Lucas Castro

Lucas Nahuel Castro (born 9 April 1989) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Italian club SPAL on loan from Cagliari, as a winger.

Lucas Castro
Personal information
Full name Lucas Nahuel Castro
Date of birth (1989-04-09) 9 April 1989
Place of birth La Plata, Argentina
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 SPAL
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– Cagliari 27 (3)
2020– → SPAL (loan) 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:39, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

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]

Loan to SPAL

On 31 January 2020, he joined SPAL on loan. If certain performance conditions are met, SPAL will be obligated to purchase his rights.[8]

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.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 8 March 2020[10]
Club Season League League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gimnasia de La Plata 2008–09 Argentine Primera División 10–––10
2009–10 332–––332
2010–11 304–––304
Total 646000000646
Racing Club 2011–12 Argentine Primera División 29631––327
Catania 2012–13 Serie A 36430––394
2013–14 29300––293
2014–15 Serie B 25610––266
Total 90134000009413
Chievo 2015–16 Serie A 34310––353
2016–17 33521––356
2017–18 25300––253
Total 92113100009512
Cagliari 2018–19 Serie A 12110––131
2019–20 15220––172
Total 273300000303
SPAL (loan) 2019–20 Serie A 4000––40
Career total 30639132000031941

References
  1. Lucas Castro at Soccerway
  2. Letra G. "OTRO PATA EN PRIMERA". Retrieved 17 April 2009.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-11-17. Retrieved 2012-07-20.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). June 21, 2011. Archived from the original on June 25, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 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.
  6. http://www.football-italia.net/68484/chievo-sign-catanias-castro
  7. "Castro signed with Cagliari" (in Italian). Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  8. "LUCAS CASTRO E' BIANCAZZURRO!" (Press release) (in Italian). SPAL. 31 January 2020.
  9. 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
  10. "Lucas Castro".
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