Lucas Castro
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lucas Nahuel Castro | ||
| Date of birth | 9 April 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | La Plata, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fatih Karagümrük | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2008 | Gimnasia La Plata | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2011 | Gimnasia La Plata | 64 | (5) |
| 2011–2012 | Racing Club | 29 | (6) |
| 2012–2015 | Catania | 90 | (13) |
| 2015–2018 | Chievo | 92 | (11) |
| 2018–2020 | Cagliari | 27 | (3) |
| 2020 | → SPAL (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | SPAL | 11 | (3) |
| 2021– | Fatih Karagümrük | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:13, 17 October 2020 (UTC) | |||
Lucas Nahuel Castro (born 9 April 1989) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Fatih Karagümrük, as a winger.
Club career
Gimnasia La Plata
Castro began his career within the youth ranks of Argentine club Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata in 2003.[2]
After 68 appearances and 6 goals for his hometown club, Castro transferred to Racing Club de Avellaneda.[3]
Racing Club
In July 2011, Castro completed a transfer to Argentine rivals Racing Club de Avellaneda after being signed by Manager Diego Simeone.[4] Castro played mainly on the left wing and Mauro Camoranesi usually playing on the right wing. In his only season with the club, he scored 6 goals in 29 league appearances.[1]
Calcio Catania
On 20 July 2012, Castro signed for Italian Serie A club Catania for €2.5 million on a five-year contract.[5]
Chievo Verona
On 29 June 2015, Castro signed with Chievo.[6]
Cagliari
On 30 June 2018, Castro signed with Cagliari.[7]
SPAL
On 31 January 2020, he joined SPAL on loan. As certain performance conditions wree met, SPAL were obligated to purchase his rights.[8]
Fatih Karagümrük
On 19 January 20221, Castro signed with Turkish club Fatih Karagümrük.[9]
International career
In 2011, Castro was called up to the Argentina national side by the then manager Alejandro Sabella for a friendly match against Brazil.[10]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 2 August 2020[11]
| Club | Season | League | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Gimnasia de La Plata | 2008–09 | Argentine Primera División | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2009–10 | 33 | 2 | – | – | – | 33 | 2 | |||||
| 2010–11 | 30 | 4 | – | – | – | 30 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 64 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 6 | ||
| Racing Club | 2011–12 | Argentine Primera División | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 32 | 7 | ||
| Catania | 2012–13 | Serie A | 36 | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 39 | 4 | ||
| 2013–14 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 3 | ||||
| 2014–15 | Serie B | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 6 | |||
| Total | 90 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 13 | ||
| Chievo | 2015–16 | Serie A | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 3 | ||
| 2016–17 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 35 | 6 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 92 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 12 | ||
| Cagliari | 2018–19 | Serie A | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | ||
| SPAL (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 309 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 322 | 41 | ||
References
- ^ a b Lucas Castro at Soccerway
- ^ Letra G. "OTRO PATA EN PRIMERA". Retrieved 17 April 2009.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 November 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Diego Simeone fue presentado como nuevo técnico de Racing Club" [Diego Simeone was introduced as new coach of Racing Club]. Racing (in Spanish). 21 June 2011. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Lucas Nahuel Castro al Catania – Oggi alle 14 l'argentino e gli altri neo-rossazzurri in sala stampa". CalcioCatania.it. Retrieved 20 July 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.football-italia.net/68484/chievo-sign-catanias-castro
- ^ "Castro signed with Cagliari" (in Italian). Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "LUCAS CASTRO E' BIANCAZZURRO!" (Press release) (in Italian). SPAL. 31 January 2020.
- ^ Alaimo, Alessio (19 January 2021). "TMW - Lucas CASTRO joining Fatih Karagumruk - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "TORNA RIQUELME | FUTBLOgger | Futbol y despues todo el resto". Web.archive.org. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Lucas Castro".
External links
- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
- goal.com
- calciocatania.it (Lucas Nahuel Castro, scatto e dribbling)
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Argentine footballers
- Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata footballers
- Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
- Calcio Catania players
- A.C. ChievoVerona players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Association football wingers
- Cagliari Calcio players
- S.P.A.L. players
- Fatih Karagümrük S.K. players