Alan Varela
Personal information
Full name Alan Gonzalo Varela
Date of birth (2001-07-04) 4 July 2001
Place of birth Isidro Casanova, Argentina
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, central midfielder[1][2]
Team information
Current team
 Porto
Number 22
Youth career
Barcelona Luján
2012–2020 Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Boca Juniors 78 (0)
2023– Porto 13 (0)
International career‡
2019 Argentina U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:21, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 August 2023

Alan Gonzalo Varela (born 4 July 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defensive or central midfielder for Primeira Liga club Porto.[3]

Club career

Boca Juniors

Varela joined Boca Juniors in 2012 from Barcelona Luján; a subsidiary of Barcelona, who later became known as Barcelona Juniors following a partnership with Boca.[2] After training with Boca's senior side during 2019, a year that also saw him sign his first professional contract, Varela made the breakthrough into Miguel Ángel Russo's first-team in 2020.[4][5][6] He was an unused substitute seven times in all competitions between September and December, including for the first time on 17 September for a Copa Libertadores win over Libertad.[3] Varela's senior debut came on 20 December in a Copa de la Liga Profesional game with Independiente.[3][7][8][9]

Porto

On 16 August 2023, Primeira Liga club Porto announced the signing of Varela on a five-year contract,[10] for a reported fee of €8 million + €3 million in performance-related add-ons.[11] He made his debut on 3 September, coming off the bench to replace Stephen Eustáquio at half-time in a 1–1 league draw at home against Arouca.[12] Twelve days later, Varela made his first start for the Dragons, away at Estrela da Amadora, where he made a last-minute goal-line clearance to guarantee a 1–0 Porto win.[13]

International career

In 2019, Varela was selected by Argentina U20 manager Esteban Solari for the COTIF Tournament in Spain.[4][14]

Career statistics

As of match played 14 January 2024[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps Goals Apps GoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Boca Juniors 2020 Argentine Primera División 4030 — ——70
2021 Argentine Primera División 20000 — 7[lower-alpha 1] 0—270
2022 Argentine Primera División 30040 — 7[lower-alpha 1] 12[lower-alpha 2]0431
2023 Argentine Primera División 24010 — 8[lower-alpha 1] 11[lower-alpha 3]0341
Total 78 0 8 0 — 22 2 3 0 111 2
Porto 2023–24 Primeira Liga 13 0 2 0 0 0 6[lower-alpha 4] 0 0 0 21 0
Career total 910100 0 0 28 2301322

Honours

Boca Juniors

References

  1. 1 2 "Alan Varela: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 "¿Quién es Alan Varela? El juvenil de Boca que debutará ante Independient". TyC Sports. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Argentina - A. Varela". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  4. 1 2 "¿Quién es Alan Varela, el juvenil de Boca que debuta ante Independiente?". Goal. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Inferiores: Alan Varela firmó su primer contrato". Diario Xeneize. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Boca y sus pibes: la lista de la Libertadores, con doce jugadores que no debutaron en Primera". TyC Sports. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "Así juega Alan Varela, pibe que debuta en Boca ante Independiente". One Football. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "El posible equipo de Boca para enfrentar a Independiente: Con la presencia de Franco Soldano y el debut de Alan Varela". TNT Sports. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  9. ↑ "El sueño del pibe: la historia del crack de la Reserva que llegó a Boca a los 12 años y debuta en primera". El Intransigente. 20 December 2020. Archived from the original on 18 February 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "Alan Varela é Dragão até 2028" [Alan Varela is a Dragon until 2028]. fcporto.pt (in Portuguese). 16 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  11. ↑ "Alan Varela apresentado pelo F.C. Porto" [Alan Varela announced by F.C. Porto] (in Portuguese). Jornal de Notícias. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  12. ↑ "FC Porto-Arouca: a análise aos jogadores dos dragões" [FC Porto - Arouca: analysis of the Dragon's players] (in European Portuguese). A Bola. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  13. ↑ "FC Porto apaga a 'Estrela' e passa (pelo menos) a noite no 'trono'" [FC Porto puts out the 'Estrela' ['Star'] and spends (at least) the night on the 'throne']. Notícias ao Minuto (in European Portuguese). 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  14. ↑ "Argentina team, fixtures announced for COTIF L'Alcudia tournament". Mundo Albiceleste. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  15. ↑ Alan Varela at Soccerway
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