Lucas Orbán

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Lucas Orbán
Personal information
Full name Lucas Alfonso Orbán Alegre
Date of birth (1989-02-03) 3 February 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Racing Club
Number 6
Youth career
River Plate
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2012 River Plate 10 (0)
2011–2012Tigre (loan) 18 (0)
2012–2013 Tigre 29 (1)
2013–2014 Bordeaux 27 (0)
2014–2016 Valencia 29 (1)
2016Levante (loan) 3 (0)
2016–2017 Genoa 11 (0)
2017–2022 Racing Club 53 (0)
International career
2013–2015 Argentina 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:38, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 04:38, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Lucas Alfonso Orbán Alegre (born 3 February 1989) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. He made 2 appearances for the Argentina national team.

Contents

Club career

River Plate

Born in Buenos Aires, Orbán graduated from local giants River Plate's youth system, and made his professional debut on 24 May 2009, starting in a 2–0 home win over Independiente. [2]

Tigre

On 12 August 2011, after being sparingly used by River, Orbán was loaned to Tigre for the season. [3] He appeared regularly for the latter, and scored his first professional goal on 19 August 2013, but in a 2–3 loss against former club River. [4]

Bordeaux

On 31 July 2013 Orban signed a four-year deal with Ligue 1 side Girondins de Bordeaux. [5] He made his debut in the competition on 13 September, starting in a 0–2 home loss against Paris Saint-Germain. [6]

Valencia

On 11 August 2014, Orbán signed a five-year deal with La Liga's Valencia CF. [7] He made his debut in the competition on 23 August, coming on as a late substitute and scoring an equalizer in a 1–1 away draw against Sevilla FC. [8]

On 31 January 2016, Valencia reached an agreement to loan Orbán to Levante UD until 30 June 2016. [9]

Genoa

On 31 August 2016, Orbán signed for Italian club Genoa. [10]

Racing Club

In 2020, Orbán signed for Argentine club Racing club for a reported £7,000 per week contract. [11]

International career

On 13 November 2013, Orbán was called up to Argentina national football team by manager Alejandro Sabella, for the matches against Ecuador and Bosnia and Herzegovina. [12] He made his international debut two days later, starting in a 0–0 draw. [13] On 28 March 2015 he earned his 2nd cap in a 2–0 win over El Salvador.

Honours

Racing Club

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References

  1. "Lucas Orbán" (in Spanish). Racing Club de Avellaneda. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  2. Se quedó con el devaluado clásico (The derby remained devalued); ESPN Deportes, 24 May 2009 (in Spanish)
  3. Orban jugará en Tigre (Orban will play in Tigre); Taringa!, 12 August 2011 (in Spanish)
  4. River pisó fuerte en Victoria: 3-2 a Tigre (River stepped into victory: 3–2 against Tigre); ESPN Deportes, 19 August 2013 (in Spanish)
  5. Transfer - Lucas Orban signs for Bordeaux! Archived 14 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine ; Bordeaux's official website, 31 July 2013
  6. Bordeaux 0–2 Paris SG; L'Équipe, 13 September 2013 (in French)
  7. Comunicado Oficial: Lucas Orban (Official announcement: Lucas Orban); Valencia's official website, 11 August 2014 (in Spanish)
  8. "Punto de fe del Valencia" [Valencia point of faith]. Marca (in Spanish). 23 August 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  9. "VCF Official Statement Loan of Lucas Orban". Valencia's official website. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  10. "Lucas Orbán ha firmato per il club" [Lucas Orbán signed for the club] (in Italian). Genoa C.F.C. 31 August 2016. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  11. "Racing Club 2020 Wages | Player & Team totals". salarysport.com. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  12. Com novidades, Sabella divulga lista de convocados da Argentina (With news, Sabella announces Argentina's call up); Vavel, 13 November 2013 (in Portuguese)
  13. La Selección, sin Messi, igualó con Ecuador en la gira por Estados Unidos (The national team, without Messi, drew with Ecuador in the trip in United States); Télam, 16 November 2013 (in Spanish)
  14. "Racing venció a Boca en un escandaloso final y se quedó con el Trofeo de Campeones" [Racing beat Boca in controversial ending and took Champions Trophy] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 6 November 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2023.