Barbat 13 Estoyanoff 14 Guillermo Rodríguez 15 Pérez 16 Delgado 17 Diogo 18 Morales 19 Martínez 20 Bueno 21 Forlán 22 Sánchez Coach: Fossati

v t e C.A. Cerro – current squad

1 Rocchi 2 Duarte 3 Lago 4 Melo 5 De León 6 Curbelo 7 Abisab 8 Alonso 9 Silveira 10 Varela 11 Urruti 12 Medina 13 Dadómo 15 Rodrigo 16 Leites 17 Gagnebin 18 Montes 19 Acuña 20 Aguilar 21 Mieres 22 Reymundes 25 Odriozola 28 Pereira Cubero De los Santos Grossmüller Méndez Rodríguez Juninho Manager: Baltierra

Persondata
Name	Varela, Gustavo
Alternative names
Short description	Uruguayan footballer
Date of birth	14 May 1978
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death
Place of death

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