Facundo Pellistri, Uruguay footballer: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Facundo Pellistri is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Greek Super League club Panathinaikos and the Uruguay national team.

Born in Montevideo, Pellistri is a graduate of Peñarol's youth system. He made 37 first-team appearances for the club and was named in the Uruguayan Primera División Team of the Season in 2019. He transferred to Manchester United in October 2020, for a fee of £9 million. After joining United, he had two loan spells at Spanish club Alavés, where he made 35 appearances in total before a further loan spell at fellow La Liga side Granada in 2024. He joined Panathinaikos F.C. for a fee of around £5.1 million in August 2024.

Pellistri represented Uruguay at under-16 level, before making his senior international debut in January 2022. He played for Uruguay at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2024 Copa América.