Lucas Castro
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lucas Nahuel Castro | ||
| Date of birth | 9 April 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | La Plata, Argentina | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Cagliari | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2008 | Gimnasia La Plata | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2011 | Gimnasia La Plata | 63 | (5) |
| 2011–2012 | Racing Club | 29 | (6) |
| 2012–2015 | Catania | 90 | (13) |
| 2015–2018 | Chievo | 92 | (11) |
| 2018– | Cagliari | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 August 2018 | |||
Lucas Nahuel Castro (born 9 April 1989) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Italian club Cagliari, 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.[1]
After 68 appearances and 6 goals for his hometown club, Castro transferred to Racing Club de Avellaneda.[2]
Racing Club
In July 2011, Castro completed a transfer to Argentine rivals Racing Club de Avellaneda after being signed by Manager Diego Simeone.[3] 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.[4]
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
Cagliari
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.[8]
Career statistics
- As of 23 August 2018
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Gimnasia | 2008–09 | Primera División | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 35 | 2 | |||
| 2010–11 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | 32 | 4 | |||
| Total | 63 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 69 | 6 | ||
| Racing Club | 2011–12 | Primera División | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 5 | ||
| 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 Verona | 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 273 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 287 | 36 | ||
References
- ↑ Letra G. "OTRO PATA EN PRIMERA". Retrieved 17 April 2009.
- ↑
- ↑ "Diego Simeone fue presentado como nuevo técnico de Racing Club" [Diego Simeone was introduced as new coach of Racing Club]. Racing (in Spanish). June 21, 2011. Archived from the original on June 25, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
- ↑ Lucas Castro at Soccerway
- ↑ "Lucas Nahuel Castro al Catania - Oggi alle 14 l'argentino e gli altri neo-rossazzurri in sala stampa". CalcioCatania.it. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- ↑ http://www.football-italia.net/68484/chievo-sign-catanias-castro
- ↑ "Castro signed with Cagliari" (in Italian). Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ↑ http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dlucas%2Bcastro%2Bcalcio%26safe%3Doff%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1366%26bih%3D643&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=it&u=http://www.futblogger.com/pt/2011/08/23/torna-riquelme&usg=ALkJrhjVIB0hDRis7Sicl9chSxtj3vAUig
External links
- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
- goal.com
- calciocatania.it (Lucas Nahuel Castro, scatto e dribbling)