Darío Lezcano Mendoza (born 30 June 1990) is a Paraguayan professional
footballer
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who plays for
Tacuary on loan from Chilean club
Colo-Colo. He represented Paraguay at
under-17 level from 2006 to 2007 and later at full international level from 2015 to 2017, scoring 4 goals during the
2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
Club career
Early career
During the winter break of the
2010–11 Swiss Super League
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FC Basel successfully defended their league title, maintaining a one-po ...
season Lezcano transferred from
FC Wil to
FC Thun
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. He scored his first goal for the club during his first appearance on 6 February 2011 in the 3–2 home defeat against
FC Basel
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.
FC Luzern
During the winter break of the
2011–12 Swiss Super League
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Basel successfully defended their title. No team was directly relegated after Neuchâtel Xamax w ...
season Lezcano transferred to Luzern. He played his team debut on 19 February 2012 in the goalless draw away against
Lausanne-Sport
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.
In his second game on 25 February he scored his first two goals for his new club in the 2–0 home win against
BSC Young Boys
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.
While playing for Luzern, Lezcano was banned eight matches for assaulting referee Fedayi San, who showed him a second yellow card. The player then pushed the referee's chest, knocking the red card out of his hand. Imposing the ban, the league said in a statement that "respect for referees is a fundamental part of the game."
FC Ingolstadt
Lezcano signed for
FC Ingolstadt
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on 15 January 2016.
Colo-Colo
In 2023, Lezcano signed with
Colo-Colo from Mexican club
Juárez.
loan to Tacuary
After having no chances to play for Colo-Colo, he was loaned out to
Tacuary in his homeland in February 2024.
International career
Paraguay U17
Lezcano played the Sub17 Sudamericano 2007 in Ecuador for the Paraguay national under-17 football team.
Paraguay
Lezcano was selected for the
Paraguay senior squad by
Ramón Díaz and made his debut in the
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
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match against
Argentina
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on 15 October 2015.
Career statistics
Club
International goals
:''Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lezcano goal''.
References
External links
*
Profile at Swiss Football League Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lezcano, Dario
1990 births
Living people
Footballers from Asunción
Paraguayan men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Paraguay men's international footballers
Sportivo Trinidense footballers
FC Wil players
FC Thun players
FC Luzern players
FC Ingolstadt 04 players
FC Juárez footballers
Colo-Colo footballers
Tacuary footballers
Paraguayan Primera División players
Paraguayan División Intermedia players
Swiss Challenge League players
Swiss Super League players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Liga MX players
Chilean Primera División players
Copa América Centenario players
Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers
Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile
Expatriate men's footballers in Chile