... it is a very physical league." On 29 May 2015 it was announced that Newcastle would not take up the option to buy Ferreyra and he would return to Shakhtar Donetsk without having played a single minute of first team football for Newcastle. Return to Shakhtar Ferreyra scored the first goal in the 2018 Ukrainian Cup Final as Shakhtar beat rivals Dynamo Kyiv 2–0. Benfica On 6 June 2018, Ferreyra signed a four-year contract with Portuguese club S.L. Benfica. The following 31 January, after being rarely used, he moved to La Liga side RCD Espanyol on loan until June 2020. He scored 1 goal in 9 games in La Liga in the second half of the 2018–19 season. In January 2021, Ferreyra and Benfica decided to mutually part ways, making Ferreyra a free-agent. Celta Upon his release from Benfica, Ferreyra signed a contract until the end of the 2020–21 season with Spanish club Celta de Vigo. International career Ferreyra is a former Argentina under-20 youth international. He was joint second top scorer at the 2011 South American Youth Championship with four tournament goals, helping Argentina to third place. He also played with the team at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Career statistics Club Honours Vélez Sársfield Argentine Primera División: 2012 Inicial, 2012–13 Superfinal Shakhtar Donetsk Ukrainian Premier League: 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18 Ukrainian Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 Ukrainian Super Cup: 2014, 2015, 2017 Benfica Primeira Liga: 2018–19 Argentina U20 South American Youth Championship third place: 2011 Individual Argentine Primera División top scorer: 2012 Inicial Ukrainian Premier League top scorer: 2017–18 References External links RCD Espanyol official profile 1991 births Living people People from Lomas de Zamora Argentine footballers Association football forwards Argentine Primera División players Club Atlético Banfield footballers Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian Premier League top scorers FC Shakhtar Donetsk players Newcastle United F.C. players Primeira Liga players S.L. Benfica footballers La Liga players RCD Espanyol footballers Argentina under-20 international footballers Argentine expatriate footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Argentine expatriate sportspeople in England Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Spain Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province