Renzo Machado

Renzo Machado
Personal information
Full name Renzo Neri Machado Pertusso
Date of birth (2005-09-21) 21 September 2005 (age 21)
Place of birth Rocha, Uruguay
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Liverpool Montevideo
Number 9
Youth career
Liverpool Montevideo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Liverpool Montevideo 69 (13)
International career
2024–2025 Uruguay U20 21 (7)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 October 2025

Renzo Neri Machado Pertusso (born 21 September 2005) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liverpool Montevideo.

Club career

Born in Rocha, Machado began his career at Liverpool Montevideo, choosing them over Montevideo's two largest teams Nacional and Peñarol.

Machado made his debut on 30 January 2023 in the 2023 Supercopa Uruguaya as a 66th-minute substitute as his team won 1–0 against Nacional. On 5 February, he made his bow in the Uruguayan Primera División again from the bench in a 2–1 loss way to the same team, on the first day of the season. He played 10 games as his team won the league for the first time, scoring once on 15 July to gain a 2–2 home draw with Plaza Colonia.

In the 2024 Supercopa Uruguaya on 31 January, Machado started in a 1–0 win over Defensor Sporting. On 12 May, he scored both of his team's goals in the first half of a 2–1 win over Cerro Largo at the Estadio Belvedere, ending five months without a home win.

International career

On 21 March 2024, Machado made his debut for the Uruguay national under-20 football team. He started in a 1–0 friendly loss to Russia at the Estadio Luis Franzini. In January 2025, he was named in Uruguay's 23-man squad for the 2025 South American U-20 Championship.

Honours

Liverpool Montevideo

References

  1. 1 2 3 Casuriaga, Nahuel (2 February 2024). "Renzo Machado, el "10" de Liverpool: por qué lo elige sobre Nacional o Peñarol y el "plus" de Luciano Rodríguez" [Renzo Machado, Liverpool's number 10: why he chose them over Nacional or Peñarol and the "plus" for Luciano Rodríguez]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Renzo Machado en el plantel de Liverpool para la final de la Supercopa" [Renzo Machado in the Liverpool squad for the Supercopa final]. La Paloma (in Spanish). 29 January 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Liverpool se consagró campeón de la Supercopa Uruguaya tras vencer a Nacional" [Liverpool crowned champions of the Supercopa Uruguaya after beating Nacional]. Cambio (in Spanish). 30 January 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "Nacional vs Liverpool, el tricolor arrancó el Apertura con triunfo: resumen y detalles del partido" [Nacional vs Liverpool, the Tricolor opened the Apertura with a triumph: report and details of the match]. El Observador (in Spanish). 5 February 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "Llegó el primer festejo de Renzo Machado en la primera de Liverpool" [Renzo Machado's first celebration in Liverpool's first team arrived] (in Spanish). Info Rocha. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Renzo Machado campeón Uruguayo con Liverpool" [Renzo Machado Uruguayan champion with Liverpool] (in Spanish). Info Rocha. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  7. ↑ Cozza, Marcelo (12 May 2024). "Adiós al maleficio" [Goodbye to the hex] (in Spanish). Tenfield. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "Selección sub-20: Uruguay cayó derrotado 1-0 ante Rusia en amistoso en el Franzini" [Under-20 national team: Uruguay fell to a 1-0 defeat to Russia in a friendly in the Franzini] (in Spanish). Montevideo.com.uy. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Lista oficial de convocados al Sudamericano sub-20". 7 January 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.