Lucas Nahuel Castro (born 9 April 1989) is an Argentine professional

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who plays for

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, as a winger.

Club career

Gimnasia La Plata

Castro began his career within the youth ranks of Argentine club

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 Gimnasia ...

in 2003. After 68 appearances and 6 goals for his hometown club, Castro transferred to

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 ...

Racing Club

In July 2011, Castro completed a transfer to Argentine rivals

after being signed by Manager

Diego Simeone Diego Pablo Simeone González (; ; born 28 April 1970, nicknamed El Cholo (), is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder; he has been the manager of Atlético Madrid since December 2011. In his cl ...

. Castro played mainly on the left wing and

Mauro Camoranesi Mauro Germán Camoranesi Serra (, ; born 4 October 1976) is an Italian football manager and former player who played as a right midfielder or right winger. Camoranesi began his career in Argentina in 1995, where he played for Aldosivi and B ...

usually playing on the right wing. In his only season with the club, he scored 6 goals in 29 league appearances.

Calcio Catania

On 20 July 2012, Castro signed for Italian Serie A club

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for €2.5 million on a five-year contract.

Chievo Verona

On 29 June 2015, Castro signed with

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Cagliari

On 30 June 2018, Castro signed with

Cagliari Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...

SPAL

On 31 January 2020, he joined

SPAL Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor, commonly known as S.P.A.L. (), is a professional football club based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The team plays in Serie B, the second tier of the Italian football league system. Founded in 1907, sinc ...

on loan. As certain performance conditions were met, SPAL were obligated to purchase his rights.

Turkey

On 19 January 2021, Castro signed with Turkish club

Fatih Karagümrük Fatih () is a district of and a municipality (''belediye'') in Istanbul, Turkey, and home to almost all of the provincial authorities (including the governor's office, police headquarters, metropolitan municipality and tax office) but not the co ...

. In August 2021 he moved to

Adana Demirspor Adana Demirspor Kulübü is a sports club based in Adana, Turkey. Founded by railway workers in 1940, the club is competitive in football, watersports, racquet sports and martial arts. Football team's thriving success at the Adana League and the ...

International career

In 2011, Castro was called up to the

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national side by the then manager

Alejandro Sabella Alejandro Javier Sabella (; 5 November 19548 December 2020) was an Argentine football player and manager. Born in Buenos Aires, he began his playing career with River Plate in his home country before moving to England in 1978 to play for Sheff ...

for a friendly match against

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Career statistics

Club

References

External links

Argentine Primera statistics
at Fútbol XXI
goal.com

calciocatania.it
(Lucas Nahuel Castro, scatto e dribbling) {{DEFAULTSORT:Castro, Lucas 1989 births Living people Footballers from La Plata Argentine footballers Association football wingers Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Catania S.S.D. players A.C. ChievoVerona players Cagliari Calcio players S.P.A.L. players Fatih Karagümrük S.K. footballers Adana Demirspor footballers Argentine Primera División players Serie A players Serie B players Süper Lig players Argentine expatriate footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Turkey Club Atlético Sarmiento footballers