| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lucas Ariel Villarruel | ||
| Date of birth | 13 November 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Ramos Mejía, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) [1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | LDU Quito | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Huracán | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2018 | Huracán | 114 | (2) |
| 2016–2018 | → Olimpo (loan) | 45 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Defensa y Justicia | 4 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Newell's Old Boys (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2020– | LDU Quito | 37 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:36, 7 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
Lucas Ariel Villarruel (born 13 November 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for L.D.U. Quito. [1]
Villarruel started his career in 2012 with Huracán. [1] [2] He made his debut on 5 March in an away win against Boca Unidos in Primera B Nacional, which was the first of seven appearances during 2011–12. [1] In November 2012, Villarruel scored his first senior goal in a 0–4 win versus Almirante Brown. [1] At the end of the 2014 Primera B Nacional season, after he had scored two goals in ninety-seven appearances, Huracán won promotion to the Argentine Primera División. [1] [3] On 30 June 2016, Olimpo signed Villarruel on loan for the 2016–17 campaign. [1] [4] After twenty-seven appearances in all competitions, his loan was renewed in July 2017. [5]
He returned to Huracán on 16 May 2018, following a total of fifty appearances for Olimpo over two seasons for Olimpo. [6] Villarruel joined Defensa y Justicia in the following July. [1] After six matches in twelve months for Defensa, Villarruel left on loan in August 2019 to league counterparts Newell's Old Boys. [1] He remained until the succeeding December, appearing twelve times for them; though just four were as a starter. [1] January 2020 saw Villarruel head abroad for the first time, joining Ecuadorian Serie A club L.D.U. Quito on loan for one year. [1] He made his debut in a three-goal Clásico Quiteño victory away to El Nacional on 28 February, with his first goal arriving on 3 October against Mushuc Runa. [1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Huracán | 2011–12 | Primera B Nacional | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||||
| 2014 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 2015 | Primera División | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12 [b] | 1 | 1 [c] | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2016 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 [d] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 114 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 137 | 3 | |||
| Olimpo (loan) | 2016–17 | Primera División | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 45 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | ||||
| Defensa y Justicia | 2018–19 | Primera División | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [e] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Newell's Old Boys (loan) | 2019–20 | Primera División | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| L.D.U. Quito (loan) | 2020 | Serie A | 23 | 2 | — | — | 7 [d] | 0 | — | 30 | 2 | |||
| 2021 | 13 | 0 | — | — | 4 [b] | 0 | 2 [f] | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 36 | 2 | — | — | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 211 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 254 | 5 | ||