Ezequiel Busquets

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Busquets and the second or maternal family name is Sanguinetti.
Ezequiel Busquets
Personal information
Full name Ezequiel Busquets Sanguinetti[1]
Date of birth (2000-10-24) 24 October 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Chuy, Uruguay
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Cerrito
Number 26
Youth career
San Vicente de Chuy
Peñarol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2023 Peñarol 41 (1)
2020–2021 → Marbella (loan) 17 (0)
2023 River Plate 16 (0)
2024– Cerrito 25 (4)
International career
2018–2019 Uruguay U20 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2024

Ezequiel Busquets Sanguinetti (born 24 October 2000) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Cerrito.[2]

Club career

Busquets played youth football for San Vicente de Chuy, a club from his hometown in the far east of Uruguay. Peñarol noticed him after a friendly match against his club in 2014.[3] He joined Peñarol's youth section in 2015. He made his professional debut for the club on 7 June 2018 in a 3–1 league win against Defensor Sporting.[4]

On 28 August 2020, Spanish Segunda División B club Marbella announced the signing of Busquets on a season long loan deal with option to buy.[5]

International career

Busquets is a former Uruguayan youth international. He was part of Uruguayan squad at the 2019 South American U-20 Championship and 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[6][7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 April 2022[2]
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
Peñarol 2018 Uruguayan Primera División 11 0 — 0 0 1[a] 0 12 0
2019 11 0 — 1[b] 0 1[a] 0 13 0
2020 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0
2021 2 0 — 0 0 1[a] 0 3 0
2022 2 0 — 1[b] 0 0 0 3 0
Total 26 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 31 0
Marbella (loan) 2020–21 Segunda División B 12 0 1 0 — 5[c] 0 18 0
Career total 38 0 1 0 2 0 8 0 49 0
  1. ^ a b c Appearance in Championship play-offs.
  2. ^ a b Appearance in Copa Libertadores.
  3. ^ Appearances in relegation play-offs.

Honours

Peñarol

References

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Uruguay" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b Ezequiel Busquets at Soccerway
  3. ^ Lacaze, Marcos (31 August 2018). "Ezequiel Busquets, la cara nueva de Peñarol".
  4. ^ "Debutantes de las fechas 6 y 7". 8 June 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Comunicado Oficial - Ezequiel Busquets". Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Plantel para Chile 2019". 19 December 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Datos del plantel Sub-20 de Uruguay". 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2021.


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