Ezequiel Busquets
Uruguayan footballer (born 2000)
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Ezequiel Busquets Sanguinetti (born 24 October 2000) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Montevideo City Torque.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ezequiel Busquets Sanguinetti[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 October 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Chuy, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Montevideo City Torque | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| San Vicente de Chuy | |||
| Peñarol | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2023 | Peñarol | 41 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | → Marbella (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2023 | River Plate | 16 | (0) |
| 2024 | Cerrito | 25 | (4) |
| 2025– | Montevideo City Torque | 23 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 2018–2019 | Uruguay U20 | 15 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 October 2025 | |||
Club career
Busquets played youth football for San Vicente de Chuy, a club from his hometown in the far east of Uruguay. Peñarol noticed him after a friendly match against his club in 2014.[3] He joined Peñarol's youth section in 2015. He made his professional debut for the club on 7 June 2018 in a 3–1 league win against Defensor Sporting.[4]
On 28 August 2020, Spanish Segunda División B club Marbella announced the signing of Busquets on a season long loan deal with option to buy.[5]
International career
Busquets is a former Uruguayan youth international. He was part of Uruguayan squad at the 2019 South American U-20 Championship and 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[6][7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 17 April 2022[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Peñarol | 2018 | Uruguayan Primera División | 11 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 11 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Marbella (loan) | 2020–21 | Segunda División B | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5[c] | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Career total | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
- Appearance in Championship play-offs.
- Appearance in Copa Libertadores.
- Appearances in relegation play-offs.
Honours
Peñarol
