Gonzalo Freitas

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Gonzalo Freitas
Personal information
Full name Gonzalo Gastón Freitas Silva
Date of birth (1991-10-02) 2 October 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Bella Vista 37 (2)
2013–2018 Liverpool Montevideo 98 (8)
2017–2018 → Atlético Tucumán (loan) 16 (1)
2018–2021 Peñarol 8 (0)
2019 → Everton de Viña del Mar (loan) 18 (2)
2020–2021 → Deportes Antofagasta (loan) 18 (1)
2021–2022 Mazatlán 20 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:47, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

Gonzalo Gastón Freitas Silva (born 2 October 1991) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX club Mazatlán, on loan from Peñarol.[1]

Career[edit]

Freitas' senior career started with Bella Vista of the Uruguayan Primera División.[1] He made his professional debut in the 2011 Copa Sudamericana, it came in a first stage first leg against Universidad Católica on 2 August.[1] His league debut came just over a month later in a home loss to Cerrito.[1] He made thirteen appearances in his debut season. Twenty-four followed in the following season, 2012–13, as well as two goals, including his career first versus Progreso on 29 September 2012.[1] Bella Vista were relegated in 2012–13, Freitas subsequently joined top-flight Liverpool.[1][2] He played twenty-one times as they were relegated.[1]

In the Uruguayan Segunda División, Freitas scored five goals in twenty-four games as Liverpool won the title and promotion back to the Primera División.[1] Three goals in fifty-three matches followed in the next three seasons with Liverpool in the top-flight.[1][3] On 18 July 2017, Freitas left Uruguayan football to join Argentine Primera División side Atlético Tucumán on loan.[4][5] He returned to Liverpool a year later but was soon sold to Peñarol.[1] Freitas was loaned to the Chilean Primera División's Everton in January 2019.[6]

Personal life[edit]

Freitas' brother, Nicolás, is also a footballer.[7]

Career statistics[edit]

As of 6 January 2019.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup[a] League Cup Continental[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bella Vista 2011–12 Uruguayan Primera División 13 0 — — 1[c] 0 0 0 14 0
2012–13 24 2 — — — 0 0 24 2
Total 37 2 — — 1 0 0 0 38 2
Liverpool 2013–14 Uruguayan Primera División 21 0 — — — 0 0 21 0
2014–15 Uruguayan Segunda División 24 5 — — — 0 0 24 5
2015–16 Uruguayan Primera División 25 0 — — — 0 0 25 0
2016 12 1 — — — 0 0 12 1
2017 16 2 — — 1[d] 0 0 0 17 2
2018 0 0 — — — 0 0 0 0
Total 98 8 — — 1 0 0 0 99 8
Atlético Tucumán (loan) 2017–18 Argentine Primera División 16 1 3 1 — 1[e] 0 0 0 20 2
Peñarol 2018 Uruguayan Primera División 8 0 0 0 — 2[f] 0 0 0 10 0
2019 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 159 11 3 1 — 5 0 0 0 167 12
Everton (loan) 2019 Chilean Primera División 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
Career total 159 11 3 1 — 5 0 0 0 167 12
  1. ^ Includes the Copa Argentina
  2. ^ Includes the Copa Sudamericana
  3. ^ One appearance in 2011 Copa Sudamericana
  4. ^ One appearance in 2017 Copa Sudamericana
  5. ^ One appearance in 2018 Copa Libertadores
  6. ^ Two appearances in 2018 Copa Sudamericana

Honours[edit]

Liverpool[1]
Peñarol[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Gonzalo Freitas profile". Soccerway. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Liverpool: Gonzalo Freitas es la sexta contratación y ya entrenó el jueves". Tenfield. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Gonzalo Freitas profile". BDFA. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Freitas y Zárate, las caras nuevas de Atlético Tucumán". TyC Sports. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Atlético Tucumán firma y presenta a Freitas". BeSoccer. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Rescindieron con Matheu y Freitas se va a préstamo a Chile". El Observador. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Contento de sumarse al fútbol argentino, Freitas promete dejar alma y vida por Atlético". La Gaceta. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2018.

External links[edit]

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