Alex Luna (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alex Nahuel Luna | ||
| Date of birth | 31 March 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Rafaela, Argentina[1] | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder[3][4] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Instituto (on loan from Atlético de Rafaela) | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 9 de Julio | |||
| Rafaela | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020– | Rafaela | 80 | (3) |
| 2024 | → Independiente (loan) | 29 | (1) |
| 2025– | → Instituto (loan) | 32 | (8) |
| International career | |||
| Argentina U15 | |||
| Argentina U17 | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:03, 20 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Alex Nahuel Luna (born 31 March 2004) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Instituto, on loan from Atlético de Rafaela.[5]
Luna came through the youth ranks at Atlético de Rafaela, having joined at the age of nine from 9 de Julio.[3] He scored sixteen goals in Rafaela's academy in 2019–20, finishing as their top scorer.[3][6][7] He was promoted into the first-team set-up in 2020 under manager Walter Otta, with the midfielder signing his first professional contract on 2 October; penning terms until December 2022, amid interest from clubs from home and abroad.[2][8][9] Luna would then make his senior debut at the age of sixteen on 7 December during a Primera B Nacional victory over Tigre, after he replaced Facundo Soloa with eighteen minutes left.[5]
International career
Before his professional debut for Atlético de Rafaela, Luna had already received call-ups from Argentina's U15s and U17s.[9] He won the Vlatko Marković Tournament with the former.[4][6][10]
Personal life
Luna is of Spanish descent, through his great-grandmother.[2]
Career statistics
- As of 14 December 2020.[5]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Atlético de Rafaela | 2020 | Primera B Nacional | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||