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Nicolás Lodeiro
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Uruguayan association football player
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Marcelo Nicolás Lodeiro Benítez, born on March 21, 1989, is a Uruguayan association football player. He plays as a midfielder and has represented several clubs, including AFC Ajax, Boca Juniors, Botafogo F.R., S.C. Corinthians Paulista, and Nacional Montevideo. Lodeiro competes for Uruguay in international football and has participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2012 Summer Olympics, and the FIFA Confederations Cup. He also plays in Major League Soccer.
Lodeiro’s professional career began on August 19, 2007. He speaks Spanish and wears the number 14 jersey. His physical measurements include a height of 170 and a mass of 69.
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Key facts
- 2012
- Uruguay Olympic
- 2025
- Houston Dynamo
- Full name
- Marcelo Nicolás Lodeiro Benítez
- Date of birth
- ( 1989-03-21 ) 21 March 1989 (age 37)
- Place of birth
- Paysandú , Uruguay
- Height
- 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
- Position
- Attacking midfielder
- Current team
- Nacional
- 2003 2007
- Nacional
- Years
- Team
- 2007 2010
- Nacional
- 2010 2012
- Ajax
- 2012 2014
- Botafogo
- 2014 2015
- Corinthians
- 2015 2016
- Boca Juniors
- 2016 2023
- Seattle Sounders
- 2024 2025
- Orlando City
- 2008 2009
- Uruguay U20
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Nacional Montevideo
- Position
- Attacking Midfield
- Nationality
- Uruguay
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marcelo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Uruguay
- Place of birth
- Paysandú
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- FIFA Confederations Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Club Nacional de Football
- Position played
- midfielder
- League
- Major League Soccer
- Country for sport
- Uruguay
- Mass
- 69
- Official website
- www.nicolaslodeiro.com
- Image
- Urug tren (3).jpg
- Height
- 170
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- Commons category
- Nicolás Lodeiro
- date of birth
- 1989-03-21
- birth name
- Marcelo Nicolás Lodeiro Benítez
- sport number
- 14
- start of work period
- 2007-08-19
- web feed URL
- emeraldorbs.io/feed
- name in native language
- Nicolás Lodeiro
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:45, 3 June 2026 (UTC)
Marcelo Nicolás Lodeiro Benítez ( Spanish pronunciation: [nikoˈlas loˈðejɾo]; born 21 March 1989), commonly known as Nicolás Lodeiro, is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Uruguayan Primera División club Nacional.
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