Mauro Silveira

Mauro Silveira
Silveira with Montevideo Wanderers in 2023
Personal information
Full name Mauro Santiago Silveira Lacuesta[1]
Date of birth (2000-05-06) 6 May 2000
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Atlético Junior
Number 1
Youth career
Montevideo Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2025 Montevideo Wanderers 107 (0)
2025– Atlético Junior 3 (0)
International career‡
2015 Uruguay U15 11 (0)
2016–2017 Uruguay U17 18 (0)
2017 Uruguay U18 2 (0)
2018–2019 Uruguay U20 12 (0)
2019 Uruguay U22 1 (0)
2024– Uruguay local 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 03 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 December 2024

Mauro Santiago Silveira Lacuesta (born 6 May 2000) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Categoría Primera A club Atlético Junior.[2]

Club career

Silveira is a youth academy graduate of Montevideo Wanderers. He made his professional debut for the club on 6 May 2018 in a 2–0 league defeat to Liverpool Montevideo.[3]

In June 2025, Silveira joined Colombian club Atlético Junior on a three-year contract.[4]

International career

Silveira has represented Uruguay at the 2015 South American U-15 Championship, 2017 South American U-17 Championship, 2019 South American U-20 Championship, 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2019 Pan American Games.[5]

In May 2024, Silveira was named in the first ever squad of the Uruguay A' national team.[6]

Career statistics

As of 24 October 2022[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Montevideo Wanderers 2018 Uruguayan Primera División 40—00—40
2019 00—00—00
2020 30——0030
2021 70—2[a]00090
2022 220004[b]0—260
Career total 360006000420
  1. ↑ Appearances in Copa Libertadores.
  2. ↑ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana.

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Uruguay" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. 1 2 Mauro Silveira at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "Debutantes de la 15a fecha". 9 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "Con Silveira, Junior mantiene la tradición de arqueros uruguayos". 27 June 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Datos del plantel panamericano de Uruguay". 6 August 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  6. ↑ "Uruguay dio a conocer su lista de convocados para la Selección del medio local". 26 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.