Personal information | |||
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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(s) | 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) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:38, 9 May 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 04:38, 9 May 2023 (UTC) |
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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
On 31 August 2016, Orbán signed for Italian club Genoa. [10]
In 2020, Orbán signed for Argentine club Racing club for a reported £7,000 per week contract. [11]
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.
Racing Club