Facundo Píriz

Facundo Julián Píriz González[lower-alpha 1] (born 27 March 1990), commonly known as Facundo Píriz (American Spanish: [faˈkundo ˈpiɾis]), is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Rapid București.

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
Place of birth	Tarariras, Uruguay
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Rapid București
Number	22
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2012	Nacional	60	(2)
2013–2018	Akhmat Grozny	69	(3)
2017–2018	→ Montpellier (loan)	15	(0)
2018–2019	Montpellier	6	(0)
2019–	Rapid București	6	(0)
National team^‡
2008–2009	Uruguay U-20	3	(0)
2011	Uruguay U-22	5	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 December 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 January 2012

Career

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

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

Club

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	0	—		—		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	2018–2019	Ligue 1	6	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		7	0
Career total			150	5	8	0	5	0	14	0	0	0	177	5

Honours

Nacional

• Uruguayan League: 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12

Notes

1. This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Píriz and the second or maternal family name is González.

References

1. "Terek Sign Uruguayan Piriz in €2.8m Deal". ria,ru. 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.

External links

• Facundo Julian Piriz at BDFA (in Spanish)
• Facundo Píriz at Soccerway