Jorge Ciro Fucile Perdomo (; born 19 November 1984) is a Uruguayan former professional
footballer
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Porto
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in Portugal, going on to appear in 155 competitive matches over eight seasons and win 11 major titles, including five
Primeira Liga
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World Cups
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and three
Copa América
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tournaments.
Club career
Early years and Porto
Born in
Montevideo
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, Fucile began his career with hometown's
Liverpool Fútbol Club
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History
The club has its roots in the student te ...
. On 31 August 2006 he was transferred on loan to
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 ...
in Portugal, appearing in 18 games in his first season as the northerners won a second consecutive
Primeira Liga
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; the move was made permanent on 1 July 2007, with the player signing a five-year contract.
Subsequently, Fucile continued to appear regularly for Porto on both sides of the back four. He added a further two leagues to his honours, while contributing a total of 38 matches.
In the 2011–12 season, under new manager Vítor Pereira, Fucile lost his importance in the first team – after
Cristian Săpunaru
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Săpunaru began his senior career wit ...
's injury,
central defender
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was chosen as his successor. In mid-January 2012 he moved on loan to Brazil's
Santos FC
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in a one-year-long deal, being released by his parent club exactly one year later but re-admitted in March 2013.
Later career
In late December 2013, also not being part of new coach
Paulo Fonseca
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's plans, Fucile intended to return to Uruguay after agreeing a deal with
Club Nacional de Football
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The club was founded on 14 May 1899 as a result of the merger between ''Uruguay Athletic Club'' an ...
for the 2014 Clausura, but the deal fell through; he eventually signed in July. On 17 February 2014, he was condemned to pay a €45,000 fine for assaulting two stewards at the
Estádio da Luz
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S.L. Benfica
(), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football.
Founded on 28 February 1904, as ''Sport Lisboa'', Benfica is one of the " ...
on 20 December 2009.
In July 2019, after a further four
Uruguayan Primera División
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seasons with Nacional and a failed trial at
Club Plaza Colonia de Deportes
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, the 34-year-old Fucile joined
FC Cartagena
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of the Spanish
Segunda División B
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, coached by his compatriot
Gustavo Munúa
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. He returned to his country on 29 October 2020 after 11 months of inactivity, signing a short-term contract at
Segunda División
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club
Juventud de Las Piedras
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Fucile made his debut for
Uruguay
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Romania
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in
Los Angeles
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. Already as first choice, he played four games at the
2007 Copa América
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as the national team finished fourth.
Fucile was then selected for the
2010 FIFA World Cup
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in South Africa, making five appearances for the semi-finalists, including the knockout stage victories against
South Korea
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and
Ghana
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(the latter after a
penalty shootout
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). He missed the
2011 Copa América
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which his country won, but made
Óscar Tabárez
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After an unassuming career as a player and after working as a primary school ...
2015 Copa América
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, Fucile was named in the squad despite playing just 142 minutes of football all year due to thigh injury. In his only appearance of the tournament in place of suspended
Álvaro Pereira
Álvaro Daniel Pereira Barragán (; born 28 November 1985) is a Uruguayan former professional association football, footballer. Mainly a left-back, he could perform equally as a left midfielder.
After starting out at Miramar Misiones he went on ...
, he was one of two Uruguay players
sent off
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in the 1–0 quarter-final defeat to hosts
Chile
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Primeira Liga
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2010–11
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Taça de Portugal
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Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
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:
2009
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,
2011
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,
2013
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2013 was designated as:
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*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
*
UEFA Europa League
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:
2010–11
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*
Taça da Liga
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UEFA Super Cup
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runner-up:
2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
Santos
*
Campeonato Paulista
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:
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
Nacional
*
Uruguayan Primera División
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2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...