Uruguayan football player

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Reading: Lucas Torreira

Torreira and the second or maternal family name is Di Pascua. In this spanish name, the first or paternal surname isand the second or maternal family name is Lucas Sebastián Torreira Di Pascua ( spanish pronunciation : [ ˈlukas toˈrejɾa ] ; born 11 February 1996 ) is a uruguayan professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Fiorentina, on loanword from Arsenal. He represents the Uruguay home team .

Club career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

Torreira started his youth football career at hometown club I.A. 18 de Julio of Fray Bentos. In 2013, at historic period 16, he joined Montevideo Wanderers ‘ youth team, before moving to Italy where he joined Pescara ‘s young team in January 2015. [ 3 ] Torreira playing for Pescara in 2014

Pescara [edit ]

Before the 2014–15 temper, Torreira was called up for Pescara ‘s first team and, on 25 October 2014, he sat on the terrace for the first clock time. He made his senior debut in Serie B on 16 May 2015 against Varese, playing the game as a appetizer. He played 58 minutes before being replaced by Matteo Politano .

Sampdoria [edit ]

On 1 July 2015, Torreira was transferred to Sampdoria for €1.5 million, but he remained with Pescara on lend for the 2015–16 temper to gain first-team know. [ 4 ] On 2 July, his loanword to Pescara became official. [ 5 ] On 9 August 2015, Torreira scored his first professional finish against F.C. Südtirol in the 2015–16 Coppa Italia. After the Pescara loan ended, Torreira returned to Sampdoria on 1 July 2016. On 21 August 2016, Torreira made his Serie A debut in their opening game against Empoli at the Stadio Carlo Castellani. [ 6 ] He started the game and played the stallion match. [ citation needed ] He became a regular for Sampdoria in the 2016–17 season, and continued showing his importance to the team in the 2017–18 season ; scoring vital goals, including the second base goal in Sampdoria ‘s 3–2 win over Juventus in November. [ 7 ]

arsenal [edit ]

On 10 July 2018, Torreira joined English club Arsenal for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £26 million. [ 8 ] Torreira was given the count 11 shirt, previously worn by Mesut Özil, who took the vacant number 10 following the passing of Jack Wilshere. [ 9 ]

2018–19 : debut season, european runner-up [edit ]

Torreira made his Premier League debut on 12 August, coming on as a substitute on the seventieth minute in a 2–0 get the better of to Manchester City. [ 10 ] Torreira registered his first base help of the season, by setting up Alexandre Lacazette ‘s winning finish in a 3–2 succeed over Cardiff City. [ 11 ] Torreira made his full-debut and his Europa League debut for Arsenal in the 4–2 win over FC Vorskla Poltava on 2 September, before being replaced in the 57th moment by Matteo Guendouzi. [ 12 ] Torreira ‘s performance in Arsenal ‘s 1–1 draw with Liverpool drew particularly high praise from fans and pundits alike, picking up the man-of-the-match award. [ 13 ] On 2 December, Torreira scored his beginning Arsenal goal and picked up another man-of-the-match award against Tottenham Hotspur when he latched on to a happen from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to slot the ball past Hugo Lloris to give Arsenal a fourth goal in a 4–2 North London bowler hat victory. A week late, on 8 December, Torreira scored a late 83rd-minute winner against Huddersfield Town with a bicycle recoil, giving him his second goal in adenine many games at the Emirates Stadium. In the couple, Torreira was besides awarded his fifth straight Arsenal man of the Match performance. [ 14 ] Torreira was dismissed in arrest time during the club ‘s rearward regular against Tottenham at Wembley after a former challenge on Danny Rose. The match ended 1–1 and it was Torreira ‘s first bolshevik card for Arsenal ; although Arsenal attempted to appeal the banish, their attract was rejected by the FA, which meant that Torreira ‘s ban would still result in a three-match ban. As a solution, Torreira would miss Arsenal ‘s games against Manchester United, Newcastle United and Everton. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] ESPN ‘s Bill Barnwell named Torreira the third gear best sign of the Premier League season. [ 17 ]

2019–20 : FA Cup win [edit ]

