Lautaro Gianetti

Lautaro Gianetti (born 13 November 1993) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a centre back for Vélez Sarsfield in the Argentine Primera División.

Lautaro Gianetti
Personal information
Full name Lautaro Gianetti
Date of birth (1993-11-13) 13 November 1993
Place of birth San Nicolás, Argentina
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Vélez Sarsfield
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011– Vélez Sársfield 57 (1)
National team‡
2013 Argentina U-20 3 (0)
2016 Argentina U-23 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:10, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:35, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

Club career

Gianetti debuted professionally for Vélez Sarsfield in the 2012 Clausura under Ricardo Gareca's coaching, starting in a 0–2 defeat to Argentinos Juniors.[1] The defender was part of the squads that won the 2012 Inicial, 2012–13 Superfinal and 2013 Supercopa Argentina, although he did not play any games.

Gianetti became a starter for the team during the second half of the 2015 Argentine Primera División season, in which he started in all 15 games.[2] He scored his first professional goal in the 12th fixture of the 2016 Argentine Primera División, a last-minute winner against Argentinos Juniors.[3]

International career

Gianetti was part of the squad of the Argentina national under-20 football team that played the 2013 South American Youth Championship.

In 2016, the defender was selected by coach Gerardo Martino for the preliminary squad of the Argentina national under-23 football team to participate in the Summer Olympics. He was later confirmed by Martino's successor Julio Olarticoechea and started in all three games of the team in the tournament.[4][5]

Honours
Vélez Sársfield

References
  1. "Match report". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
  2. "Tournament '15 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  3. "Match report". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  4. "Vélez cede a Lautaro Gianetti para los Juegos Olímpicos". Goal.com (in Spanish). 2016-07-08. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  5. "Vélez dio el "ok" y Lautaro Gianetti irá a los Juegos Olímpicos de Río". Don Balón (in Spanish). 2016-07-08. Archived from the original on 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2016-10-15.


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