Jonathan Urretaviscaya

Jonathan Matías Urretaviscaya da Luz (born 19 March 1990) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Racing Club de Montevideo as a right winger.

Jonathan Urretaviscaya
Urretaviscaya lining up for Uruguay in 2017
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Matías Urretaviscaya da Luz[1]
Date of birth (1990-03-19) 19 March 1990 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Racing Montevideo
Number 8
Youth career
River Plate (UY)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 River Plate (UY) 14 (8)
2008–2014 Benfica 15 (2)
2010Peñarol (loan) 17 (4)
2010Deportivo La Coruña (loan) 6 (0)
2011Peñarol (loan) 8 (3)
2011–2012Vitória Guimarães (loan) 13 (2)
2013–2014 Benfica B 27 (4)
2014–2015 Paços Ferreira 14 (5)
2015Peñarol (loan) 14 (7)
2015–2017 Pachuca 78 (13)
2018–2020 Monterrey 24 (1)
2020Peñarol (loan) 0 (0)
2020–2021 Peñarol 10 (1)
2021 Rentistas 26 (3)
2022 River Plate (UY) 32 (1)
2023 Boston River 17 (0)
2023– Racing Montevideo 4 (0)
International career
2005 Uruguay U15 2 (0)
2006–2007 Uruguay U17 9 (5)
2007–2009 Uruguay U20 17 (8)
2012 Uruguay U23 4 (0)
2017–2018 Uruguay 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:44, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

He spent most of his career in his homeland – with five stints at Peñarol – and in Mexico, where he won the CONCACAF Champions League with Pachuca and Monterrey. In Europe, he had a brief spell at Deportivo in La Liga and played for three teams in Portugal's Primeira Liga, including Benfica.

Urretaviscaya earned six caps for Uruguay, including at the 2018 World Cup.

Club career edit

Early career edit

Born in Montevideo to a father of Basque descent,[2] Urretaviscaya started off his career with hometown's Club Atlético River Plate. His Primera División debut came one month shy of his 18th birthday as he scored in a 2–0 win against Liverpool Montevideo in the Clausura's first game, and he eventually netted nine goals overall for the runners-up.[3]

Benfica edit

Urretaviscaya signed a contract with Portuguese club S.L. Benfica on 2 July 2008, for a fee of €1.5 million.[4] Rarely used in his debut season, he scored once to conclude a 3–1 win at S.C. Braga on the final day, as Quique Sánchez Flores' men came third.[5]

In January 2010, after having made almost no official appearances during the campaign – his only Primeira Liga game was against FC Porto as his team had many players missing due to injuries and suspensions, and he put up a good performance in a 1–0 home win for the eventual champions[6]– Urretaviscaya was loaned to Peñarol for five months, thus returning to his country.[7] In late June, he moved on the same basis to Deportivo de La Coruña for one season.[8]

In the February 2011 transfer window, Urretaviscaya returned to Peñarol on loan.[9] For 2011–12, he transferred temporarily to Vitória S.C. while also renewing his contract until 2015.[10][11] He went on to miss most of the campaign, due to injury.[12][13][14]

Subsequently, returned to the Estádio da Luz, Urretaviscaya spent the better part of the following two seasons with the B team.[15][16][17] On 1 September 2014 he terminated his contract with Benfica and penned a one-year deal with F.C. Paços de Ferreira.[18] He re-joined Peñarol for a third spell on 23 January 2015, after signing for six months.[19]

Pachuca edit

Urretaviscaya was on the move again in June 2015, joining C.F. Pachuca in the Mexican Liga MX.[20][21] His side won the Clausura in his first season, in which he lined up with compatriot Diego Alonso,[22] and scored five goals including two on 16 May 2016 in a 3–2 quarter-final home win over Santos Laguna.[23] After winning the CONCACAF Champions League in 2016–17, he took part at the year's FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar, where he netted in a 4–1 win against Al Jazira Club for third place.[24]

Return to Uruguay edit

After a spell at C.F. Monterrey, where he was again continental champion and world third-place in 2019, Urretaviscaya signed on loan for a fourth spell at Peñarol at the start of the following year; he was Diego Forlán's first signing. In February he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in a friendly in the United States, having had the same fate in his other leg in September 2018. His recovery took six months, during which Uruguayan football was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[25]

Released from his Monterrey contract, Urretaviscaya signed for a fifth time at Peñarol in July 2020, his first permanent contract with the club.[25] The following April, with his deal having finished, he joined C.A. Rentistas.[26] He remained in his country's top flight at Boston River and Racing Club de Montevideo.[27]

International career edit

Urretaviscaya was part of the Uruguayan squad that competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, held in London.[28] He earned his first cap for the full side on 28 March 2017: after having come on as a second-half substitute for Carlos Sánchez, he received two yellow cards in 11 minutes and was thus sent off, in a 2–1 away loss to Peru for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[29][30]

On 2 June 2018, Urretaviscaya was selected for the finals in Russia by manager Óscar Tabárez.[31] He made his debut in the competition on 6 July, playing 17 minutes in the 2–0 quarter-final defeat against France after replacing Nahitan Nández.[32]

Career statistics edit

Club edit

As of 16 December 2017[33][34]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other[a] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
River Plate (UY) 2007–08 14 8 14 8
Benfica 2008–09 10 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 17 1
2009–10 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
2011–12 0 0 0 0
2012–13 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 8 1
Total 15 2 3 0 2 0 7 0 27 2
Peñarol (loan) 2009–10 14 4 14 4
Deportivo (loan) 2010–11 6 0 0 0 6 0
Peñarol (loan) 2010–11 8 3 5 0 13 3
Vitória Guimarães (loan) 2011–12 13 2 0 0 1 0 14 2
Benfica B 2012–13 4 2 4 2
2013–14 23 2 23 2
Total 27 4 27 4
Paços Ferreira 2014–15 14 5 2 0 0 0 16 5
Peñarol (loan) 2014–15 14 7 14 7
Pachuca 2015–16 29 5 7 2 36 7
2016–17 35 7 0 0 9 3 44 10
2017–18 14 1 3 0 3 1 20 2
Total 78 13 10 2 9 3 3 1 100 19
Monterrey 2017–18 0 0 0 0
Career Total 203 45 15 2 3 0 21 3 3 1 245 51
  1. ^ Includes the FIFA Club World Cup

International edit

As of match played 7 September 2018[35]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Uruguay 2017 4 0
2018 2 0
Total 6 0

Honours edit

Benfica

Peñarol

Pachuca

Monterrey

Individual

References edit

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  2. ^ López, Karel (12 June 2018). "Ocho apellidos vascos (o más), también en el Mundial" [Eight Basque surnames (or more), also in the World Cup]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  3. ^ Decaux, Martín (25 January 2009). "Perfiles del Sudamericano Sub-20: Jonathan Urretaviscaya (Uruguay), figura de la 6ª jornada" [South American Under-20 profiles: Jonathan Urretaviscaya (Uruguay), matchday 6 star] (in Spanish). Goal. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
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  13. ^ "Urreta entregue ao departamento médico encarnado" [Urreta handed to red medical staff]. Record (in Portuguese). 14 November 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
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  26. ^ "Rentistas anunció la incorporación de Jonathan Urretaviscaya" [Rentistas announced the signing of Jonathan Urretaviscaya] (in Spanish). ESPN. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
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  34. ^ Jonathan Urretaviscaya at Soccerway
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