World champion Germán Pezzella joins Peñarol after leaving River Plate
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- Germán Pezzella joined Peñarol after leaving River Plate by mutual agreement.
- The Argentina international won the 2022 World Cup and several club and international titles during his career.
- Peñarol will add the defender as it seeks to recover from a 1-0 loss in the Uruguayan Clausura clásico.
Germán Pezzella, the defender who helped Argentina win the 2022 World Cup, has begun a new chapter with Peñarol after ending his second spell at River Plate.
The 35-year-old, born in Bahía Blanca in June 1991, started his career at River. Under Marcelo Gallardo, he won the Copa Sudamericana, Copa Libertadores and Recopa Sudamericana. He later played for Betis on two occasions and for Fiorentina in Italy. With the Spanish club, he won the Copa del Rey in the 2021-22 season.
Pezzella returned to River in 2024 and remained there until 2026. The club said the player and the Núñez institution had “decided by mutual agreement to terminate the contractual relationship” after he no longer figured prominently in River’s plans. Pezzella then posted a photograph of himself kissing the River crest, accompanied by the message: “Until the end of our lives. I love you all. Thank you.”
decided by mutual agreement to terminate the contractual relationship
With Argentina, Pezzella won the UEFA-Conmebol Champions Cup in 2022 and the Copa América in 2021 and 2024, in addition to the World Cup in Qatar under coach Lionel Scaloni.
His arrival comes as Peñarol tries to return to winning form after a difficult defeat in Sunday’s Clausura clásico. The club lost 1-0 at home to Tricolor, with Costa Rican center-back Francisco Calvo scoring with a spectacular backheel. The result left Peñarol 11th in the Clausura with four points and second in the aggregate annual table with 47, although a match in hand could send it back to first place.
Until the end of our lives. I love you all. Thank you.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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