Lucas Orbán
Argentine footballer
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Lucas Alfonso Orbán Alegre (born 3 February 1989) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. He made 2 appearances for the Argentina national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lucas Alfonso Orbán Alegre | ||
| Date of birth | 3 February 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Racing Club | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| River Plate | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2012 | River Plate | 10 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Tigre (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Tigre | 29 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Bordeaux | 27 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Valencia | 29 | (1) |
| 2016 | → Levante (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Genoa | 11 | (0) |
| 2017–2022 | Racing Club | 53 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2015 | Argentina | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 04:38, 9 May 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 04:38, 9 May 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career
River Plate
Born in Buenos Aires, Orbán graduated from local giants River Plate's youth system, and made his professional debut on 24 May 2009, starting in a 2–0 home win over Independiente.[2]
Tigre
On 12 August 2011, after being sparingly used by River, Orbán was loaned to Tigre for the season.[3] He appeared regularly for the latter, and scored his first professional goal on 19 August 2013, but in a 2–3 loss against former club River.[4]
Bordeaux
On 31 July 2013 Orban signed a four-year deal with Ligue 1 side Girondins de Bordeaux.[5] He made his debut in the competition on 13 September, starting in a 0–2 home loss against Paris Saint-Germain.[6]
Valencia
On 11 August 2014, Orbán signed a five-year deal with La Liga's Valencia CF.[7] He made his debut in the competition on 23 August, coming on as a late substitute and scoring an equalizer in a 1–1 away draw against Sevilla FC.[8]
On 31 January 2016, Valencia reached an agreement to loan Orbán to Levante UD until 30 June 2016.[9]
Genoa
Racing Club
In 2020, Orbán signed for Argentine club Racing club for a reported £7,000 per week contract.[11]
International career
On 13 November 2013, Orbán was called up to Argentina national football team by manager Alejandro Sabella, for the matches against Ecuador and Bosnia and Herzegovina.[12] He made his international debut two days later, starting in a 0–0 draw.[13] On 28 March 2015 he earned his 2nd cap in a 2–0 win over El Salvador.
Honours
Racing Club