Nicolás Acevedo

CAREER

2020: NYCFC acquired Nicolás Acevedo using Allocation Money from Liverpool FC. 

2019: Nicolás Acevedo was awarded the "Joven Talento del 2019" by the Uruguayan Football Association which honors the best U-21 player in the country's domestic league. The 20-year-old played 31 games as Liverpool finished 5th in the aggregate table last season. He helped Liverpool qualify for the CONMEBOL Copa Sudamericana twice and also scored a penalty in the shootout as his club lifted the “Torneo Intermedio” for the first time in 2019.

2018: Acevedo came through Liverpool’s academy in his native Montevideo and debuted for his boyhood club in 2018. He became captain in 2019 at 20 years old.

INTERNATIONAL

His performances earned him a call-up to the Uruguayan U-20 national team where he helped lead his country to the Round of 16 in 2019’s FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland. Acevedo also featured extensively with the U-23s as they finished third in the CONMEBOL Olympic qualifiers behind Argentina and Brazil earlier this year.