Federico Valverde and the History of Uruguay Players at Real Madrid

DBasia.news – The 34th LaLiga title has been secured by Real Madrid this season and ended the dominance of Barcelona who won it for two consecutive seasons. El Real’s success won it could not be separated from their playing momentum after the break due to the corona virus pandemic.

Real Madrid wiped out 10 matches with wins while Barcelona lost once and drew four times after the league rolled back after the pause of the corona virus pandemic.

A number of record breaks and special spotlight pinned to Madrid coach, Zinedine Zidane for being able to mix the best composition of the players available. It became the second Laliga title won by Zidane as Madrid coach.

One mainstay player in the current Madrid squad is Federico Valverde. The 21-year-old midfielder was loaned to Deportivo La Coruna in the 2017-18 season and is now back in combat-ready condition.

The Uruguayan was Zidane’s fighting machine in midfield in making the transition to play when defending and rising to help the attack. Valverde is even easier to play because he is accompanied by top midfielders such as Toni Kroos, Luka Modric and Casemiro in midfield.

LaLiga became Valverde’s third title at Real Madrid after winning the Club World Cup and the Spanish Super Cup. Valverde also made history with Real Madrid.

According to records Marca Valverde became the second player in the history of Madrid who came from Uruguay and won the title with the club. The last player to do so was Emilio Santamaria in mid 1957-1966.

Santamaria was in the golden period of Madrid with six LaLiga titles, one Copa del Rey, four European Cups (Champions League), and the Intercontinental Cup. Santamaria played as a defender and became the first successful Uruguayan player in Madrid.

Valverde became the second Uruguayan player to succeed after Santamaria and successfully won the title with Real Madrid. Representatives from Uruguay in the Madrid squad are not just the two of them.

There are five other names namely: Juan Alberto Acosta (1982-83), Federico Magallanes (1998-99), Pablo Garcia (2005-06), Carlos Diogo (2005-06), and Gary Kagelmacher (2008-2010), but they The five did not succeed in winning the trophy with Madrid.