Rodrigo Bentancur – Tottenham Hotspur | Highlights

Rodrigo Bentancur – Tottenham Hotspur | Highlights

Rodrigo Bentancur Colman (born 25 June 1997) is an Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Uruguay national team.

He started his career in the youth system of Argentine side Boca Juniors in 2009. He was promoted to the senior squad in 2015, and won two Primera División titles and a Copa Argentina with the team. He was 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.

Tottenham Hotspur
On 31 January 2022, Bentancur joined Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur for an undisclosed fee. Bentancur made his debut for Spurs on 5 February in the FA Cup match against Brighton & Hove Albion, coming on a substitute in match that finished in a 3–1 win. He made his Premier League debut nine days later, coming on as a substitute for Pierre-Emile Højbjerg in a 2–3 loss against Southampton. On 18 September 2022, Bentancur scored his first goal for the club in a Premier League game against Leicester City, the third goal in a 6–2 victory at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Later on in the season, Bentancur scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a group stage match – an equaliser against Sporting CP. The match ended 1–1. He continued his goal-scoring form in Spurs’ league fixture three days later, coming off the bench to score an injury-time winner hagainst AFC Bournemouth, completing a 3–2 comeback after they had gone 2–0 down. Two weeks later he registered his first brace in the Premier League, with two late goals against Leeds United to secure a 4–3 victory for Spurs.

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