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 35)
Place of birth La Plata, Argentina
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Gimnasia La Plata
Number 19
Youth career
2003–2008 Gimnasia La Plata
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
2021–2022 Adana Demirspor 11 (0)
2022 Sarmiento 23 (0)
2023 Huracán 11 (0)
2023– Gimnasia La Plata 23 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:28, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Lucas Nahuel Castro (born 9 April 1989) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Gimnasia La Plata, as a winger.

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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, with 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]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gimnasia de La Plata 2008–09 Argentine Primera División 10–––10
2009–10 332–––332
2010–11 304–––304
Total646000000646
Racing Club 2011–12 Argentine Primera División29631––327
Catania 2012–13 Serie A 36430––394
2013–14 29300––293
2014–15 Serie B 25610––266
Total90134000009413
Chievo 2015–16 Serie A34310––353
2016–17 33521––356
2017–18 25300––253
Total92113100009512
Cagliari 2018–19 Serie A12110––131
2019–20 15220––172
Total273300000303
SPAL (loan) 2019–20 Serie A7000––70
Career total30939132000032241

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References

  1. 1 2 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.{{cite web}}: 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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