Rodrigo De Paul

**Rodrigo Javier De Paul** (born 24 May 1994) is an Argentine professional football player who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Argentina national team. He was a member of the Argentina team that won the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Racing|2012–13|Argentine Primera División|19|2|1|0|0|0|—|20|2||
|2013–14|Argentine Primera División|35|4|0|0|2|0|—|37|4||||
|rowspan="3"|Valencia|2014–15|La Liga|25|1|4|1|—|—|29|2|||
|2015–16|La Liga|9|0|3|0|3|0|—|15|0||||
|Racing (loan)|2016|Argentine Primera División|11|0|1|0|3|1|—|15|1|||
|rowspan="6"|Udinese|2016–17|Serie A|34|4|1|1|—|—|35|5|||
|2017–18|Serie A|37|4|2|0|—|—|39|4|||||
|2018–19|Serie A|36|9|1|0|—|—|37|9|||||
|2019–20|Serie A|34|7|1|0|—|—|35|7|||||
|2020–21|Serie A|36|9|2|0|—|—|38|9|||||
|rowspan="5"|Atlético Madrid|2021–22|La Liga|36|3|2|0|9|1|1|0|48|4|
|2022–23|La Liga|30|2|3|0|5|1|—|38|3||||
|2023–24|La Liga|34|3|5|0|8|1|1|0|48|4|||
|2024–25|La Liga|34|3|6|0|10|0|3|0|53|3|||
|Inter Miami (loan)|2025|MLS|11|0|—|—|6|1|17|1||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|Argentina|2018|3|0|
|2019|14|0|||
|2020|4|0|||
|2021|15|2|||
|2022|15|0|||
|2023|9|0|||
|2024|15|0|||
|2025|7|0|||

- _Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each De Paul goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|3 July 2021|Estádio Olímpico Pedro Ludovico, Goiânia, Brazil||1–0|3–0|2021 Copa América||||||||
|2|10 October 2021|Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina||2–0|3–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||

## Honours

**Argentina**
- FIFA World Cup: 2022
- Copa América: 2021,
2024
- CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions: 2022

**Individual**
- Copa América Team of the Tournament: 2021, 2024
- La Liga Team of the Season: 2024–25

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Rodrigo De Paul
- **image**: Rodrigo_De_Paul_NYCFC_Miami_24_Sep_2025-018 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: De Paul with Inter Miami in 2025
- **full name**: Rodrigo Javier De Paul
- **birth place**: Sarandí, Buenos Aires, Sarandí, Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- **height**: 1.80 m
- **position**: Central midfielder, right midfielder
- **currentclub**: Inter Miami
(on loan from Atlético Madrid)
- **clubnumber**: 7
- **youthyears1**: 2002–2012
- **youthclubs1**: Racing Club de Avellaneda, Racing Club
- **years1**: 2012–2014
- **clubs1**: Racing Club de Avellaneda, Racing Club
- **caps1**: 54
- **goals1**: 6
- **years2**: 2014–2016
- **clubs2**: Valencia CF, Valencia
- **caps2**: 34
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 2016
- **clubs3**: → Racing Club de Avellaneda, Racing Club (loan)
- **caps3**: 11
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2016–2021
- **clubs4**: Udinese Calcio, Udinese
- **caps4**: 177
- **goals4**: 33
- **years5**: 2021–
- **clubs5**: Atlético Madrid
- **caps5**: 134
- **goals5**: 11
- **years6**: 2025–
- **clubs6**: → Inter Miami CF, Inter Miami (loan)
- **caps6**: 11
- **goals6**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2018–
- **nationalteam1**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **nationalcaps1**: 82
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **club-update**: 03:12, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 03:08, 15 October 2025 (UTC)