Guillermo Varela
Defender · Flamengo · №2
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
Flamengo
Cruzeiro
CONMEBOL Libertadores
|
2:1 | |
Mirassol
Flamengo
Serie A
|
1:5 | |
|
Cruzeiro
Flamengo
CONMEBOL Libertadores
|
1:1 | |
Flamengo
Vitoria
Serie A
|
2:0 | |
Internacional
Flamengo
Serie A
|
1:1 | |
Flamengo
São Paulo FC
Serie A
|
1:1 | |
Chapecoense
Flamengo
Serie A
|
0:4 | |
Uruguay
Spain
World Cup
|
0:1 | |
Uruguay
Cape Verde
World Cup
|
2:2 | |
Saudi Arabia
Uruguay
World Cup
|
1:1 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Serie A | 2026 | 19 |
| CONMEBOL Libertadores | 2026 | 7 |
| CONMEBOL Libertadores | 2025 | 5 |
| World Cup | 2026 | 3 |
| Carioca - 1 | 2026 | 3 |
| Copa do Brasil | 2026 | 1 |
About the player
Guillermo Varela had a stand-off with manager Louis van Gaal, who refused to let him leave.
Varela had started out at Peñarol in Uruguay, making his debut in 2011, and returned there in 2017 for a second spell that brought back-to-back league titles in 2017 and 2018 and a domestic Super Cup.
His time at Dynamo Moscow, which began as a loan in 2020 before the Russian club bought his rights the following year, ended abruptly in July 2022, when Varela left the team's training base without notice, a departure the club treated as a breach of contract.
Flamengo took him on loan that same month, and the move to Rio de Janeiro reshaped his career. Varela won the Copa Libertadores in 2022 while still on loan, then signed permanently in 2023 and kept adding trophies: the Copa do Brasil in 2024, the Rio de Janeiro state championship in both 2024 and 2025, and in 2025 alone the Brazilian Super Cup, the national championship, a second Libertadores, the FIFA Challenger Cup and the FIFA Derby of the Americas.
He has also won 31 caps for Uruguay, without scoring, and was part of the squad that took bronze at the 2024 Copa América. Earlier, he played 29 times for the under-20 side that finished runners-up at the 2013 World Cup.
Career path
- 2022 — 2026 — now CR Flamengo 121 matches
- 2021 — 2023 Dynamo Moscow 49 matches
- 2020 — 2021 Copenhagen 44 matches
- 2020 — 2021 FC Copenhagen Reserves 5 matches
- 2017 — 2018 Penarol 30 matches
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25/26 | CR Flamengo | FIFA Intercontinental Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 300 |
| 22/23 | Dynamo Moscow | Premier Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 22/23 | CR Flamengo | FIFA Club World Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 21/22 | Dynamo Moscow | Premier Liga | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 788 |
| 21/22 | Dynamo Moscow | Russian Cup | 5 | 0 | 0 | 253 |
| 2026 | CR Flamengo | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 429 |
| 2026 | CR Flamengo | Copa Libertadores | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2026 | CR Flamengo | Recopa Sudamericana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165 |
| 2026 | CR Flamengo | Supercopa Rei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 2026 | CR Flamengo | Copa do Brasil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2025 | CR Flamengo | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 321 |
| 2025 | CR Flamengo | Copa Libertadores | 12 | 1 | 0 | 743 |
| 2025 | CR Flamengo | Copa do Brasil | 4 | 1 | 1 | 310 |
| 2025 | CR Flamengo | FIFA Club World Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 188 |
| 2024 | CR Flamengo | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 038 |
| 2024 | CR Flamengo | Copa Libertadores | 9 | 0 | 0 | 641 |
| 2024 | CR Flamengo | Copa do Brasil | 7 | 0 | 0 | 417 |
| 2023 | CR Flamengo | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 235 |
| 2023 | CR Flamengo | Copa do Brasil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 121 |
| 2023 | CR Flamengo | Copa Libertadores | 2 | 0 | 0 | 99 |
| 2023 | CR Flamengo | Recopa Sudamericana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172 |
| 2023 | CR Flamengo | Supercopa Rei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
| 2022 | CR Flamengo | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 259 |
| 2022 | CR Flamengo | Copa Libertadores | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2018 | Penarol | Liga AUF Apertura | 10 | 0 | 0 | 892 |
| 2018 | Penarol | Copa Libertadores | 6 | 0 | 0 | 540 |
| 2018 | Penarol | Liga AUF Intermedio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
| 2018 | Penarol | Supercopa Uruguaya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 2017 | Penarol | Liga AUF Clausura | 10 | 0 | 0 | 821 |
| 2017 | Penarol | Playoffs Liga AUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
| 20/21 | Dynamo Moscow | Premier Liga | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 371 |
| 20/21 | Copenhagen | UEFA Europa League Qualifying | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
| 20/21 | Dynamo Moscow | Russian Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166 |
| 20/21 | Copenhagen | Superliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 20/21 | FC Copenhagen Reserves | Future Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 19/20 | Copenhagen | Superliga | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 458 |
| 19/20 | Copenhagen | UEFA Europa League | 11 | 0 | 2 | 827 |
| 19/20 | Copenhagen | Superliga Championship round | 9 | 0 | 1 | 749 |
| 19/20 | FC Copenhagen Reserves | Future Cup | 4 | 0 | 0 | 306 |
| 19/20 | Copenhagen | UEFA Champions League Qualifying | 3 | 0 | 0 | 183 |
Transfers
- 22/23 Dynamo Moscow Flamengo
- 22/23 Flamengo Dynamo Moscow
- 21/22 Copenhagen Dynamo Moscow €1.00M
- 20/21 Dynamo Moscow Copenhagen
- 20/21 Copenhagen Dynamo Moscow
- 18/19 Penarol Copenhagen €1.75M
- 17/18 Man Utd Penarol
- 16/17 Frankfurt Man Utd
- 16/17 Man Utd Frankfurt
- 15/16 Man Utd U21 Man Utd
- 14/15 RM Castilla Man Utd U21
- 14/15 Man Utd U21 RM Castilla
