Lucas Villarruel
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lucas Ariel Villarruel | ||
| Date of birth | 13 November 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Ramos Mejía, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | LDU Quito | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Huracán | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2018 | Huracán | 114 | (2) |
| 2016–2018 | → Olimpo (loan) | 45 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Defensa y Justicia | 4 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Newell's Old Boys (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2020– | LDU Quito | 37 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:36, 7 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
Lucas Ariel Villarruel (born 13 November 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for L.D.U. Quito.[1]
Villarruel started his career in 2012 with Huracán.[1][2] He made his debut on 5 March in an away win against Boca Unidos in Primera B Nacional, which was the first of seven appearances during 2011–12.[1] In November 2012, Villarruel scored his first senior goal in a 0–4 win versus Almirante Brown.[1] At the end of the 2014 Primera B Nacional season, after he had scored two goals in ninety-seven appearances, Huracán won promotion to the Argentine Primera División.[1][3] On 30 June 2016, Olimpo signed Villarruel on loan for the 2016–17 campaign.[1][4] After twenty-seven appearances in all competitions, his loan was renewed in July 2017.[5]
He returned to Huracán on 16 May 2018, following a total of fifty appearances for Olimpo over two seasons for Olimpo.[6] Villarruel joined Defensa y Justicia in the following July.[1] After six matches in twelve months for Defensa, Villarruel left on loan in August 2019 to league counterparts Newell's Old Boys.[1] He remained until the succeeding December, appearing twelve times for them; though just four were as a starter.[1] January 2020 saw Villarruel head abroad for the first time, joining Ecuadorian Serie A club L.D.U. Quito on loan for one year.[1] He made his debut in a three-goal Clásico Quiteño victory away to El Nacional on 28 February, with his first goal arriving on 3 October against Mushuc Runa.[1]