Lucio Filomeno (born 8 May 1980) is a former Argentine

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who played as a striker. His last club was

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. After growing up in

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, Filomeno played for a variety of clubs around the world and also for the Argentina U-16 national team.

Club career

Filomeno made his professional debut in March 1996 playing for Nueva Chicago and being still 15 years old. He was one of the youngest players to this day to start playing professionally in Argentina. He was then noticed by English club

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and made his first move to Europe. He did not play officially for Newcastle and moved to Italy where he signed first for Udinese and then for Inter Milan. A year later he returned to Argentina to join San Lorenzo de Almagro where he contributed to the club winning of the Argentine "Torneo Clausura" 2001 and the Southamerican "Copa Mercosur" 2001. Subsequently, he moved to Mexico where he joined Jaguares de Chiapas in their inaugural 2002 season, scoring the team's first goal ever in a 3–1 loss to Tigres. In 2005, he joined

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n side Busan IPark in

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, but he appeared in only

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8 matches. A brief spell at

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followed where he struggled to play for the first team and only scored once. In 2006, he returned to Argentina to join his original club, Nueva Chicago. In the summer of 2007 he was signed by Greek first division club

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and in June 2009 he was picked up on a two-year deal by Greek club

PAOK FC P.A.O.K. FC ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΟΚ, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών, '' Panthessaloníkios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstadinoupolitón'', "Pan-Thessalonian Sports club, Athlet ...

. He had signed a one-year deal with

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of the Argentinian first division on August 4, 2011. He played for one season and then he stopped. In summer 2013, he signed with

playing in

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, the regionalised third division of the Argentine football league system.

Honors

;D.C. United * Major League Soccer Supporter's Shield: 2006

References

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Teams Played
at Bdfa * {{DEFAULTSORT:Filomeno, Lucio 1980 births Living people Argentine footballers Udinese Calcio players Inter Milan players Nueva Chicago footballers San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers D.C. United players Asteras Tripolis F.C. players PAOK FC players Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Chiapas F.C. footballers K League 1 players Busan IPark players Argentine Primera División players Super League Greece players Liga MX players Argentine expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Mexico Expatriate footballers in South Korea Expatriate soccer players in the United States Major League Soccer players Atlético de Rafaela footballers Association football forwards