Federico Martín Elduayén Saldaña (born June 25, 1977) is an

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

an football former

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. His nickname is "''Vikingo''" (Viking).

Career

Club career

He began his career in the youth squads of

Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (), more commonly referred to as Peñarol, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo. The club currently competes in the Uruguayan Primera División, the highest tier in Uruguayan football. The nam ...

. He made his professional debut in 1999, in the Copa Mercosur defending Peñarol against Vasco Da Gama in Brazil. Elduayén participated in six straight

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editions with Peñarol from 2000–2005. He was the team's starting goalkeeper until 2005 when he lost his job and moved to

Universidad de Concepción Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to: Places * Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico * Universidad (Madrid) Football clubs * Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala ...

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. Ever since joining the Chilean side he became the starting goalkeeper there. He renewed his contract until the end of the 2009 season. The following year Elduayén transferred to O'Higgins where he played for one season, before signing with

Unión Española Club Unión Española S.A.D.P. is a professional football club based in the Independencia neighborhood, commune of Santiago, Chile currently participating in the Primera División de Chile. History Foundation, Amateur Era and First seasons ...

. In 2012, he landed in Bolivia and signing for

Universitario de Sucre Club Deportivo Universitario San Francisco Xavier is a professional association football, football team based in Sucre, Bolivia, that competes in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano, Bolivian Primera División. The club has two titles in ...

International career

Elduayen made one appearance for the

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and was part of the squad for the

2002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea/Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...

Titles

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* 1977 births Living people People from Fray Bentos Sportspeople from Río Negro Department Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Uruguay men's international footballers Peñarol players Unión Española footballers C.D. Universidad de Concepción footballers O'Higgins F.C. footballers Universitario de Sucre footballers Club Deportivo Guabirá players Uruguayan Primera División players Bolivian Primera División players Chilean Primera División players Men's association football goalkeepers 2002 FIFA World Cup players Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia {{Uruguay-footy-goalkeeper-1970s-stub