Lucas Matías Licht (born 6 April 1981) is an Argentine professional

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who plays for

Club Atlético Villa San Carlos Club Social y Deportivo Villa San Carlos is an Argentine football club from the city of Berisso (nearly La Plata) in Buenos Aires Province. The team currently plays in the Primera B Metropolitana, the regionalised third level of the Argenti ...

mainly as a

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but also as a

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Club career

Born in

Rosario, Santa Fe Rosario () is the largest city in the central Argentine province of Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous city in the country, and is also the most p ...

, Licht grew up in the youth academy of

Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (; ''La Plata Gymnastics and Fencing Club''), also known simply as Gimnasia, is an Argentine professional sports club based in the city of La Plata, Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1887 as "Club de Gimnasi ...

, starting as a

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and making his professional debut in 2001. For three years,

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i club

Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל מכבי חיפה, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Maccabi Haifa'') is an Israeli professional football club, based in the city of Haifa, Israel, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The cl ...

had him on the club's transfer shortlist due to his

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heritage, as he would not count as a foreigner; he eventually joined

Maccabi Netanya F.C. Maccabi (sports), Maccabi Netanya F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל מכבי נתניה, ''Football Club Maccabi Netanya'') is an Israeli association football, football club based in Netanya. Established in 1934, the club was a founding memb ...

for a trial, but they decided not to offer him a contract. After one more trial in Israel, with Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona FC, Licht returned to Argentina where he played one last season with Gimnasia. In 2006's ''Clausura'', he struck from 40 meters to score the game's only goal away against

Club Atlético Independiente Club Atlético Independiente () is an Argentina, Argentine professional sports club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda in Greater Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its Association football, football team, wh ...

. On 17 July 2006, Licht joined

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side

Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol (), or simply Getafe, is a professional football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. The team competes in La Liga, the highest tier of the Spanish football system. The club's home stadium (owned and op ...

, signing a four-year contract. In his first season he only appeared in eight games as a backup to

Javier Paredes Javier Paredes Arango (born 5 July 1982) is a Spanish former footballer who played mainly as a left back. He started his career with Real Oviedo, and made his La Liga debut with Getafe in 2005. During a 14-year professional career he represe ...

but, as the latter joined

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. Zaragoza holds its home games at La ...

, he became the undisputed starter; on 22 December 2007, he scored his first goal for the

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outskirts team in a 2–0 win at

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001, when it was renamed ''Unión D ...

, adding eight appearances in their quarter-final run in the

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. On 13 December 2009, after having been deemed surplus to requirements by manager Míchel – he did not make the list of 18 in the vast majority of the official matches – Licht was released and returned to his country, penning a three-year deal with

Racing Club de Avellaneda Racing Club de Avellaneda, officially known as Racing Club or shortened to just Racing, is an Argentine professional sports club based in Avellaneda, a city of the Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered o ...

.Lucas Licht fue presentado como el primer refuerzo para 2010 (Lucas Licht presented as first 2010 signing)
; Racing Club, 16 December 2009 (in Spanish)

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Licht, Lucas 1981 births Living people Argentine people of German-Jewish descent Argentine Jews Jewish Argentine sportspeople Argentine footballers Jewish footballers Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe Association football defenders Argentine Primera División players Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Club Atlético Villa San Carlos footballers La Liga players Getafe CF footballers Argentine expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain

Club career

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