Franco Orozco
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 January 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Ezeiza, Argentina[1] | ||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger[2] | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Lanús | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
Lanús | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020– | Lanús | 24 | (3) |
National team | |||
Argentina U15 | |||
2019 | Argentina U17 | 8 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:07, 17 February 2022 (UTC) |
Franco Orozco (born 9 January 2002) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Lanús.[3]
Club career[]
Orozco progressed through the Lanús youth system.[4][5] He was promoted into the club's senior squad under manager Luis Zubeldía towards the end of 2020, initially featuring in pre-season action which saw him score in a win over Gimnasia y Esgrima on 21 October.[6] A week later, Orozco made his competitive first-team debut in a 3–2 victory over São Paulo in the Copa Sudamericana; replacing Braian Aguirre early in the second half.[3] The winger did the same on 31 October in a Copa de la Liga Profesional loss at home to Boca Juniors.[3] He scored his first senior goal at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes against Talleres on 9 November.[3]
Orozco scored twice in a Copa Sudamericana round of sixteen second leg victory over Bolívar on 2 December 2020.[3] After further Copa de la Liga goals against Newell's Old Boys and Rosario Central, the winger netted on his Copa Argentina debut on 23 February against Primera C Metropolitana's Real Pilar.[3]
International career[]
Orozco represented Argentina at U15 and U17 level; appearing in over thirty matches in total.[7][8] For the U15s, he scored one goal (versus Paraguay) as they won the 2017 South American U-15 Championship on home soil.[7] For the U17s, Orozco scored two goals in his sole appearance at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup against Tajikistan; having played seven times earlier that year at the South American U-17 Championship in Peru.[3][9][10]
Career statistics[]
- As of 24 February 2021.[3]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lanús | 2020–21[nb 1] | Primera División | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[a] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 |
2021[nb 2] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Career total | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 |
- ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
Honours[]
- Argentina U15[7]
Notes[]
- ^ Soccerway counts 2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.
- ^ Soccerway counts 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.
References[]
- ^ "¿Del Laucha Acosta al Lauchita Orozco?". Olé. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Franco Orozco". World Football. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Argentina - F. Orozco". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Orgullo local: Franco Orozco ya entrena con la primera de Lanús". Ezeiza Hoy. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Conociendo a Franco Orozco, la joven estrella de Lanús". Caliente. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Amistoso: Lanús, con un gol de Franco Orozco, se impuso a Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata por 1 a 0 en La Fortaleza". Que Mañana!. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Franco Orozco: "Tenemos que seguir tomando precauciones para salvar a mucha gente"". AFA. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "QUINTETO AL SUDAMERICANO SUB-17". Fortaleza Granate. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Orozco: He came, he saw, he scored". FIFA. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Con Godoy como titular debuta el seleccionado Sub 17". PaloyGol. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
External links[]
- Franco Orozco at Soccerway
- 2002 births
- Living people
- People from Ezeiza, Buenos Aires
- Argentine footballers
- Argentina youth international footballers
- Association football forwards
- Argentine Primera División players
- Club Atlético Lanús footballers