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.”
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