Lucas Martín Valdemarín (born 13 May 1978) is a former footballer from
Argentina
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who played for Vélez, Unión Española (Chile), Elche (Spain), AIK (Sweden) and Club San Luis (Mexico).
Career
Valdemarín developed his career as a youth with
Sportivo 9 de Julio
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. In 1996, he was signed by
Talleres de Córdoba, but shortly after
Vélez Sársfield acquired his playing rights. During his period at Vélez Valdemarín struggled to earn a spot in the first team, and the club loaned him to other teams multiple times: to
Independiente Rivadavia and
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Football
* Racing Club Abidjan, Ivory Coast
* K.R.C. Genk, Belgium
* Racing Club Bafoussam, Cameroon
* Racing Club Beirut, Lebanon
* Racing Club de Avellaneda, Argentina
* Racing Club Haïtien, Haiti
* Racing Club Port ...
in Argentina,
Unión Española of Chile and
Elche CF from Spain, with two more spells with Vélez in between.
In 2006, he became a free agent and signed for
Arsenal de Sarandí
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, where he formed a striker partnership with
Mauro Óbolo. The following year, both relocated to Sweden to play for
AIK Fotboll. In 2008 Valdemarín reached a mutual agreement with AIK to terminate his contract, and joined
Colón de Santa Fe. He was a starter at the beginning, but his due to his lack of effectivity he was relegated to the bench. During the first semester of 2009, he had a brief spell in Mexico with
San Luis F.C.
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Back in Colón he couldn't secure a place in the squad, and transferred to
Defensa y Justicia
Club Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia, commonly known as Defensa y Justicia, is an Argentine football club from Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, established in 1935. in July 2009.
Valdemarín y Garnier, incorporaciones de Defensa y Justicia
In June 2010 ends his career.
References
External links
Argentine Primera statistics
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Living people
1978 births
Argentine men's footballers
Footballers from Córdoba Province, Argentina
Talleres de Córdoba footballers
Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers
Independiente Rivadavia footballers
Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
Arsenal de Sarandí footballers
Unión Española footballers
Defensa y Justicia footballers
AIK Fotboll players
Elche CF players
Club Atlético Colón footballers
San Luis F.C. players
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Allsvenskan players
Argentine Primera División players
Chilean Primera División players
Segunda División players
Liga MX players
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Men's association football forwards