Federico Valverde
Uruguay · MF · age 28
2026 World Cup squad profile
Recovering — Head injury. Expected return: 2026-05-21
- Team
- Uruguay
- Position
- MF
- Squad role
- Projected starter · #15
- Position rank
- #2
- Intl caps
- 73
- Intl goals
- 9
- Intl assists
- 2
- Composite rating
- 0.75(model rating, 0–1)
- P(scores ≥1)
- 2.6%
See Federico Valverde on the full Uruguay scoring list →
Recent form
Rising
2025/26 club form vs the player's multi-season baseline (0.15 vs 0.12).
Major tournament stats
| Tournament | MP | Min | G | A | xG | Sh | KP | PrgP | PrgC | Tkl | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copa América 2024 | 6 | 616 | 1 | 0 | 0.6 | 15 | 9 | 100 | 58 | 7 | 5 |
| World Cup 2022 | 3 | 297 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 34 | 4 | 5 |
| All tournaments | 9 | 913 | 1 | 0 | 0.7 | 22 | 13 | 148 | 92 | 11 | 10 |
Event data from StatsBomb open data, covering the World Cup, Euro, Copa América and AFCON finals. Small per-tournament samples — totals shown, not per-90 rates.
▸How to read this table— 11 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in the tournament.
- Min
- Total minutes on the pitch.
- G
- Goals scored (penalties in normal play included; shootouts excluded).
- A
- Assists — passes that directly led to a goal.
- xG
- Expected goals — summed per-shot quality (StatsBomb's model).
- Sh
- Shots taken.
- KP
- Key passes — passes that led to a shot.
- PrgP
- Progressive passes — completed passes moving the ball ≥10m toward goal.
- PrgC
- Progressive carries — carries advancing ≥5m toward goal.
- Tkl
- Tackles won.
- Int
- Interceptions.
Full definitions in the glossary.
140
Career matches
7,887
Career minutes
11
Goals
9
Assists
8.7
xG
Career percentiles
Goals / 90
0.13
4
xG / 90
0.10
42
xAG / 90
0.15
88
vs 189 FW players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.
Career — goals & xG by season
GoalsxG
Season-by-season
| Season | Club | League | MP | Mins | Goals | Assists | xG | xAG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | La Coruña | La Liga | 24 | 1,233 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| 2018-19 | Real Madrid | La Liga | 16 | 656 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 2019-20 | Real Madrid | La Liga | 33 | 1,907 | 2 | 5 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
| 2020-21 | Real Madrid | La Liga | 24 | 1,330 | 3 | 1 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
| 2021-22 | Real Madrid | La Liga | 31 | 1,833 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| 2022-23 | Real Madrid | La Liga | 12 | 928 | 6 | 2 | 1.8 | 3.1 |
FBref data ≤ 2022-23. Rows tagged wiki are top-scorer entries from Wikipedia and only carry goals.
▸How to read this table— 6 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in that season (start or sub counts as one).
- Mins
- Total minutes on the pitch — better signal for workload than MP alone.
- Goals
- Goals scored (penalties included).
- Assists
- Passes that directly led to a goal (FBref attribution).
- xG
- Expected goals — per-shot quality scored 0–1 by distance / angle / pressure, summed across the season.
- xAG
- Expected assisted goals — the xG of shots created by this player's passes, summed.
FBref data ends 2022-23; current-season rows tagged wiki come from Wikipedia top-scorer tables and carry only goals.
Full definitions in the glossary.