Rodrigo Bentancur profile
- Club
- Tottenham Hotspur
- Position
- Defensive Midfield
- Nationality
- Uruguay
- Date of birth
- 1997-06-05
- Birthplace
- Nueva Helvecia, Uruguay
- Height
- 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Shirt number
- 30
- Signing / transfer fee
- £17.10m
About Rodrigo Bentancur
Rodrigo Bentancur Colman (born 25 June 1997) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Uruguay national team.
Bentancur started his career in the youth system of Argentine side Boca Juniors in 2009. He was promoted to the senior squad in 2015, winning two Primera División titles and a Copa Argentina with the team. He was then signed by Italian club Juventus in 2017, where he won three consecutive Serie A titles, among other trophies. In January 2022, Bentancur joined English side Tottenham Hotspur, winning the UEFA Europa League three and a half seasons later.
At international level, Bentancur was a member of the Uruguay U20 squad that won the 2017 South American U-20 Championship. He made his senior debut for Uruguay in 2017, representing the side at the FIFA World Cup in 2018 and 2022, and the Copa América in 2019, 2021 and 2024.