Lucas Castromán
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Lucas Martín Castromán | ||
| Date of birth | 2 October 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Luján, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right winger / Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Free agent | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vélez Sársfield | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1997–2000 | Vélez Sársfield | 68 | (5) |
| 2000-2003 | Lazio | 37 | (4) |
| 2003-2004 | → Udinese (loan) | 20 | (1) |
| 2004-2007 | Vélez Sársfield | 38 | (13) |
| 2007-2008 | Club América | 9 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Boca Juniors (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2009-2010 | Racing Club | 37 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1997–1999 | Argentina U-20 | ||
| 2000–2005 | Argentina | 5 | (0) |
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:09, 17 December 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Lucas Castromán (born 2 October 1980 in Luján, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentine football midfielder or forward. He is currently playing with Racing Club de Avellaneda of the Argentine Primera División. He was awarded an Italian passport during his time in Lazio, thanks to descent.
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[edit] Career
Castromán began his professional career with Vélez Sársfield in 1997, with Marcelo Bielsa as a coach. His consistent performances in midfield awarded him a lucrative transfer to S.S. Lazio in the Italian Serie A, in 2001. In 2003 he was loaned to fellow Italians Udinese[1] before returning to Vélez in 2004.
Castromán, a firm favourite with the Vélez fans, reinforced his place in the history of the club by helping the team to win the Argentine Primera División Clausura tournament in 2005 after the club's run of 7 years without a trophy. During that tournament, Vélez' coach Miguel Ángel Russo, seeing the team's position of right and left winger were well covered by Jonás Gutiérrez and Marcelo Bravo, used Castromán as a second striker. Castromán played at great level in his new position, and was the team's topscorer along Rolando Zárate during the aforementioned Clausura tournament.[2] After personal differences with Vélez Sársfield coach, Ricardo La Volpe, Castromán decided it was time to change teams, joining Club América of Mexico.
After only six months with Club América he was transfer listed on December 17, 2007 putting an end to his time with the club where injuries, poor physical condition and poor discipline on and off the field led to his departure. He was loaned to Boca Juniors for US$1,050,000. Though not a first choice player in Boca, he was part of the Apertura 2008 and 2008 Recopa Sudamericana winning teams.
He signed a one-year contract with Racing Club de Avellaneda on 6 February 2009.[3]
[edit] National team
Castromán played 5 games for Argentina.
[edit] National team statistics
| Argentina national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 0 |
[edit] Honours
Vélez Sársfield
S.S. Lazio
- Coppa Italia (1): 2003–04
Boca Juniors
Argentina U-20 national football team
[edit] References
- ^ "Double signing for Udinese". UEFA.com. 2003-08-31. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=97045.html. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ^ "Lucas Castromán, el delantero del momento". La Nación. 2005-09-24. http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=741559. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
- ^ Racing sign Boca reject Castromán at goal.com
- ^ http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=346
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI
- (Spanish) Lucas Castromán website
- (Spanish) Player statistics at Medio Tiempo
- Lucas Castromán at National-Football-Teams.com
- (Spanish) Career statistics at BDFA
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- Argentine footballers
- Argentina international footballers
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Argentine people of Italian descent
- Argentine people of Spanish descent
- Association football midfielders
- Vélez Sársfield footballers
- Serie A footballers
- S.S. Lazio players
- Udinese Calcio players
- Club América footballers
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Racing Club footballers
- People from Buenos Aires Province
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Naturalised citizens of Italy
- Italian people of Argentine descent
- Italian people of Spanish descent
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Primera División Argentina players
