Lucas Castro

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Lucas Castro
Personal information
Full name Lucas Nahuel Castro
Date of birth (1989-04-09) 9 April 1989 (age 32)
Place of birth La Plata, Argentina
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Adana Demirspor
Number 19
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 16 (3)
2021– Adana Demirspor 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:22, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Lucas Nahuel Castro (born 9 April 1989) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Adana Demirspor, 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 were met, SPAL were obligated to purchase his rights.[8]

Turkey[]

On 19 January 2021, Castro signed with Turkish club Fatih Karagümrük.[9] In August 2021 he moved to Adana Demirspor.[10]

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.[11]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 2 August 2020[12]
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[]

  1. ^ a b Lucas Castro at Soccerway
  2. ^ Letra G. "OTRO PATA EN PRIMERA". Retrieved 17 April 2009.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 November 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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]
  6. ^ "Chievo sign Catania's Castro - Football Italia". 29 June 2015.
  7. ^ "Castro signed with Cagliari" (in Italian). 30 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  8. ^ "LUCAS CASTRO E' BIANCAZZURRO!" (Press release) (in Italian). SPAL. 31 January 2020.
  9. ^ Alaimo, Alessio (19 January 2021). "TMW - Lucas CASTRO joining Fatih Karagumruk - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Son dakika: Adana Demirspor'a bir yıldız daha! Lucas Castro resmen imzayı attı - Transfer Haberleri". www.hurriyet.com.tr.
  11. ^ "TORNA RIQUELME | FUTBLOgger | Futbol y despues todo el resto". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Argentina - L. Castro - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". it.soccerway.com.

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