Facundo Ferreyra

Facundo Ferreyra

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Banfield

Ferreyra came through the youth system at his home town club of Banfield, and was promoted to the first team in the 2008–09 season. He made six appearances in that season, three as a substitute, scoring one goal. His debut goal was a header against Argentinos Juniors in a 2–2 draw on 6 December 2008. Ferreyra's next first team appearances came in the 2010–11 season, when he scored six goals in 19 games, including one against Boca Juniors to secure a 1–1 draw on 4 June 2011. He was among the 15 top league goalscorers for the season. On 3 January 2011, he signed a new three-year contract with Banfield.

Vélez Sársfield

Following Banfield's relegation at the end of the 2011–12 Argentine Primera División season, Ferreyra was transferred to Vélez Sársfield. During his first season playing for Vélez, Ferreyra was the top goalscorer for the team in their 2012 Inicial winning campaign, scoring 13 goals in 15 games. He was also joint top scorer of the championship along Ignacio Scocco. Ferreyra also started in the 2012–13 Superfinal, in which Vélez defeated Newell's Old Boys.

Shakhtar Donetsk

On 9 July 2013, Ferreyra signed a five-year contract with Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk in a US$9 million transfer. He rarely featured for the club during his first season in Ukraine, but did manage to score six league goals from five starts as Shakhtar won their ninth league title. Due to personal security concerns over the war in Donbas and the recent…

International career

Ferreyra is a former Argentina under-20 youth international. He was joint second top scorer at the 2011 South American Youth Championship with four tournament goals, helping Argentina to third place. He also played with the team at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 February 2019

National team
Argentina
Club
Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield (2012–2013)
Club
Club Atlético Banfield (2008–2012)
Club
FC Shakhtar Donetsk (2013–2018)
Club
Newcastle United F.C. (2014–2015)
Club
Argentina national under-20 football team (2011–2011)
Club
S.L. Benfica (2018–2021)
Club
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona (2019–2020)
Club
RC Celta de Vigo (2021–2021)

Legacy

Honours

Vélez Sársfield

Argentine Primera División: 2012 Inicial, 2012–13 Superfinal Shakhtar Donetsk

Ukrainian Premier League: 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18 Ukrainian Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 Ukrainian Super Cup: 2014, 2015, 2017 Benfica

Primeira Liga: 2018–19 Argentina U20

South American Youth Championship third place: 2011 Individual

Argentine Primera División top scorer: 2012 Inicial Ukrainian Premier League top scorer: 2017–18

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Argentinian association football player

Position

centre-forward

Extract from Wikipedia

Facundo Ferreyra, nicknamed "Chucky", is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward.

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