Gastón Brugman

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Brugman and the second or maternal family name is Duarte.

Gastón Brugman

Personal information
Full name	Gastón Brugman Duarte
Date of birth	(1992-09-07) 7 September 1992
Place of birth	Rosario, Uruguay
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Pescara
Number	16
Youth career
	Peñarol
2007–2011	Empoli
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2012	Empoli	20	(2)
2012–	Pescara	59	(6)
2013	→ Grosseto (loan)	12	(0)
2015–	→ Palermo (loan)	14	(0)
International career‡
2009	Uruguay U17	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 May 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 November 2011

Gastón Brugman Duarte (born 7 September 1992) is a Uruguayan football midfielder who currently plays for Italian Serie A side Palermo.

Club career

Early career

Born in Rosario, Uruguay, Brugman began playing football in Peñarol's youth system. He moved to Italy to join Empoli in 2007. He made his debut in Empoli's 0–1 defeat to Modena coming on as 58th-minute substitute replacing Riccardo Nardini.

Pescara and loans

In the summer of 2012 he moved to Serie A club Pescara. The following January he was sent on loan to Grosseto in Serie B. In the 2013-14 season, coach Pasquale Marino made him a regular starter at Pescara, who had been relegated to Serie B. Having further blossomed under coach Serse Cosmi Brugman's play was likened to that of Andrea Pirlo and former Pescara player Marco Verratti. In the summer of 2014 he was close to a transfer to Villareal which, however, was cancelled due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

Palermo

On 10 July 2015 he moved on loan to Serie A club Palermo, with a buyout clause.

International career

In November 2009 he made his debut for Uruguay U17 in the match against Spain U17, which ended in favor of Spain in a penalty shootout.