Lisandro Magallán

Lisandro Magallán (born 27 September 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Italian club Crotone, on loan from Dutch club Ajax, as a central defender.

Lisandro Magallán
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-09-27) 27 September 1993
Place of birth La Plata, Argentina
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Crotone
(on loan from Ajax)
Number 6
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Gimnasia La Plata 26 (0)
2012–2019 Boca Juniors 57 (2)
2013–2014 → Rosario Central (loan) 11 (0)
2016 → Defensa y Justicia (loan) 16 (1)
2019– Ajax 2 (0)
2019–2020 → Alavés (loan) 17 (1)
2020– → Crotone (loan) 15 (0)
National team
Argentina U20
2016 Argentina U23 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:22, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

He also played for the Argentine football team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Club career

Born in La Plata, Magallán made his senior debut for Gimnasia La Plata on 10 August 2010.[2][3] In April 2012, he was reported to have been scouted by English club Manchester City.[4] On 26 July 2012 Boca Juniors paid $1.4 million for 80% of the rights to Magallán's services.[5] In October 2014, Magallán scored his first goal for Boca Juniors against River Plate in the Superclásico.[6]

He signed for Dutch club Ajax on 2 January 2019.[4][7] He moved on loan to Spanish club Deportivo Alavés on 2 September 2019.[8] Magallán scored his first goal for Alavés in a 2–0 win over Celta Vigo on 20 October 2019.[9]

In September 2020 he moved on loan to Italian club Crotone.[10]

International career

He has played for Argentina at under-20 and under-23 level.[3]

References
  1. "Squad: Lisandro Magallán". Boca Juniors. Archived from the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  2. "Profile" (in Spanish). Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  3. Lisandro Magallán at Soccerway
  4. "Transfer news: Ajax sign Boca Juniors defender Lisandro Magallan | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  5. "Boca ya tiene nuevo marcador central: se llama Lisandro Magallán y tiene 18 años". Telam. 26 July 2012.
  6. "El gol de Magallán para el parcial triunfo de Boca". Minuto Uno.
  7. "Magallán tekent voor vierenhalf jaar bij Ajax" (in Dutch). De Stentor. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  8. "Ajax stalt Magallán bij Alavés". Telegraaf. 2 September 2019.
  9. "Alavés 2 - 0 Celta". sport. 22 October 2019.
  10. "Magallan leaves Ajax for Crotone". Football Oranje. 3 September 2020.


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