Franco Orozco
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 January 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Ezeiza, Argentina[1] | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Left winger[2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Newell's Old Boys (on loan from Lanús) | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lanús | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020– | Lanús | 83 | (8) |
| 2024 | → Krylia Sovetov Samara (loan) | 22 | (4) |
| 2025– | → Newell's Old Boys (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Argentina U15 | |||
| 2018 | Argentina U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | Argentina U17 | 12 | (4) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:23, 25 November 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 November 2019 | |||
Franco Orozco (born 9 January 2002) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Newell's Old Boys, on loan from Lanús.[3]
Orozco progressed through the Lanús youth system.[4][5] He was promoted into the club's senior squad under manager Luis Zubeldía towards the end of 2020, initially featuring in pre-season action which saw him score in a win over Gimnasia y Esgrima on 21 October.[6] A week later, Orozco made his competitive first-team debut in a 3–2 victory over São Paulo in the Copa Sudamericana; replacing Braian Aguirre early in the second half.[3] The winger did the same on 31 October in a Copa de la Liga Profesional loss at home to Boca Juniors.[3] He scored his first senior goal at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes against Talleres on 9 November.[3]
Orozco scored twice in a Copa Sudamericana round of sixteen second leg victory over Bolívar on 2 December 2020.[3] After further Copa de la Liga goals against Newell's Old Boys and Rosario Central, the winger netted on his Copa Argentina debut on 23 February against Primera C Metropolitana's Real Pilar.[3]
On 22 February 2024, Orozco moved to Russian Premier League club Krylia Sovetov Samara on loan until the end of 2024, with an option to buy.[7] On 9 December 2024, Krylia Sovetov announced that Orozco returned to Lanús as loan expired and the option to buy was not exercised.[8]
International career
Orozco represented Argentina at U15 and U17 level; appearing in over thirty matches in total.[9][10] For the U15s, he scored one goal (versus Paraguay) as they won the 2017 South American U-15 Championship on home soil.[9] For the U17s, Orozco scored two goals in his sole appearance at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup against Tajikistan; having played seven times earlier that year at the South American U-17 Championship in Peru.[3][11][12]