Here is all you need to know about football player Walter Dominguez as ex-Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa might include the player in the Uruguay playing 11
On May 31, Uruguay plays Costa Rice in a friendly match. Marcelo Bielsa is predicted to make an unexpected choice and play an amateur player who has impressed the coach to take him to the national squad. You might not be so aware of the player, but the manager believes the player would be productive to the squad.
Uruguay is slated to play in the Copa America in the summer, in addition to a friendly match against Costa Rica on May 31 and it has now come to light that Marcelo Bielsa is choosing an unprofessional player for the game.
Walter Dominguez will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity from the former Athletic Club and Leeds United manager, according to TNT Argentina.
Who is amateur football player Walter Dominguez who could get called up to the Uruguay team by Marceloa Bielsa
🇺🇾😱 In a 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐲 move, Marcelo Bielsa will call up an 𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐔𝐑 footballer to his Uruguay squad to face Costa Rica in a friendly.
Walter Domínguez has scored 57 goals in 39 games for amateur side Juventud de Soriano.
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The 68-year-old is now in charge of the Uruguay national team, having taken over the role in May 2023. He has won six of his first ten games, giving him a 60% victory percentage. While his former team, Leeds United hopes to stay out of the bottom three on Saturday by avoiding losing to Brighton in the Premier League for the sixth time this year.
Bielsa is anticipated to give Walter his chance, since he is unable to call up players from top Uruguayan teams like Nacional, Penarol, Liverpool, Racing, and Danubia due to their involvement in the Copa Libertadores and Sudamericana.
Meanwhile, in an interview with writer Alex Martin Rostan, the young player, Walter Dominguez affirmed his involvement following the team’s most recent 2-1 OFI Cup loss. They player stated that it made him “very happy” when “they called.”
Walter Dominguez jugó hoy por Copa OFI y confirmó la convocatoria para @Uruguay
Su equipo cayó derrotado 2 a 1. pic.twitter.com/CCNLvYqWy4— Alex Martin Rostan (@MartinRostan9) May 4, 2024
Dominguez may start with Federico Valverde of Real Madrid and Darwin Nunez of Liverpool.
Who is Walter Dominguez?
Walter Dominguez is a football player for semi-professional side Juventud de Soriano who plays as a striker and will soon get to play with the Uruguayan National Team. The 24-year-old has netted an incredible 38 goals in 19 games impressing everyone with his performance on the pitch.
He has also netted 13 in 14 games for the national team, as well as six in as many for Fray Bentos Futbol and is set to report for training with the rest of his teammates at the Uruguay Celeste complex on May 27.
He confirmed his participation in an interview with journalist Alex Martin Rostan as Dominguez said: “They called me and I am very happy. I didn’t expect it and it was a surprise. The truth is I’m very happy.”