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Nicolás Lodeiro
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Uruguayan association football player
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Marcelo Nicolás Lodeiro Benítez, born on March 21, 1989, is a Uruguayan association football player. He plays as a midfielder and has represented several clubs, including AFC Ajax, Boca Juniors, Botafogo F.R., S.C. Corinthians Paulista, and Nacional Montevideo. Lodeiro competes for Uruguay in international football and has participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2012 Summer Olympics, and the FIFA Confederations Cup. He also plays in Major League Soccer.
Lodeiro’s professional career began on August 19, 2007. He speaks Spanish and wears the number 14 jersey. His physical measurements include a height of 170 and a mass of 69.
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Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 9
- Cited by
- 15
Research areas
Most cited works
- Sixty Degrees of Solutions: Field Techniques for Human–Jaguar Coexistence2025 · 5 cit
- Primer registro documentado de aguará guazú Chrysocyon brachyurus (Mammalia, Carnivora) para la ecorregión de la Selva Paranaense, en la provincia de Misiones, República Argentina2020 · 3 cit
- Panthera onca. En: SAyDS–SAREM (eds.) Categorización 2019 de los mamíferos de Argentina según su riesgo de extinción.2019 · 3 cit
- Confirmación de la presencia delhurón grande Galictis vittata (Mustelidae) en laRepública Argentina, tras treinta años sin registros2021 · 2 cit
- Características de depredación de yaguareté (Panthera onca) a vacunos en el centro de la provincia de Misiones, República Argentina: propuestas para su identificación y documentación2020 · 1 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH DATA RELEASES OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FINAL DATA FROM SDSS-III
· 2015 · cited 2,224x
- JASPAR 2022: the 9th release of the open-access database of transcription factor binding profiles
· 2021 · cited 1,848x
- SB-431542 Is a Potent and Specific Inhibitor of Transforming Growth Factor-β Superfamily Type I Activin Receptor-Like Kinase (ALK) Receptors ALK4, ALK5, and ALK7
· 2002 · cited 1,475x
- Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies, and the Distant Universe
· 2017 · cited 1,454x
- Beyond DP4: an Improved Probability for the Stereochemical Assignment of Isomeric Compounds using Quantum Chemical Calculations of NMR Shifts
· 2015 · cited 1,304x
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Key facts
- 2012
- Uruguay Olympic
- 2025
- Houston Dynamo
- Full name
- Marcelo Nicolás Lodeiro Benítez
- Date of birth
- ( 1989-03-21 ) 21 March 1989 (age 37)
- Place of birth
- Paysandú , Uruguay
- Height
- 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
- Position
- Attacking midfielder
- Current team
- Nacional
- 2003 2007
- Nacional
- Years
- Team
- 2007 2010
- Nacional
- 2010 2012
- Ajax
- 2012 2014
- Botafogo
- 2014 2015
- Corinthians
- 2015 2016
- Boca Juniors
- 2016 2023
- Seattle Sounders
- 2024 2025
- Orlando City
- 2008 2009
- Uruguay U20
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Nacional Montevideo
- Position
- Attacking Midfield
- Nationality
- Uruguay
via TheSportsDB
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:45, 3 June 2026 (UTC)
Marcelo Nicolás Lodeiro Benítez ( Spanish pronunciation: [nikoˈlas loˈðejɾo]; born 21 March 1989), commonly known as Nicolás Lodeiro, is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Uruguayan Primera División club Nacional.
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