Luciano Gondou

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Luciano Gondou
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Gondou in 2024
Personal information
Full name Luciano Emilio Gondou Zanelli
Date of birth (2001-06-22) 22 June 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Rufino, Santa Fe, Argentina
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Number 32
Youth career
0000–2019 Sarmiento
2019–2021 River Plate
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2023 Sarmiento 82 (17)
2023–2024 Argentinos Juniors 39 (12)
2024– Zenit Saint Petersburg 9 (6)
International career‡
2024– Argentina U23 7 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 August 2024

Luciano Emilio Gondou Zanelli (born 22 June 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacker for Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg. [1]

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Club career

Born in Rufino, Santa Fe, Gondou was in the youth academy at Sarmiento before joining River Plate in 2019. He started his career as a left-sided midfielder before developing into a left-footed forward player. With River Plate, he reached the final of the 2020 U-20 Copa Libertadores, which they lost to Ecuadorean side Independentedel Valle. In March 2021, he returned to Sarmiento and signed a professional contract with the club. The following month he made his senior debut. [2] [3]

In July 2023, Gondou signed for Argentinos Juniors agreeing to a four-year contract with Argentinos Juniors reportedly paying a fee of $3,500,000 for 80% of his playing rights. [4] He made his debut in the Copa Libertadores against Fluminense in August 2023. [5] He scored his first goals for Argentinos Juniors on 21 August 2023, against his former club River Plate, scoring a brace as his side completed a comeback 3–2 league win. [6]

On 27 August 2024, Gondou signed a four-year contract with Russian Premier League champions Zenit St. Petersburg. [7] Four days later on his debut against Pari NN he scored twice in a 3–0 Zenit away victory. [8]

International career

In November 2023, Gondou was called up to the Argentina national under-23 football team by coach Javier Mascherano. [9] In January 2024, he scored in his first two appearances for Argentina U23, against Paraguay U23 and Peru U23. [10] He also scored the only goal of the game as Argentina beat Brazil U23 to secure qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games. [11]

In June 2024, he was named in the provisional Argentina squad for the 2024 Paris Olympics. [12]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 November 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sarmiento 2020 Primera Nacional 0010——10
2021 Argentine Primera División 26610——276
2022 Argentine Primera División34510——355
2023 Argentine Primera División22610——236
Total821740——8617
Argentinos Juniors 2023Argentine Primera División149102 [b] 0—179
2024 Argentine Primera División163213 [c] 1—215
Total30123151003814
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2024–25 Russian Premier League 9620——116
Career total1213591510013537

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  2. ↑ "LUCIANO GONDOU – SARMIENTO'S RELENTLESS STRIKER". Leftbackfootball. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
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  4. ↑ Mancuso, Matias (11 July 2023). "Argentines presented Luciano Gondou". Ole.com. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Argentinos Juniors lost in Marcaná and was eliminated from the Libertadores". TNTSPORTS. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Gondou, the Argentine figure who is "grateful" to River". Ole.com. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Лусиано Гонду — в "Зените"!" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 27 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "Pari v Zenit game report". Russian Premier League. 31 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "THE SENSITIVE LOSS SUFFERED BY JAVIER MASCHERANO'S SUB 23". elgrafico. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Luciano Gondou's brutal mark in the soccer Pre-Olympic: two goals in 20 minutes to rescue Argentina". Clarin.com. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  11. ↑ "Sub 23 Olympic Pre-Olympic: Argentina beat Brazil 1-0 and qualified for Paris 2024". Pagina12. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  12. ↑ Smart, Ryan (3 June 2024). "Argentina name 23-man provisional squad for the 2024 Olympics as two Premier League stars not included". Sportbible. Retrieved 4 June 2024.


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