Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lucas Leonidas Chávez Cruz | ||
Date of birth | 17 April 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Santa Cruz, Bolivia | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bolívar | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2021– | Bolivar | 46 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
2023– | Bolivia | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:24, 12 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:38, 27 June 2024 (UTC) |
Lucas Leonidas Chávez Cruz (born 17 April 2003) is a Bolivian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Club Bolívar and the Bolivia national team.
Born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Chávez began his career at Club Bolívar. He made his debut on 2 May 2021 in a 2–0 home win over C.D. Real Tomayapo in the Bolivian Primera División, coming on as a 67th-minute substitute under manager Natxo González. He totalled six appearances that season, all from the bench. [1]
In 2022, Chávez played 13 games as Bolívar won the Apertura, though the season was abandoned in the Clausura stage. He made his Copa Libertadores debut in a 2–0 loss away to C.D. Universidad Católica del Ecuador on 2 March, and scored his first goal on 19 April, concluding a 4–1 win at F.C. Universitario de Vinto; both were as a substitute. [1] [2]
On 7 June 2023, Chávez scored his first goal in the Libertadores, concluding a 2–0 win over Cerro Porteño of Paraguay at the Estadio Hernando Siles to make it to the last 16. [1] In the league, he scored four goals in 22 games as his team came runners-up to La Paz rivals The Strongest; on 23 July he scored in a 3–0 home win in his first edition of the local derby. [3] On 5 August, he extended his contract until 2026. [1] Days later, he was ruled out with a fracture to his left clavicle. [4] In December, Bolívar also won the 2023 Copa de la División Profesional; Chávez received one of six red cards in an added-time brawl against C.D. Jorge Wilstermann, despite never leaving the substitutes' bench during the final. [5]
In June 2023, Chávez was called up to the Bolivia national team for friendlies against Ecuador and Chile. [6] He made his debut against the latter in his hometown, starting in the goalless draw; manager Gustavo Costas praised his performance. [7]
Chávez was called up by former Bolívar manager Antonio Carlos Zago in the preliminary squad for the 2024 Copa América in the United States. [8]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Bolivia | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
2024 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 3 | 0 |
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