_2.jpg) Bentancur with Uruguay in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Rodrigo Bentancur Colman[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 June 1997[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nueva Helvecia, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Tottenham Hotspur | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2015 | Boca Juniors | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Boca Juniors | 51 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2022 | Juventus | 133 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Tottenham Hotspur | 68 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Uruguay U20 | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Uruguay | 66 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:05, 10 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:00, 16 November 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rodrigo Bentancur Colman (born 25 June 1997) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Uruguay national team.
Bentancur started his career in the youth system of Argentine side Boca Juniors in 2009. He was promoted to the senior squad in 2015, winning two Primera División titles and a Copa Argentina with the team. He was then signed by Italian club Juventus in 2017, where he won three consecutive Serie A titles, among other trophies. In January 2022, Bentancur joined Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.
At international level, Bentancur was a member of the Uruguay U20 squad that won the 2017 South American U-20 Championship. He made his senior debut for Uruguay in 2017, representing the side at the FIFA World Cup in 2018 and 2022, and the Copa América in 2019, 2021 and 2024.
In November 2024, he was banned for seven games for allegedly saying "All Koreans look the same" in relation to his teammate. [3]
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Uruguay" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 30. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Rodrigo Bentancur". Premier League. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Rodrigo Bentancur hit with lengthy ban over controversial Son Heung Min comment". The Independent. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.