Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joaquín Varela Moreno | ||
Date of birth | 27 June 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back [2] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Independiente Medellín (on loan from Instituto) | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2016 | Defensor Sporting | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2016–2019 | Defensor Sporting | 1 | (0) |
2017 | → Pachuca (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2018 | → Villa Española (loan) | 18 | (2) |
2019–2021 | Fénix | 11 | (0) |
2019–2021 | → Pafos (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2021–2023 | Deportivo Maldonado | 49 | (2) |
2023– | Instituto | 6 | (2) |
2023– | → Independiente Medellín (loan) | 26 | (3) |
International career | |||
2015 | Uruguay U17 | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:07, 17 December 2020 (UTC) |
Joaquín Varela Moreno (born 27 June 1998) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a defender as centre-back for Independiente Medellin, on loan from Instituto. [1]
Varela started his career with Defensor Sporting. [1] He was selected for his professional debut in February 2016 by manager Juan Tejera, who played him for the full duration of a home defeat to Racing Club. [1] Liga MX team Pachuca loaned Varela in 2017, with the defender joining up with the U20 team. [3] [4] He made nine appearances for Pachuca's youth team, prior to returning to Defensor Sporting. [4] [5] On 1 March 2018, Villa Española of the Uruguayan Segunda División completed the loan signing of Varela. [1] He scored his first senior goal on 2 June against Albion, though he received a straight red card later in the match. [1]
In 2019, Varela joined Fénix. [1] In the following September, Varela departed on loan to European football with Cypriot First Division side Pafos. [6] He didn't appear competitively in 2019–20 due to injury, though was on the substitute's bench for a league match with Apollon Limassol on 14 September. [7] Despite this, the club renewed his loan for a further year ahead of the 2020–21 campaign. [8] He debuted in a goalless draw away to Enosis Neon Paralimni on 23 November. [1]
Varela represented Uruguay at the 2015 South American U-17 Championship in Paraguay, winning eight caps in the process; notably his first in their Group B opener with Bolivia. [1]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Defensor Sporting | 2015–16 | Primera División | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2016 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2017 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2018 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Pachuca (loan) | 2016–17 | Liga MX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Villa Española (loan) | 2018 | Segunda División | 18 | 2 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | ||
Fénix | 2019 | Primera División | 11 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
2020 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
Pafos (loan) | 2019–20 | First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2020–21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
Career total | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3 |