Darío Lezcano Mendoza (born 30 June 1990) is a Paraguayan professional

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who plays for

Tacuary Club Tacuary is a Paraguayan First Division football team, based in the neighborhood of Jara in Asunción. The club was founded in 1923. Tacuary qualified for the Copa Libertadores tournament twice (in 2005 and 2007) and the Copa Sudamerican ...

on loan from Chilean club

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. 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

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season Lezcano transferred from

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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

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FC Luzern

During the winter break of the

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season Lezcano transferred to Luzern. He played his team debut on 19 February 2012 in the goalless draw away against

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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

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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 on 15 January 2016.

Colo-Colo

In 2023, Lezcano signed with

from Mexican club Juárez.

loan to Tacuary

After having no chances to play for Colo-Colo, he was loaned out to

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

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and made his debut in the

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match against

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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

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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 21st-century Paraguayan sportsmen