Lucas Piovi

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Lucas Piovi
Personal information
Full name Lucas Ezequiel Piovi
Date of birth (1992-08-20) 20 August 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina [1]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Estudiantes
Number 21
Youth career
Vélez Sarsfield
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2014 Messina 3 (0)
2014 General Lamadrid 11 (0)
2015–2017 Fénix 52 (3)
2016–2017 → Almagro (loan) 26 (2)
2017–2021 Almagro 45 (1)
2019–2020 → Arsenal Sarandí (loan) 20 (1)
2020–2025 LDU Quito 121 (5)
2025– Estudiantes 19 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:23, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Lucas Ezequiel Piovi (born 20 August 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Estudiantes.

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Career

Piovi started his career in the youth system of Vélez Sarsfield, prior to departing in 2013. [2] Piovi subsequently joined Lega Pro Seconda Divisione side Messina, making his bow in Italian football on 13 October 2013 against Foggia. [3] [4] He made two further appearances, versus Poggibonsi and Chieti, as Messina won their group. [3] On 30 June 2014, Piovi completed a return to Argentina by agreeing to sign for General Lamadrid. [3] [5] Eleven appearances followed in Primera C Metropolitana. [3] 2015 saw Piovi join Primera B Metropolitana's Fénix. [3] He scored his first senior goal on 4 October 2015 in a win away to Almagro. [3]

In June 2016, Piovi was loaned by the aforementioned Almagro; a team now in Primera B Nacional. [3] He scored two goals in twenty-six matches in 2016–17, which led to the club signing Piovi permanently. [3] His first appearance as a full-time Almagro player arrived versus Ferro Carril Oeste on 23 September 2017. [3] On 14 June 2019, Piovi agreed loan terms with Primera División side Arsenal de Sarandí. [6] [7] One goal, in a 3–3 draw with River Plate, occurred across twenty appearances for Arsenal. [3] In July 2020, Piovi headed abroad to join Ecuadorian Serie A team L.D.U. Quito. [3] [8]

His debut for the Quito club came on 22 August against Aucas, while September would see him appear in the Copa Libertadores for the first time; featuring in wins over Binacional (twice) and São Paulo. [3]

On 29 January 2025, Piovi returned to Argentina to join Estudiantes, signing a four-year contract. [9]

Personal life

Piovi's brother, Gonzalo, is also a professional footballer. [2]

Career statistics

As of 14 May 2024. [3]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Messina 2013–14 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 3000——0030
General Lamadrid 2014 Primera C Metropolitana 11000——00110
Fénix 2015 Primera B Metropolitana 33100——00331
2016 19200——00192
2016–17 0000——0000
Total66300——00663
Almagro (loan) 2016–17 Primera B Nacional 26200——00262
Almagro 2017–18 23000——2 [a] 0250
2018–19 22140——4 [a] 1302
2019–20 0000——0000
2020–21 0000——0000
Total71340——61814
Arsenal de Sarandí (loan) 2019–20 Primera División 2010000—00201
L.D.U. Quito 2020 Serie A 160——4 [b] 0—200
2021 250——8 [c] 02 [d] 0350
2022 25020—8 [e] 0—350
2023 270——13 [e] 1—401
2024 92——5 [b] 02 [f] 0162
Total102220—381401463
Career total2599600038110131311
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in the Primera B Nacional play-offs
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Supercopa Ecuador
  5. 1 2 Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
  6. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Recopa Sudamericana

Honours

Club

LDU Quito
Estudiantes

References

  1. 1 2 "Lucas Piovi". World Football. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Rotan para buscar la victoria". Vélez Sarsfield. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Argentina - L. Piovi". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Calcio: sarà un Messina giovane e internazionale. Hanno convinto Piovi, Scoponi e Guilana". Stretto Web. 18 August 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Ficha Estadistica de LUCAS PIOVI". BDFA. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "Ezequiél Piovi es nuevo refuerzo de Arsenal de Sarandí". Arsenal de Sarandí. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "Ezequiel Piovi es el primer refuerzo de Arsenal". IAM Noticias. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "Lucas Ezequiel Piovi se unió a Liga de Quito tras una 'odisea' en tres países". El Comercio. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "Estudiantes anunció a su nuevo refuerzo con una chicana incluida a Gimnasia". Olé (in Spanish). 29 January 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  10. ↑ "¡El Pincha es el campeón del Trofeo de Campeones! – Liga Profesional de Fútbol de AFA" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 January 2026.