Darío Lezcano

Darío Lezcano
Personal information
Full name Darío Lezcano Mendoza
Date of birth (1990-06-30) 30 June 1990
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 FC Ingolstadt
Number 11
Youth career
2004 4 de Octubre
2005–2006 Nanawa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Sportivo Trinidense 11 (1)
2008–2011 Wil 66 (14)
2011–2012 Thun 34 (4)
2012–2016 Luzern 100 (31)
2016– FC Ingolstadt 81 (15)
National team‡
2006–2007 Paraguay U17 15 (5)
2015–2017 Paraguay 13 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:44, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 March 2017

Darío Lezcano Mendoza (born 30 June 1990[1]) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays for FC Ingolstadt.[2] He represented Paraguay at Under-17 level from 2006 to 2007 and later at full international level from 2015 to 2017, scoring 4 goals during the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Club career

Early career

During the winter break of the 2010–11 Swiss Super League season Lezcano transferred from FC Wil to FC Thun.[3] He scored his first goal for the club during his first appearance on 6 February 2011 in the 3:2 home defeat against FC Basel.[4]

Luzern

During the winter break of the 2011–12 Swiss Super League season Lezcano transferred to Luzern. He played his team debut on 19 February 2012 in the goalless draw away against Lausanne-Sport. In his second game on 25 February he scored his first two goals for his new club in the 2–0 home win against BSC Young Boys.[5]

While playing for Luzern, Lezcano was banned 8 matches[6] for assaulting referee Fedayi San, who showed him a second yellow card. The player then pushed the referee's chest, knocking the red card out of his hand. Imposing the ban, the league said in a statement that "respect for referees is a fundamental part of the game."

Ingolstadt

He signed for FC Ingolstadt on 15 January 2016.[7]

International career

Paraguay U17 national team

Lezcano played the Sub17 Sudamericano 2007 in Ecuador for the Paraguay national under-17 football team.[8]

Paraguay

He was selected for the Paraguay senior squad by Ramón Díaz and made his debut for the senior team in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Argentina on 15 October 2015.[9]

International goals

Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1
17 November 2015Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay Bolivia
1–1
2–1
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2
24 March 2016Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador Ecuador
1–1
2–2
3
2–1
4
29 March 2016Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay Brazil
1–0
2–2

References

  1. ↑ Lezcano, Dario - Posso Futbol.com
  2. ↑ "Ingolstadt signs Paraguay striker Dario Lezcano". Yahoo! News. 15 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Paraguayo Darío Lezcano, a prueba en el Schalke 04 alemán
  4. ↑ Mesiter, Remo (2011). "Der FCB schiesst sich an die Spitze" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
  5. ↑ Swiss Football League (2012). "FC Luzern Spielkalender". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
  6. ↑ Lucerne striker Lezcano gets eight-game ban for referee assault September 13, 2015
  7. ↑ "Tinte Trocken: Lezcano zu den Schanzern" [Ink Dry: Lezcano to Schanzern] (in German). FC Ingolstadt 04. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Alfredo Intriago: "Quiero dirigir la final del Sudamericano"
  9. ↑ https://www.conmebol.com/en/10152015-2310/coach-ramon-diaz-discovers-new-star-paraguay-dario-lezcano Archived 18 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
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