Renzo Machado

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Renzo Machado
Personal information
Full name Renzo Neri Machado Pertusso
Date of birth (2005-09-21) 21 September 2005 (age 20)
Place of birth Rocha, Uruguay
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Liverpool Montevideo
Number 9
Youth career
Liverpool Montevideo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023– Liverpool Montevideo 69 (13)
International career
2024–2025 Uruguay U20 21 (7)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 October 2025

Renzo Neri Machado Pertusso (born 21 September 2005) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liverpool Montevideo.

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Club career

Born in Rocha, Machado began his career at Liverpool Montevideo, choosing them over Montevideo's two largest teams Nacional and Peñarol. [1]

Machado made his debut on 30 January 2023 in the 2023 Supercopa Uruguaya as a 66th-minute substitute as his team won 1–0 against Nacional. [2] [3] On 5 February, he made his bow in the Uruguayan Primera División again from the bench in a 2–1 loss way to the same team, on the first day of the season. [4] He played 10 games as his team won the league for the first time, scoring once on 15 July to gain a 2–2 home draw with Plaza Colonia. [5] [6]

In the 2024 Supercopa Uruguaya on 31 January, Machado started in a 1–0 win over Defensor Sporting. [1] On 12 May, he scored both of his team's goals in the first half of a 2–1 win over Cerro Largo at the Estadio Belvedere, ending five months without a home win. [7]

International career

On 21 March 2024, Machado made his debut for the Uruguay national under-20 football team. He started in a 1–0 friendly loss to Russia at the Estadio Luis Franzini. [8] In January 2025, he was named in Uruguay's 23-man squad for the 2025 South American U-20 Championship. [9]

Honours

Liverpool Montevideo

References

  1. 1 2 3 Casuriaga, Nahuel (2 February 2024). "Renzo Machado, el "10" de Liverpool: por qué lo elige sobre Nacional o Peñarol y el "plus" de Luciano Rodríguez" [Renzo Machado, Liverpool's number 10: why he chose them over Nacional or Peñarol and the "plus" for Luciano Rodríguez]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Renzo Machado en el plantel de Liverpool para la final de la Supercopa" [Renzo Machado in the Liverpool squad for the Supercopa final]. La Paloma (in Spanish). 29 January 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Liverpool se consagró campeón de la Supercopa Uruguaya tras vencer a Nacional" [Liverpool crowned champions of the Supercopa Uruguaya after beating Nacional]. Cambio (in Spanish). 30 January 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "Nacional vs Liverpool, el tricolor arrancó el Apertura con triunfo: resumen y detalles del partido" [Nacional vs Liverpool, the Tricolor opened the Apertura with a triumph: report and details of the match]. El Observador (in Spanish). 5 February 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "Llegó el primer festejo de Renzo Machado en la primera de Liverpool" [Renzo Machado's first celebration in Liverpool's first team arrived] (in Spanish). Info Rocha. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Renzo Machado campeón Uruguayo con Liverpool" [Renzo Machado Uruguayan champion with Liverpool] (in Spanish). Info Rocha. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  7. ↑ Cozza, Marcelo (12 May 2024). "Adiós al maleficio" [Goodbye to the hex] (in Spanish). Tenfield . Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "Selección sub-20: Uruguay cayó derrotado 1-0 ante Rusia en amistoso en el Franzini" [Under-20 national team: Uruguay fell to a 1-0 defeat to Russia in a friendly in the Franzini] (in Spanish). Montevideo.com.uy. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Lista oficial de convocados al Sudamericano sub-20". 7 January 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
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