Born in the northern Argentinian province of Chaco, Claudio Echeverri moved to the capital Buenos Aires to join the world-famous club River Plate at the age of eleven. After five years in the youth teams, the right-footer played his first game for the second team in the autumn of 2022. He made his debut in Argentina's top-flight with the first team in June 2023 and at the end of the year he had won three trophies including the Argentinian league title.
The top English club Manchester City signed the highly talented Argentinian in January 2024 but then loaned him out to the end of the year to River Plate. In the last calendar year, Echeverri made over 40 appearances in his home country as he finally made the breakthrough.
He joined the top team in Manchester at the end of February this year shortly after the U20 South American championship. At the end of the 2024/25 season Pep Guardiola played him in two games – on the final matchday of the Premier League season against Fulham and in the FA Cup final defeat.
This summer, Echeverri played for Manchester City in the FIFA Club World Cup in the USA. He was in the starting XI for the 6-0 victory over Al-Ain from the UAE and he scored two goals in that game.
The Argentina youth coaches have also utilised the technical ability of the new Leverkusen player in recent years. In the U17 World Cup at the end of 2023, he scored a hat-trick in the quarter-final against Brazil netting all the goals in the game. Echeverri has regularly played for the Argentina U20 team
At club level, the future for the midfielder is initially at the Werkself: “A lot of young players have made it to the top of the game here at Bayer Leverkusen. I want to take that path in the coming season and play my part in helping Bayer 04 achieve great things.”
The long-standing successful collaboration between Bayer 04 and the transport service provider wupsi GmbH has been expanded: From January 2026, 100 wupsi bikes with Bayer 04 branding will be available for hire throughout the city of Leverkusen. They will complement the many existing offers and services that provide key support, especially for fans travelling to and from home matches at the BayArena.
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The Werkself are back! Following the two-week winter break, head coach Kasper Hjulmand's team began the new year with an open session on Sunday. After Robert Andrich and his teammates arrived in Leverkusen yesterday for the official check-in, they got back down to business a day later in front of around 1,200 fans at the Ulrich Haberland Stadion. The report from the Werkself's first session of 2026.
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After a two-week winter break, the Werkself resume training on Sunday, 4 January. The first session in 2026 at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium starts at 11:00 and is open to fans. Bayer 04 look forward to welcoming supporters at the start of 2026. The Werkself schedule for the new year.
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After being nominated for the Bundesliga Goal of the Year 2025, Martin Terrier's wonderful strike for the opener against FC Köln is now also up for selection for the ARD Sportschau Goal of the Month award for December 2025. Bayer 04 fans have until 19:00 CET on 10 January to vote for the French forward.
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