Rodrigo De Paul
De Paul playing for Argentina at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Javier De Paul[1]
Date of birth (1994-05-24) 24 May 1994
Place of birth Sarandí, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Central midfielder, Right midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Atlético Madrid
Number 5
Youth career
2002–2012 Racing Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Racing Club 54 (6)
2014–2016 Valencia 34 (1)
2016 → Racing Club (loan) 11 (0)
2016–2021 Udinese 177 (33)
2021– Atlético Madrid 78 (5)
International career‡
2018– Argentina 60 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Argentina
FIFA World Cup
Winner2022 Qatar
Copa América
Winner2021 Brazil
Third place2019 Brazil
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
Winner2022 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:43, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Rodrigo Javier De Paul (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈðɾiɣo ðe pol];[3] born 24 May 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central-midfielder or right-midfielder for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Argentina national team. He was a member of the Argentina team that won the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

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 86th 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 US$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 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] He scored his first and only goal in a victory against Bolívar on 24 February 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.[17] He would score seven goals and gain six assists for Udinese in Serie A during the 2019–20 season.[18]

De Paul became Udinese's club captain in December 2020, replacing Kevin Lasagna.[19]

Atlético Madrid

On 12 July 2021, De Paul signed a five-year contract with Atlético Madrid. He joined his new club just days after winning the Copa América with Argentina.[20] On 7 December 2021, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 away win against FC Porto in the final group game of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.

International career

De Paul made his senior international debut for Argentina in a 4–0 victory against Iraq on 11 October 2018,[21] and later became a regular under manager Lionel Scaloni; he was part of the Argentina squad that finished third in the Copa América 2019 after beating Chile 2–1 in the third-place match.[22]

On 3 July 2021, De Paul scored the opening goal in a 3–0 win over Ecuador in the quarter-finals of the 2021 Copa América in Brazil.[23] In the final of the tournament against the hosts Brazil, De Paul's long pass set up Ángel Di María to score the only goal of the match, allowing Argentina to capture their joint record 15th Copa América title and their first major international title since 2008.[24][25] He was also part of the squad that won the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[26]

On November 22, 2023, in a World Cup Qualifying game against Brazil, De Paul was involved in two incidents in which one opponent was yellow-carded and the other player red-carded. Video replays clearly showed that in the first yellow card incident with Raphinha, it appeared that Raphinha's fingers only brushed De Paul's jersey. In the second incident, after his opponent Joelinton had cleared the ball, De Paul used both arms to secure Joelinton in an arm-lock. Joelinton turned and forcibly pushed De Paul's arms away to break free from De Paul, with no evidence of contact to the head. In both incidents, De Paul was seen to be clutching his face in agony.

Personal life

Rodrigo's mother is of Italian descent, which earned him Italian citizenship.[27][28]

De Paul was in a relationship with Argentine model Camila Homs for twelve years. They have two children together. In January 2022, the couple confirmed that they were separating.[29] De Paul dated Argentine singer Tini from August 2022–August 2023.[30]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 January 2024[31][32]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Racing 2012–13 Argentine Primera División 1921000—202
2013–14 354002[lower-alpha 2]0—374
Total 5461020—576
Valencia 2014–15 La Liga 25141——292
2015–16 90303[lower-alpha 3]0—150
Total 3417130—442
Racing (loan) 2016 Argentine Primera División 110103[lower-alpha 4]1—151
Udinese 2016–17 Serie A 34411——355
2017–18 37420——394
2018–19 36910——379
2019–20 34710——357
2020–21 36920——389
Total 1773371——18434
Atlético Madrid 2021–22 La Liga 363209[lower-alpha 3]11[lower-alpha 5]0484
2022–23 302305[lower-alpha 3]1—383
2023–24 160004[lower-alpha 3]000200
Total 82550182101067
Career total 358452122631040650

International

As of match played 21 November 2023[31]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Argentina 201830
2019140
202040
2021152
2022150
202390
Total602
As of match played 10 October 2021.
Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each De Paul goal.
List of international goals scored by Rodrigo De Paul
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
13 July 2021Estádio Olímpico Pedro Ludovico, Goiânia, Brazil Ecuador1–03–02021 Copa América
210 October 2021Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Uruguay2–03–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Argentina

Individual

  • Copa América Team of the Tournament: 2021[35]

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 player profile". atleticodemadrid.com. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Rodrigo De Paul en Llave a la Eternidad" [Rodrigo De Paul in Key to Eternity]. YouTube (in Spanish). Televisión Pública. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  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". www.efe.com. Efe. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  17. 1 2 "Official: De Paul extends at Udinese". Football Italia. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  18. ↑ "Report: Udinese want €40m for De Paul". Football Italia. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  19. ↑ "Lasagna "declassato"? Nonostante la sua titolarità ieri il capitano era De Paul". tuttoudinese.it (in Italian). Tutto Udinese. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  20. ↑ "Club Atlético de Madrid - Welcome, Rodrigo de Paul!". Club Atlético de Madrid. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  21. ↑ "Iraq 0 Argentina 4". Sky Sports. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  22. ↑ "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.
  23. ↑ "Argentina beat Ecuador 3-0 to move into Copa America semi". Reuters. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  24. ↑ "Highlights of Copa America final 2021".
  25. 1 2 Graham, Bryan Armen (11 July 2021). "Argentina 1-0 Brazil: Copa América final – live!". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  26. ↑ Pope, Greg LeaContributions from Conor; Hancock, Tom; Mazur, Martin; published, Alasdair Mackenzie (18 December 2022). "Argentina World Cup 2022 squad: Lionel Scaloni's full team". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  27. ↑ Mosca, Lorenzo (12 July 2021). "De Paul, addio Udinese. All'Atletico Madrid dell'argentino Simeone per 35 milioni". Gaucho News (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  28. ↑ Redazione (18 February 2017). "Italia, oriundi-mania: ecco la top 11 dei "convocabili"". RadioGoal24 (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  29. ↑ "Rodrigo De Paul y Camila Homs: Cómo la historia de un amor terminó en un escándalo internacional". www.prensalibre.com (in Spanish). 18 February 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  30. ↑
  31. 1 2 "R. de Paul". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  32. ↑ Rodrigo De Paul at ESPN FC
  33. ↑ Murray, Scott (18 December 2022). "Argentina beat France on penalties after thrilling World Cup final – live reaction". the Guardian. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  34. ↑ "Italy 0–3 Argentina: Messi and Di Maria shine in impressive Finalissima win". BBC Sport. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  35. ↑ "Uno por uno, el equipo ideal de la CONMEBOL Copa América 2021 elegido por el GET". Copa América (in Spanish). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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