Felipe Nicolás Avenatti Dovillabichus (born 26 April 1993) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Peñarol.
 Avenatti with Peñarol in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Felipe Nicolás Avenatti Dovillabichus[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 April 1993[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Peñarol | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 90 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Unión Vecinal | |||||||||||||||||
| River Plate Montevideo | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | River Plate Montevideo | 34 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2017 | Ternana | 137 | (29) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Luqueño | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Bologna (loan) | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Bologna | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Kortrijk (loan) | 29 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Standard Liège | 28 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → Antwerp (loan) | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Union SG (loan) | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → Beerschot (loan) | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Kortrijk | 51 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Peñarol | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Uruguay U20 | 18 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editRiver Plate
editAvenatti made his professional debut for River Plate on 19 February 2012, in a 2–3 home defeat against Nacional.[2] He scored his first professional goal on 3 June, against Defensor Sporting.[3] He scored 12 goals in 33 games for the River Plate side.
Ternana
editOn 21 August 2013, Avenatti signed a four-year deal with Italian Serie B side Ternana Calcio[4] for €4 million, signing a four-year contract by his manager Paco Casal (which made him the most expensive purchase in the history of Ternana Calcio). He marked his first goal with the rossoverdi in Serie B on the 17 of November 2013 against Pescara. The first season at Ternana he played 25 appearances and 2 goals.
The 2014–2015 season, he scored with a brace at Catanzaro in Italian Cup. In the championship will mark the first day, the network of 2–0 Crotone. After a good start to the season, he scored for Ternana at the umbrian derby on 22 November 2014 against Perugia, after an incredible assist from fellow Uruguayan César Falletti who had dribbled past 5 players plus the goalkeeper, putting the ball near the goal line for Avenatti to score. He concludes the 2014–15 season in Ternana with 12 goals in 39 games in all competitions.
Union SG
editOn 2 July 2021, he joined Union SG on loan.[5]
Beerschot
editOn 16 January 2022, Avenatti moved on a new loan to Beerschot.[6]
Return to Kortrijk
editOn 18 August 2022, Avenatti signed a two-year contract with Kortrijk.[7]
International career
editAvenatti is a former Uruguay youth international. He made his Uruguay under-20 team debut on 5 September 2012 in a 2–0 win against Paraguay.[8] He was part of Uruguay squad which finished as runners-up at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[9]
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 9 February 2019[10]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| River Plate | 2011–12 | Primera División | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||
| 2012–13 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 11 | ||||
| Total | 34 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 12 | ||
| Ternana | 2013–14 | Serie B | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 39 | 13 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 37 | 6 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 40 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 12 | ||||
| Total | 137 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 33 | ||
| Bologna | 2017–18 | Serie A | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| KV Kortrijk (loan) | 2018–19 | Pro League | 24 | 12 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 12 | ||
| Career total | 206 | 54 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 57 | ||
Honours
editUruguay U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 2013
References
edit- ^ a b c "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Uruguay" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
- ^ "Nacional vs. River Plate 3–2". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ^ "River Plate vs. Defensor Sporting 2–1". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ^ Colpo Ternana: è ufficiale l'acquisto del nazionale uruguagio Avenatti (Ternana hit: it is official the purchasing of Uruguayan international Avenatti); Ternana Calcio, 21 August 2013 (in Italian)
- ^ "Welcome Felipe Avenatti!". Union SG. 2 July 2021. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "FELIPE AVENATTI SIGNS ON LOAN UNTIL THE END OF THE SEASON" (Press release). Beerschot. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ "FELIPE AVENATTI TERUG IN HET GULDENSPORENSTADION" (in Dutch). Kortrijk. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "20 - FELIPE AVENATTI". 5 July 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "Mundial sub 20 - Turquía 2013". 19 May 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ Felipe Avenatti at Soccerway