Guillermo Varela
(Guillermo Varela Olivera)
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Born
1993 (33 years old)
Montevideo, UruguayPosition
Right-Back
Status
Active
Ethnicity
Hispanic
Team Number
2
Height
1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight
70 kg
Outfitter
Kit
Side
Right
Agent
Oscar Bentancourt
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Sport
SoccerTeam
Flamengo
2nd Team
Uruguay
League
Brazilian Serie A
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Description
Guillermo Varela Olivera (; born 24 March 1993) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo and the Uruguay national team.
Varela began his career with Peñarol, in his home town of Montevideo, before joining Manchester United in 2013. He made 11 first-team appearances for United and spent time on loan at Real Madrid's reserve team, Real Madrid Castilla, and at Eintracht Frankfurt, before rejoining Peñarol in 2017. Varela won two Uruguayan Primera División titles with Peñarol, before returning to Europe in January 2019 when he signed for Danish club Copenhagen. He made 53 appearances for Copenhagen and helped them win the 2018–19 Danish Superliga. In October 2020, he joined Russian club Dynamo Moscow on a loan deal, which was made permanent in July 2021. He returned to South American football in July 2022, when he joined Flamengo on loan. In July 2023, Varela joined Flamengo on a permanent deal.
Varela was a member of Uruguay's under-20 team that was runners-up in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He made his senior international debut in November 2017 and has played at two FIFA World Cups, in 2018 and 2022.
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 Brazilian Brasileirao |  Flamengo | 2025 | |
 Brazilian Copa Do Brasil | Flamengo | 2024 | |
 Campeonato Carioca | Flamengo | 2024 | |
 Copa Libertadores | Flamengo | 2022 | |
 Danish Superliga |  FC Copenhagen | 2018-2019 | |
 Uruguayan Primera Division |  Peñarol | 2018 | |
| Uruguayan Primera Division | Peñarol | 2017 | |
 English FA Cup |  Manchester United | 2015-2016 |
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| Peñarol | 2012-2013 | Permanent | - | - | |
| Manchester United | 2013-2017 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Real Madrid B | 2014-2015 | Loan | - | - | |
 Ein Frankfurt | 2016-2017 | Loan | - | - | |
| Peñarol | 2017-2018 | Permanent | - | - | |
| FC Copenhagen | 2019-2021 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Dinamo Moscow | 2020-2021 | Loan | - | - | |
| Dinamo Moscow | 2021- | Permanent | - | - | |
| Flamengo | 2022-2023 | Loan | - | - |
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