Luis Carlos Fariña Olivera (born 20 April 1991) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as an

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Club career

Born in

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, Fariña graduated from

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's youth system. He made his professional debut on 28 August 2009, replacing

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in a 1–1 home draw against

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for the

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championship. Fariña appeared sparingly in the following campaigns, mainly used as a backup. He was only utilized regularly in the 2012–13 campaign, after profiting from both Giovanni Moreno and Lucas Castro's departures. Fariña scored his first professional goals on 19 November 2012, netting a brace in a 4–0 home win against

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. He finished the season with 28 matches and four goals, attracting the interest of

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and

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

. On 24 July 2013 Fariña signed for Benfica on a five-year deal for €3.5 million, joining fellow Racing teammates José Shaffer and José Luis Fernández. On 9 August, however, he was loaned to

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side

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, in a season-long deal. On 27 July 2014, Fariña moved to

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña () or simply Depor, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that competes in the Segunda División, the ...

also in a temporary deal. He made his

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debut on 23 August, starting in a 1–2 away loss against

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. Fariña scored his first goal in the main category of Spanish football on 15 December, netting the winner in a home success over

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. In August 2015, he joined

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on loan for one season, until it was terminated early in January 2016, with the Argentine moving to

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until June. On 7 August 2016, Fariña moved to Greek

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club Asteras Tripoli in another temporary deal. A year later, the 26-year-old Fariña rescinded his contract with Benfica, without ever representing them, and signed a three-year contract with

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Personal life

Fariña's parents were born in

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, with himself also holding a Paraguayan citizenship since December 2014.

Honours

Racing Club *

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: Runner-up 2011–12 Aves *

Taça de Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 seaso ...

: 2017–18

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