Torreira made his first appearance of the season in Arsenal ‘s 2–1 acquire over Burnley on 17 August. [ 18 ] Torreira scored his first gear finish of the season in Arsenal ‘s 3–1 defeat to Liverpool after replacing Dani Ceballos in the 61st minute. [ 19 ] He struggled for playing time early on in the season, but regained a start position under raw Arsenal director Mikel Arteta. On 2 March, Torreira suffered a presumably season-ending ankle wound in an FA Cup win against Portsmouth. [ 20 ] however, the Premier League suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic gave Torreira adequate time to heal and return to fitness by the time the season restarted in June. He played alone meagerly for the perch of the season.

2020–21 : lend to Atlético Madrid [edit ]

On 5 October 2020, Torreira joined Atlético Madrid on a season-long loan. [ 21 ] On 17 October, Torreira made his debut in a 2–0 gain against Celta Vigo in the La Liga. [ 22 ] On 31 October, he came off the bench and scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 league win over Osasuna. [ 23 ]

2021–22 : loan to Fiorentina [edit ]

On 25 August 2021, Fiorentina announced the sign of Torreira on loan from Arsenal until 30 June 2022 with an choice to buy him future summer for around £13m. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] On 12 September, Torreira made his debut in Fiorentina ‘s 2–1 winnings over Atalanta, after being named in Italiano ‘s starting football team. [ 26 ] [ 27 ]

International career [edit ]

Torreira was born in Uruguay, and is of spanish origin through his paternal grandfather from Galicia. [ 28 ] He holds a spanish recommendation, and was scouted by the senior Italy national football team before he was capped by Uruguay. [ 29 ] Torreira was called up to the elder Uruguay team for the 2018 China Cup in March 2018. [ 30 ] He made his debut in the 2–0 gain over the Czech Republic in the China Cup semi-final on 23 March. [ 31 ] In June 2018, he was named in Uruguay ‘s final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. [ 32 ] The tournament served as a breakthrough for Torreira, who played in all five of Uruguay ‘s games. [ 3 ]

style of play [edit ]

Upon signing for Arsenal in 2018, The Independent’ s Jack Austin stated “ Torreira is precisely the kind of no-nonsense midfielder the golf club have been craving ”, adding that in Uruguay color during the 2018 World Cup “ he went about his job as the deep-lying pivot in the middle of the parking lot with none of the bustle and all of the discipline of a player who has built a goodly reputation for himself in Serie A ”, while assessing his foreman weaknesses as a miss of height in aeriform duels and little goal threat. [ 33 ] WhoScored notes that Torreira is a player who likes to shoot from distance and much gets fouled. They besides note that he likes to play inadequate passes and make tackles. [ 34 ] Atlético Madrid coach, Diego Simeone, praised Torreira for his high workplace rate and speed on the pitch. [ 35 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 3 October 2021[36]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club

Season

League

National Cup

League Cup

Continental

Other

Total

Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals

Pescara
2014–15
Serie B

5
0
0
0
—
—
3[a]
0
8
0

Pescara (loan)

2015–16

Serie B

29
4
2
1
—
—
3[a]
1
34
6

Sampdoria
2016–17
Serie A

35
0
1
0
—
—
—
36
0

2017–18

Serie A

36
4
2
0
—
—
—
38
4

Total

71
4
3
0
0
0
—
—
74
4

Arsenal
2018–19
Premier League

34
2
1
0
3
0
12[b]
0
—
50
2

2019–20

Premier League

29
1
2
0
2
1
6[b]
0
—
39
2

Total

63
3
3
0
5
1
18
0
—
89
4

Atlético Madrid (loan)

2020–21
La Liga

19
1
2
0
—
5[c]
0
—
26
1

Fiorentina (loan)

2021–22

Serie A

11
0
0
0
—
—
—
4
0

Career total

191
12
10
1
5
1
23
0
6
1
235
15

International [edit ]

As of match played 16 November 2021[37]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

Uruguay

2018
13
0

2019
10
0

2020
3
0

2021
9
0

Total
35
0

Honours [edit ]

Arsenal
Atletico Madrid

References [edit ]