Argentine professional football player

Rodrigo Javier De Paul ( spanish pronunciation : [ roˈðɾiɣo ðe politician ] ; born 24 May 1994 ) is an Argentine professional football player who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Argentina national team .

Club career [edit ]

Racing Club [edit ]

Born in Sarandí, Greater Buenos Aires, De Paul joined Racing Club ‘s youth frame-up in 2002, aged eight. [ 3 ] He was called up to the chief police squad on 24 June 2012, while inactive a junior, for a match against Vélez Sarsfield, but remained unused in the 1–2 dwelling loss.

On 10 February 2013, De Paul played his first gear couple as a professional, replacing Mauro Camoranesi in the 76th moment of a 0–3 loss at Atlético de Rafaela. [ 4 ] He scored his first goal a calendar month late, netting the death through a long-range inject in a 3–0 win at San Martín de San Juan. [ 5 ] De Paul appeared in 19 matches during the 2012–13 campaign. He then played a key separate in 2013–14, featuring in 35 matches and scoring four times .

valencia [edit ]

On 9 May 2014, it was announced that Valencia CF agreed to a US $ 6.5 million manage for De Paul with Racing. [ 6 ] He signed a five-year softwood with Los Che on 6 June, [ 7 ] and made his La Liga debut on 23 August under head coach Nuno Espírito Santo, replacing Paco Alcácer in the 65th minute in a 1–1 away draw against Sevilla FC, but being sent off good one minute late due to fouling Aleix Vidal. [ 8 ] He scored his beginning goal for the club on 4 December 2014 in the 2–1 succeed against Rayo Vallecano in the Copa del Rey. [ 9 ] He followed this up with his beginning La Liga goal on 9 April 2015 against Athletic Bilbao, [ 10 ] making 29 appearances in all competitions during his beginning season at the club. After making 14 appearances in all competitions during the first half of the 2015-16 season, including two in the Champions League. On 4 February 2016, he was loaned out by then Valencia coach Gary Neville to his erstwhile side Racing Club. [ 11 ] scored his first and only finish in a victory against Bolívar on 24 February in the Copa Libertadores. [ 12 ]

Udinese [edit ]

On 20 July 2016, De Paul was transferred to italian Serie A baseball club Udinese. [ 13 ] He made his debut on 20 August 2016 against AS Roma in a 4–0 defeat. He scored his first gear goal for the club on 29 January 2017 against AC Milan in a 2–1 victory. [ 14 ] He started the 2018–19 season with four goals in the first six matches of the Serie A temper. [ 15 ] He would finish the season as Udinese top goal scorekeeper with nine goals during the 2018–19 Udinese Calcio season and besides nine assists. [ 16 ] On 15 October 2019, De Paul signed a new five-year contract at Udinese. [ 17 ] He would score seven goals and gain six assists for Udinese in Serie A during the 2019–20 season. [ 18 ]

De Paul became Udinese ‘s golf club captain in December 2020, replacing Kevin Lasagna. [ 19 ]

Atlético Madrid [edit ]

On 12 July 2021, De Paul signed a five-year narrow with Atlético Madrid. He joined his raw club fair days after winning the Copa América with Argentina. [ 20 ] On 7 December 2021, he scored his first goal for the golf club in a 3-1 away win against FC Porto in the concluding group game of the 2021-21 UEFA Champions League .

International career [edit ]

De Paul made his senior international debut for Argentina in a 4–0 victory against Iraq on 11 October 2018, [ 21 ] and late became a regular under director Lionel Scaloni ; he was separate of the Argentina team that finished third in the Copa América 2019 after beating Chile 2–1 in the third-place match. [ 22 ] On 3 July 2021, De Paul scored the afford goal in a 3–0 acquire over Ecuador in the quarter-finals of the 2021 Copa América in Brazil. [ 23 ] In the concluding of the tournament against the hosts Brazil, De Paul ‘s retentive legislate set up Ángel Di María to score the only goal of the match, allowing Argentina to capture their joint record 15th Copa América championship and their first major external deed since 2008. [ 24 ] [ 25 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 7 November 2021[26][27]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Racing 2012–13 Argentine Primera División 19 2 1 0 0 0 20 2
2013–14 35 4 0 0 2[a] 0 37 4
Total 54 6 1 0 2 0 57 6
Valencia 2014–15 La Liga 25 1 4 1 29 2
2015–16 9 0 3 0 3[b] 0 15 0
Total 34 1 7 1 3 0 44 2
Racing (loan) 2016 Argentine Primera División 11 0 1 0 3[c] 1 15 1
Udinese 2016–17 Serie A 34 4 1 1 35 5
2017–18 37 4 2 0 39 4
2018–19 36 9 1 0 37 9
2019–20 34 7 1 0 35 7
2020–21 36 9 2 0 38 9
Total 177 33 7 1 184 34
Atlético Madrid 2021–22 La Liga 11 0 0 0 4[b] 0 0 0 15 0
Career total 287 40 16 2 12 1 0 0 315 43

International [edit ]

As of match played 16 November 2021[26]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Argentina 2018 3 0
2019 14 0
2020 4 0
2021 15 2
Total 36 2
As of match played 10 October 2021.
Scores and results list Argentina’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each De Paul goal.

Honours [edit ]

Argentina

individual [edit ]

  • Copa América Team of the Tournament: 2021[28]

References [edit ]