Gustavo Antonio Varela Rodríguez (born 14 May 1978) is a Uruguayan former footballer. He was a versatile right sided player who also could "be played as a lone striker, behind the front two" or at the heart of midfield.[2]
Varela started his career in Nacional in Uruguay, and played between 2002 and 2008 for FC Schalke 04 in Germany. After his contract with Schalke 04 expired in January 2009, Varela returned to Nacional.[3]
^. Club Atletico Cerro. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
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^ ["Homesick" in Uruguay: Visiting Darío Rodríguez and Gustavo Varela] (in German). FC Schalke 04. 1 February 2010. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
^"Morales y Varela llegan a Quilmes". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). 18 June 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
^Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando (1 May 2009). "Uruguay - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
gustavo, varela, gustavo, antonio, varela, rodríguez, born, 1978, uruguayan, former, footballer, versatile, right, sided, player, also, could, played, lone, striker, behind, front, heart, midfield, personal, informationfull, namegustavo, antonio, varela, rodrí. Gustavo Antonio Varela Rodriguez born 14 May 1978 is a Uruguayan former footballer He was a versatile right sided player who also could be played as a lone striker behind the front two or at the heart of midfield 2 Gustavo VarelaPersonal informationFull nameGustavo Antonio Varela RodriguezDate of birth 1978 05 14 14 May 1978 age 45 Place of birthMontevideo UruguayHeight1 74 m 5 ft 9 in 1 Position s WingerSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1998 2002Nacional118 28 2002 2009Schalke 0482 8 2003Schalke 04 II4 2 2009 2011Nacional20 9 2010 2011 Quilmes loan 21 0 2011 2012Cerro21 1 2013 2014Cerro22 0 Total288 48 International career2000 2006Uruguay24 0 Club domestic league appearances and goalsIn this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Varela and the second or maternal family name is Rodriguez Contents 1 Career 2 International career 3 Honours 4 References 5 External linksCareer editVarela started his career in Nacional in Uruguay and played between 2002 and 2008 for FC Schalke 04 in Germany After his contract with Schalke 04 expired in January 2009 Varela returned to Nacional 3 Varela transferred to Argentina to play for recently promoted Quilmes in the 2010 11 Argentine Primera Division season 4 International career editVarela made 24 appearances for the Uruguay national football team 5 and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup 6 Honours editSchalke 04 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2003 7 DFB Ligapokal 2005 8 References edit Player Profile Club Atletico Cerro Archived from the original on 14 August 2016 Retrieved 6 July 2012 Player Profile BBC Sport Retrieved 7 July 2012 Heimweh in Uruguay Zu Besuch bei Dario Rodriguez und Gustavo Varela Homesick in Uruguay Visiting Dario Rodriguez and Gustavo Varela in German FC Schalke 04 1 February 2010 Archived from the original on 29 May 2010 Retrieved 9 July 2010 Morales y Varela llegan a Quilmes ESPN Deportes in Spanish 18 June 2010 Retrieved 10 July 2010 Passo Alpuin Luis Fernando 1 May 2009 Uruguay Record International Players RSSSF Retrieved 21 July 2009 Gustavo Varela FIFA competition record archived Schalke 0 0 Pasching Aggregate 2 0 uefa com Archived from the original on 12 December 2003 Retrieved 15 June 2020 Ligapokal 2005 Finale dfb de Retrieved 5 November 2020 External links editGustavo Varela at National Football Teams com Gustavo Varela at WorldFootball net Gustavo Varela at ESPN FC nbsp nbsp This biographical article about a football midfielder from Uruguay born in the 1970s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gustavo Varela amp oldid 1164500021, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
