Lucas Biglia

Lucas Biglia

Personal information
Full name	Lucas Rodrigo Biglia
Date of birth	30 January 1986 (1986-01-30)
Place of birth	Mercedes, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	Anderlecht
Number	5
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003–2005	Argentinos Juniors	17	(1)
2005–2006	Independiente	49	(0)
2006–	Anderlecht	155	(5)
National team‡
2003	Argentina U-17	3	(1)
2005	Argentina U-20	6	(0)
2011–	Argentina	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:45, 12 July 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:45, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Lucas Rodrigo Biglia (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlukas βiʎa]; born 30 January 1986) is an Argentine footballer, who currently plays for Anderlecht and the Argentina national team. He has been capped for the Argentina national football team and the Argentina U-20 national team, where he won the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Club career

Biglia started his career at Argentinos Juniors. In 2005, he moved to Independiente for an undisclosed fee.

In July 2006, after one and a half-season in Independiente, Biglia signed with Belgian Pro League giants R.S.C. Anderlecht.

Honours

Club

Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht

• Belgian First Division/Belgian Pro League (2): 2006–07, 2009–10
• Belgian Cup (1): 2007–08
• Belgian Supercup (3): 2006, 2007, 2010

International

Argentina

• FIFA U-20 World Cup (1): 2005

Individual

• Young Professional Footballer of the Year (1): 2006–07

External links

• Lucas Biglia – FIFA competition record
• Lucas Biglia at National Football Teams

Preceded by Mbark Boussoufa

Belgian Young Footballer of the Year 2007

Succeeded by Axel Witsel