Rodrigo De Paul

Rodrigo Javier De Paul (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈðɾiɣo ðe pol]; born 24 May 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian football club Udinese and the Argentina national side.

Rodrigo De Paúl
De Paul in 2015
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Javier De Paul[1]
Date of birth (1994-05-24) 24 May 1994
Place of birth Sarandí, Argentina
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2][3]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder / Winger
Club information
Current team
 Udinese
Number 10
Youth career
2002–2012 Racing Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Racing Club 54 (6)
2014–2016 Valencia 32 (1)
2016 → Racing Club (loan) 11 (0)
2016– Udinese 161 (29)
National team‡
2018– Argentina 21 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:27, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:25, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Racing Club

Born in Sarandí, Greater Buenos Aires, De Paul joined Racing Club's youth setup in 2002, aged eight.[4] He was called up to the main squad on 24 June 2012, while still a junior, for a match against Vélez Sarsfield, but remained unused in the 1–2 home loss.

On 10 February 2013, De Paul played his first match as a professional, replacing Mauro Camoranesi in the 76th minute of a 0–3 loss at Atlético de Rafaela.[5] He scored his first goal a month later, netting the last through a long-range shot in a 3–0 win at San Martín de San Juan.[6]

De Paul appeared in 19 matches during the 2012–13 campaign. He then played a key part in 2013–14, featuring in 35 matches and scoring four times.

Valencia

On 9 May 2014, it was announced that Valencia CF agreed to a $6.5 million deal for De Paul with Racing.[7] He signed a five-year deal with Los Che on 6 June,[8] and made his La Liga debut on 23 August under head coach Nuno Espírito Santo, replacing Paco Alcácer in the 65th minute in a 1–1 away draw against Sevilla FC, but being sent off just one minute later due to fouling Aleix Vidal.[9]

He scored his first goal for the club on 4 December 2014 in the 2–1 win against Rayo Vallecano in the Copa del Rey.[10] He followed this up with his first La Liga goal on the 9 April 2015 against Athletic Bilbao,[11] making 29 appearances in all competitions during his first season at the club.

After making 14 appearances in all competitions during the first half of the 2015-16 season, including two in the Champions League. On 4 February 2016, he was loaned out by then Valencia manager Gary Neville to his former side Racing Club.[12] scored his first and only goal on February 24 victory against Bolívar in the Copa Libertadores.[13]

Udinese

On 20 July 2016, De Paul was transferred to Italian Serie A club Udinese.[14] He made his debut on 20 August 2016 against AS Roma in a 4–0 defeat. He scored his first goal for the club on 29 January 2017 against AC Milan in a 2–1 victory.[15]

He started the 2018–19 season with four goals in the first six matches of the Serie A season.[16] He would finish the season as Udinese top goal scorer with nine goals during the 2018–19 Udinese Calcio season and also nine assists.[17]

On 15 October 2019, De Paul signed a new five year contract at Udinese.[18] He would score seven goals and gain six assists for Udinese in Serie A during the 2019–20 season.[19]

International career

He made his debut for the Argentina in a 4–0 victory against Iraq on the 11 October 2018,[20] and became a regular under manager Lionel Scaloni and was part of the Argentina squad that finished third in the Copa América 2019 after beating Chile 2–1 in the third-place match.[21]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 31 January 2021.[22][23]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Racing 2012–13 Argentine Primera División 1921000202
2013–14 3540020374
Total 5461020576
Valencia 2014–15 La Liga 25141—292
2015–16 903030150
Total 3417130442
Racing (loan) 2016 Argentine Primera División 1101031151
Total 1101031151
Udinese 2016–17 Serie A 34411—355
2017–18 37420—394
2018–19 36910—379
2019–20 34710—357
2020–21 20520—225
Total 1612971—16830
Career total 260361628128439

International
As of match played 17 November 2020[22]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Argentina
201830
2019140
202040
Total210

References
  1. "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 59" [Official Press Release No. 59] (PDF). Lega Serie A. 2 October 2018. p. 4. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  2. "Rodrigo De Paul career stats, height and weight, age". www.tablesleague.com. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  3. "Rodrigo De Paul Player Profile - ESPN FC". www.espnfc.com. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  4. Así es Rodrigo de Paul, nuevo jugador del Valencia CF (This is Rodrigo de Paul, new player of Valencia CF); Deporte Valenciano, 2 May 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. En su casa, Atlético de Rafaela goleó a Racing (At home, Atlético de Rafaela thrashed Racing); Mundo D, 10 February 2013 (in Spanish)
  6. En otro partido con incidentes, Racing goleó y ayudó a Independiente (In another match with incidents, Racing thrashed and helped Independiente); Cancha Llena, 10 March 2013 (in Spanish)
  7. Comunicado Oficial (Official announcement); Valencia's official website, 9 May 2014 (in Spanish)
  8. Rodrigo de Paul, nuevo jugador del Valencia CF (Rodrigo de Paul, new player of Valencia CF); Valencia's official website, 6 June 2014 (in Spanish)
  9. "Punto de fe del Valencia" [Valencia point of faith] (in Spanish). Marca. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  10. "Copa del Rey: Rodrigo de Paul gives Valencia 2-1 advantage over Rayo". ESPN. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  11. "Athletic Bilbao 1 Valencia 1". Sports Mole. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  12. "Valencia youngster Rodrigo de Paul joins Racing Club on loan". Sports Mole. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  13. "RACING OPEN GROUP STAGE CAMPAIGN WITH COMFY BOLIVAR WIN". Fox Sports. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  14. "VCF Official Statement | Rodrigo De Paul transferred to Udinese". Valencia CF. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  15. "Udinese 2 AC Milan 1". Goal.com. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  16. "Udinese claims 2–0 win over last-placed Chievo in Serie A". Efe. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  17. "Official: De Paul extends at Udinese". Football Italia. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  18. "Official: De Paul extends at Udinese". Football Italia. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  19. "Report: Udinese want €40m for De Paul". Football Italia. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  20. "Iraq 0 Argentina 4". Sky Sports. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  21. "Argentina venció 2-1 a Chile y se quedó con el tercer puesto" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 6 July 2019. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  22. "R. de Paul". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  23. Rodrigo De Paul at ESPN FC
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