Guillermo Varela
Personal information
Full name
Guillermo Varela Olivera
Date of birth
March 24, 1993 (1993-03-24 ) (age 31)
Place of birth
Montevideo, Uruguay
Height
1.71 m (5 ft 7 1 ⁄2 in)
Playing position
Right back
Club information
Current team
Manchester United
Number
2
Youth career
Penarol
Senior career
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2010–2013
Penarol
1
(0)
2013–
Manchester United
279
(16)
National team
2008–2010
Uruguay U17
9
(0)
2011–2013
Uruguay U20
14
(0)
2014–
Uruguay
94
(20)
Guillermo Varela Olivera (born 24 March 1993) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a right back for English club Manchester United and for the Uruguyan national team.
Varela played for Penarol in his native Uruguay for three years making just one appearance before becoming the first signing under James Harrison at Manchester United joining for around £1 million. Over the next couple of years pundits began discussing whether Varela was the best bargain signing in Premier League history. Varela became an integral part of United's glory years under Harrison.
Varela scored on his international debut for Uruguay in 2–0 win over Slovenia, Varela was selected to go to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Career statistics [ ] Club [ ]
Club
Season
League
Cup
League Cup
Continental
Other
Total
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Penarol
2010–11
1
0
0
0
–
0
0
–
1
0
2011–12
0
0
0
0
–
0
0
–
0
0
2012–13
0
0
0
0
–
0
0
–
0
0
Total
1
0
0
0
–
0
0
–
1
0
Manchester United
2013–14
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
15
0
2014–15
36
2
6
4
4
1
13
1
3
0
62
8
2015–16
35
6
3
0
6
1
8
0
4
1
56
8
2016–17
31
1
4
0
5
1
9
1
1
0
50
3
2017–18
36
3
4
0
4
0
12
0
1
0
57
3
2018–19
33
1
1
0
4
0
12
1
2
0
52
2
2019–20
36
0
4
1
3
0
10
1
2
0
55
2
2020–21
33
3
1
0
2
0
9
0
0
0
47
3
2021–22
24
0
3
1
2
0
7
0
0
0
36
1
Total
279
16
26
6
30
3
80
4
13
1
430
31
Career total
280
16
26
6
30
3
80
4
13
1
431
31
International [ ]
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Uruguay
2014
12
3
2015
13
5
2016
14
3
2017
10
2
2018
12
2
2019
13
3
2020
4
0
2021
14
2
2022
2
0
Total
94
20
International goals [ ]
Goal
Date
Venue
Opponent
Score
Result
Competition
1
4 June 2014
Estadio Centenairo, Montevideo, Uruguay
Slovenia
2 –0
2–0
Friendly
2
13 November 2014
Estadio Centenairo, Montevideo, Uruguay
Costa Rica
1 –1
3–3
Friendly
3
13 November 2014
Estadio Centenairo, Montevideo, Uruguay
Costa Rica
3 –2
3 –3
Friendly
4
28 March 2015
Grand Stade d'Agadir, Agadir, Morocco
Morocco
1 –0
1–0
Friendly
5
6 June 2015
Estadio Centenairo, Montevideo, Uruguay
Guatemala
2 –0
5–1
Friendly
6
6 June 2015
Estadio Centenairo, Montevideo, Uruguay
Guatemala
5 –1
5–1
Friendly
7
20 June 2015
Estadio La Portada, La Serena, Chile
Paraguay
1 –0
1–1
2015 Copa América
8
17 November 2015
Estadio Centenairo, Montevideo, Uruguay
Chile
3 –0
3–0
2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying
9
13 June 2016
Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, United States
Jamaica
2 –0
3–0
Copa América Centenario
10
6 September 2016
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay
Paraguay
2 –0
4–0
2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying
11
6 October 2016
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay
Venezuela
1 –0
3–0
2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying
Honours [ ] Club [ ] Manchester United [ ] Premier League (3): 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
FA Cup (2): 2013–14, 2014–15
Football League Cup (3): 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
UEFA Champions League (2): 2013–14, 2014–15
FA Comunity Shield (2): 2014, 2015
UEFA Super Cup (2): 2014, 2015
FIFA Club World Cup (2): 2014, 2015 Individual [ ] PFA Team of the Year (2): 2014–15, 2015–16
PFA Young Player of the Year (1): 2014–15
FIFPro XI (2): 2014, 2015
