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{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (born 1978)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gustavo Varela
| image = Schalke Varela03.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| fullname =Gustavo Antonio Varela Rodríguez
| height = 1.74 m<ref>{{cite web|title=Player Profile|url=http://www..clubatleticocerro.com/inicio.htm|publisher=Club Atletico Cerro|access-date=6 July 2012|archive-date=14 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814025915/http://www.clubatleticocerro.com/inicio.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|5|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Montevideo]], Uruguay
| position = [[Midfielder#Winger|Winger]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1998–2002
| years2 = 2002–2009
| years3 = 2003
| years4 = 2009–2011
| years5 = 2010–2011
| years6 = 2011–2012
| years7 = 2013–2014
| clubs1 = [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]]
| clubs2 = [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
| clubs3 = [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04 II]]
| clubs4 = [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]]
| clubs5 = → [[Quilmes Atlético Club|Quilmes]] (loan)
| clubs6 = [[C.A. Cerro|Cerro]]
| clubs7 = [[C.A. Cerro|Cerro]]
| caps1 = 118
| caps2 = 82
| caps3 = 4
| caps4 = 20
| caps5 = 21
| caps6 = 21
| caps7 = 22
| goals1 = 28
| goals2 = 8
| goals3 = 2
| goals4 = 9
| goals5 = 0
| goals6 = 1
| goals7 = 0
| totalcaps = 288
| totalgoals = 48
| nationalyears1 = 2000–2006
| nationalteam1  =[[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]
| nationalcaps1  = 24
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
{{family name hatnote|Varela|Rodríguez|lang=Spanish}}
'''Gustavo Antonio Varela Rodríguez''' (born 14 May 1978) is a Uruguayan former [[association football|footballer]]. He was a versatile right sided player who also could "be played as a lone striker, behind the front two" or at the heart of midfield.<ref>{{cite web|title=Player Profile|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/uruguay/squad/newsid_1998000/1998015.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=7 July 2012}}</ref>

== Career ==
Varela started his career in [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]] in Uruguay, and played between 2002 and 2008 for [[FC Schalke 04]] in Germany. After his contract with Schalke 04 expired in January 2009, Varela returned to [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.schalke04.de/aktuell/news/einzelansicht/artikel/heimweh-in-uruguay-zu-besuch-bei-dario-rodriguez-und-gustavo-varela.html | title = "Heimweh" in Uruguay: Zu Besuch bei Darío Rodríguez und Gustavo Varela | trans-title = "Homesick" in Uruguay: Visiting Darío Rodríguez and Gustavo Varela | language = de | publisher = FC Schalke 04 | date = 1 February 2010 | access-date = 9 July 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100529152119/http://www.schalke04.de/aktuell/news/einzelansicht/artikel/heimweh-in-uruguay-zu-besuch-bei-dario-rodriguez-und-gustavo-varela.html | archive-date = 29 May 2010 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Varela transferred to Argentina to play for recently promoted [[Quilmes Atlético Club|Quilmes]] in the [[2010–11 Argentine Primera División season]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Morales y Varela llegan a Quilmes |newspaper=ESPN Deportes |date = 18 June 2010|url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/news/story?id=1044342&s=arg&type=story |language=es |access-date = 10 July 2010}}</ref>

== International career ==
Varela made 24 appearances for the [[Uruguay national football team]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando|title=Uruguay - Record International Players|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/uru-recintlp.html| date= 1 May 2009 |website=[[RSSSF]]| access-date = 21 July 2009}}</ref> and was a participant at the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{FIFA player|180546|Gustavo Varela}}</ref>

== Honours ==
'''Schalke 04'''
*[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]: [[2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup|2003]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/FixturesResults/Round%3D1691/Match%3D73021/Report%3DMS.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031212164322/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/FixturesResults/Round%3D1691/Match%3D73021/Report%3DMS.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 December 2003 |title=Schalke 0-0 Pasching (Aggregate: 2 - 0)|publisher=[[UEFA]] |access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[DFB-Ligapokal]]: [[2005 DFL-Ligapokal Final|2005]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/historie/dfbde-archiv/archiv-ehemalige-wettbewerbe/premiere-ligapokal/alle-wettbewerbe/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F1820718 |title=Ligapokal, 2005, Finale|publisher=dfb.de |access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{NFT player|id=7066}}
* {{WorldFootball.net|gustavo-varela}}
* {{ESPN FC|68721}}

{{Uruguay Squad 2002 FIFA World Cup}}
{{Uruguay squad 2004 Copa América}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Uruguayan men's footballers]]
[[Category:Club Nacional de Football players]]
[[Category:FC Schalke 04 players]]
[[Category:Quilmes Atlético Club footballers]]
[[Category:C.A. Cerro players]]
[[Category:Uruguay men's international footballers]]
[[Category:2002 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:2004 Copa América players]]
[[Category:Uruguayan Primera División players]]
[[Category:Bundesliga players]]
[[Category:Argentine Primera División players]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina]]
[[Category:Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Montevideo]]
[[Category:20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen]]
[[Category:Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina]]


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