Lucas Castromán
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lucas Martín Castromán | ||
| Date of birth | 2 October 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Luján, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vélez Sársfield | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2000 | Vélez Sársfield | 68 | (5) |
| 2000–2003 | Lazio | 37 | (4) |
| 2003–2004 | → Udinese (loan) | 20 | (1) |
| 2004–2007 | Vélez Sársfield | 38 | (13) |
| 2007–2008 | Club América | 9 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Boca Juniors (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Racing Club | 37 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1997–1999 | Argentina U-20 | ||
| 2000–2005 | Argentina | 5 | (0) |
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Honours
30
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:09, 23 October 2010 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:09, 17 December 2005 (UTC) |
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Lucas Martín Castromán (born 2 October 1980 in Luján, Buenos Aires Province) is a retired Argentine football midfielder or forward. He was awarded an Italian passport during his time in Lazio, thanks to descent.
Castromán began his professional career with Vélez Sársfield in 1997, with Marcelo Bielsa as a coach. His consistent performances in midfield awarded him a lucrative transfer to S.S. Lazio in the Italian Serie A, in 2001. There he became suddenly popular amongst Lazio's fans because of a late equalising goal scored in the very last minute of a derby against AS Roma that was leading the game 2–1 until then.
In 2003, he was loaned to fellow Italians Udinese before returning to Vélez in 2004.
Castromán, a firm favourite with the Vélez fans, reinforced his place in the history of the club by helping the team to win the Argentine Primera División Clausura tournament in 2005 after the club's run of 7 years without a trophy. During that tournament, Vélez' coach Miguel Ángel Russo, seeing the team's position of right and left winger were well covered by Jonás Gutiérrez and Marcelo Bravo, used Castromán as a second striker. Castromán played at great level in his new position, and was the team's topscorer along Rolando Zárate during the aforementioned Clausura tournament. After personal differences with Vélez Sársfield coach, Ricardo La Volpe, Castromán decided it was time to change teams, joining Club América of Mexico.
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