In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bentancur and the second or maternal family name is Colmán.
Rodrigo Bentancur
Bentancur with Uruguay in 2017
Personal information
Full name
Rodrigo Bentancur Colman[1]
Date of birth
(1997-06-25) 25 June 1997 (age 26)[2]
Place of birth
Nueva Helvecia, Uruguay
Height
1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s)
Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
Tottenham Hotspur
Number
30
Youth career
2009–2015
Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2015–2017
Boca Juniors
51
(1)
2017–2022
Juventus
133
(2)
2022–
Tottenham Hotspur
52
(6)
International career‡
2017
Uruguay U20
14
(1)
2017–
Uruguay
58
(1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Uruguay
South American U-20 Championship
Winner
2017
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:57, 13 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024
Rodrigo Bentancur Colman (born 25 June 1997) is an Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Uruguay national team.
Bentancur started his career in the youth system of Argentine side Boca Juniors in 2009. He was promoted to the senior squad in 2015, winning two Primera División titles and a Copa Argentina with the team. He was then signed by Italian club Juventus in 2017, where he won three consecutive Serie A titles, among other trophies. In January 2022, Bentancur joined Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.
At international level, Bentancur was a member of the Uruguay U20 squad that won the 2017 South American U-20 Championship. He made his senior debut for Uruguay in 2017, representing the side at the FIFA World Cup in 2018 and 2022 and the Copa América in 2019 and 2021.
^"FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Uruguay" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 30. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
^ ab"Rodrigo Bentancur". Premier League. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
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which Pepe finished with a downward header. Just seven minutes later, RodrigoBentancur collected the ball around 30 yards out and slipped a pass out to Cavani...
players directly from his former club Juventus, Dejan Kulusevski and RodrigoBentancur, as well as former Juventus product Cristian Romero. On 21 April 2023...
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debut on 12 September, coming on as a second-half substitute for RodrigoBentancur in a 3–0 away loss to Barcelona. On 1 October, he made his first start...
victory". BBC Sport. 6 August 2022. "Bournemouth 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur: RodrigoBentancur scores winner before important week". BBC Sport. 29 October 2022....
which Pepe finished with a downward header. Just seven minutes later, RodrigoBentancur collected the ball around 30 yards out and slipped a pass out to Cavani...
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