Cristian Lema
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cristian Franco Lema | ||
| Date of birth | 24 March 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Puerto Madryn, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Benfica | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2009 | Guillermo Brown | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2009 | Guillermo Brown | 30 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Newell's Old Boys | 12 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Tigre (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | → Quilmes (loan) | 38 | (2) |
| 2014–2018 | Belgrano | 106 | (16) |
| 2018– | Benfica | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2018 | |||
Cristian Franco Lema (born 24 March 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club Benfica as a centre back.
Club career
Born in Puerto Madryn, Lema started his football career aged 8 at hometown club Guillermo Brown. He debuted for its senior team in 2007 and left the club in 2009.[1]
Later on, in 2010, Lema joined Newell's Old Boys and made his Argentine Primera División debut in a 0–0 home draw to Godoy Cruz in November that year.[1] After playing 12 matches with the former side, he moved on loan to Tigre in June 2011,[1][2] and there he played 11 matches, scoring one goal.[1] In July 2012, aged 22, he was loaned out to Quilmes,[1][2] with whom he would play 40 matches and score 2 goals before moving to Belgrano in 2014.[1] In his four-year spell with the latter, he became the club's defender with the most league goals ever, 16 in 123 matches. Moreover, he debuted in Copa Sudamericana in 2015.[1]
In 2018, Lema moved to Portugal and signed a five-year contract with S.L. Benfica on 22 June.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Rebelo, Marco (22 June 2018). "Perfil de Lema" [Lema profile]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ a b Cristian Lema at Soccerway
- ^ Garcia, Filipa Fernandes (22 June 2018). "Welcome, Lema!". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
External links
- Benfica official profile
- Cristian Lema at ForaDeJogo (archived)
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from Puerto Madryn
- Argentine people of Italian descent
- Argentine footballers
- Association football defenders
- Newell's Old Boys footballers
- Club Atlético Tigre footballers
- Quilmes footballers
- Club Atlético Belgrano footballers
- S.L. Benfica footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Primeira Liga players
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Argentine football defender stubs