Franco Fagúndez

Franco Fagúndez
Personal information
Full name Franco Misael Fagúndez Rosa
Date of birth (2000-07-19) 19 July 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Santos Laguna
Number 10
Youth career
Montevideo Wanderers
Danubio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 Nacional 63 (12)
2024– Santos Laguna 24 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2024

Franco Misael Fagúndez Rosa (born 19 July 2000) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Santos Laguna.[1]

Career

Fagúndez is a former youth academy player of Montevideo Wanderers and Danubio.[2] In January 2020, he joined Nacional and initially started to play with club's reserve team.[3] He made his professional debut for Nacional on 19 November 2021 in a 1–0 league win against Cerrito.[4] On 13 March 2022, he scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw against Montevideo City Torque.[5]

Career statistics

As of 11 February 2023[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nacional 2021 Uruguayan Primera División 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2022 31 10 0 0 8[a] 1 2[b] 0 41 11
2023 2 0 0 0 0 0 1[c] 0 3 0
Career total 35 10 0 0 8 1 3 0 46 11
  1. ^ Four appearances and one goal in Copa Sudamericana, four appearances in Copa Libertadores
  2. ^ One appearance each in Torneo Intermedio final and championship playoff
  3. ^ Appearance in Supercopa Uruguaya

Honours

Nacional

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b Franco Fagúndez at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Franco Fagúndez: "En las juveniles de Wanderers llegué a dejar el fútbol por temas personales"" (in Spanish). 5 February 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Franco Fagúndez, el capitán, goleador y que pica penales en la Tercera de Nacional y que Ligüera subió a Primera" (in Spanish). 1 September 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Nacional le puso corazón y, esta vez, con eso le fue suficiente para ganarle a Cerrito" (in Spanish). 19 November 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Mirá las fechas especiales que marcaron a Fagúndez y que lleva tatuadas en su piel". 16 June 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Uruguayo: Nacional, con doblete de Suárez y Gigliotti, venció 4-1 a Liverpool y es campeón" (in Spanish). 30 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Felipe Carballo obtuvo el premio de mejor jugador del Campeonato Uruguayo 2022". 16 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.