Federico Nicolás Varela Escudero (born 7 May 1996) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as an

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for

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in the

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Club career

Varela was born in

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, but moved to

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, Galicia at early age and started his career at

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's youth setup. He subsequently finished his formation with

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, but moved to

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in August 2014. Varela made his senior debut on 24 September 2014, starting in a 3–1 home loss against FC Köniz. He scored his first goal for the club on 8 November, but in a 2–1 home defeat to

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. He left the club after three goals in 21 appearances in all competitions. On 29 January 2015, Varela joined

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, Order of Prince Henry, MHIH, Order of Merit (Portugal), OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional association footbal ...

and was immediately assigned to the reserves. He made his debut on 15 August, coming on as a second-half substitute for

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in a 2–1 away win against

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. On 21 January 2018, Varela was loaned to

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side

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until the end of the season. He made his debut in the category eight days later, playing the last ten minutes in a 4–1 home routing of

Rio Ave FC Rio Ave Futebol Clube, commonly known as Rio Ave (), is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila do Conde, that competes in the Primeira Liga. The club is named after the Ave River, which flows through the town and into the Atlant ...

. On 30 July 2018, Varela returned to Spain after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with

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side

CF Rayo Majadahonda Club de Fútbol Rayo Majadahonda () is a Spanish professional football club in Majadahonda, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1976 it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio Cerro del Espino'', with a capacity of 3,800 seats. ...

. The following 4 July, he signed a permanent three-year deal with

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side

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. On 30 December 2019, he joined

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on loan until June. On 15 September 2020, Varela terminated his contract with ''Lega''. He signed with

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on 21 December 2022.

Career statistics

Honours

CSKA Sofia *

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Varela, Federico 1996 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine men's footballers Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players FC Porto B players USL Championship players Segunda División players Luxembourg National Division players CF Rayo Majadahonda players CD Leganés players UD Las Palmas players Denizlispor footballers PFC CSKA Sofia players Phoenix Rising FC players FC Differdange 03 players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States 21st-century Argentine sportsmen 21st-century Spanish sportsmen