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| Full name | Manuel Ugarte Ribeiro[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 April 2001[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Manchester United | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
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| –2016 | Fénix | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2020 | Fénix | 53 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Famalicão | 20 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Sporting CP | 56 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Paris Saint-Germain | 25 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Manchester United | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Uruguay U20 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Uruguay U23 | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Uruguay | 26 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:13, 10 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:45, 16 October 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Manuel Ugarte Ribeiro (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈnwel uˈɣaɾte]; born 11 April 2001) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United and the Uruguay national team.
Ugarte came through Fénix's youth academy, being promoted to the first-team in 2016. In December 2021, he joined Portuguese Primeira Liga club Famalicão. Following an impressive half-season, Ugarte signed for fellow Primeira Liga club Sporting CP, winning the Taça da Liga in his time with the club. In July 2023, he joined Paris Saint-Germain for a transfer worth €60 million. In August 2024, he joined Manchester United for a fee of £42 million.
Ugarte is a former youth international for Uruguay, representing the country at under-20 and under-23 levels. He made his senior international debut in 2021. He represented Uruguay at the 2024 Copa América and was named in the Team of the Tournament.
- ^ a b c "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Uruguay" (PDF). FIFA. 18 December 2022. p. 30. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2024.