Facundo Píriz

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)
2017–2018	→ Montpellier (loan)	15	(0)
2017–2018	→ Montpellier B (loan)	1	(0)
2018–2019	Montpellier	6	(0)
2018–2019	→ Montpellier 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)

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.

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	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

Nacional

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

Notes

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

References

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.

External links

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