Lucas Alario

Lucas Nicolás Alario (born 8 October 1992) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a striker for German club Bayer Leverkusen and the Argentina national football team.

Lucas Alario
Alario in 2016
Personal information
Full name Lucas Nicolás Alario
Date of birth (1992-10-08) 8 October 1992
Place of birth Tostado, Argentina
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Bayer Leverkusen
Number 13
Youth career
Colón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Colón 58 (12)
2015–2017 River Plate 47 (22)
2017– Bayer Leverkusen 88 (33)
National team‡
2016– Argentina 9 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:00, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Colón

Born in Tostado, Santa Fe, Alario began his career at Colón in his native province. He made his Argentine Primera División debut on 11 June 2011, as a 59th-minute substitute for Cristian Raúl Ledesma in a 0–1 home defeat to Arsenal.[1] His first goal for the club came on 22 March 2014, a fourth-minute penalty for the only goal of a win against Tigre at the Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López.[2] On 12 May 2015, he netted twice in a 3–2 away win at Defensa y Justicia for Colón's first away win of the season.[3]

River Plate

On 26 June 2015, Alario became River Plate's fourth signing of the season, joining the Buenos Aires-based club on a four-year contract for a fee of 2.25 million US Dollars.[4] He made his debut on 11 July, replacing Fernando Cavenaghi for the final 30 minutes of a 1–1 home draw against Temperley.[5] Eleven days later, as a substitute, he equalised for a 1–1 draw away to Paraguay's Club Guaraní in the second leg of the Copa Libertadores semi-finals, converting a pass from Tabaré Viúdez to send River through 3–1 on aggregate to their first such finals since 1996.[6] On 5 August, in the second leg of the final after a goalless first, he finished Leonel Vangioni's cross at the end of the first half to open the scoring as his team won 3–0 against Tigres UANL.[7]

Eighteen days after River won the continental championship, Alario was sent off in a 2–1 domestic loss to Estudiantes de La Plata.[8] His first league goals for the Millonarios came in the form of a hat-trick on 6 September, in a 4–1 win away to Nueva Chicago.[9] On 31 October, as a 55th-minute substitute for Nicolás Bertolo, he scored the only goal in a win at Vélez Sarsfield.[10]

On 16 December, in the semi-finals of the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup in Osaka, Alario headed the only goal to defeat Sanfrecce Hiroshima.[11] Four days later he played the entirety of the final, a 3–0 loss to FC Barcelona.

On August 25, 2016, Alario scores again finishing the game and yet another international title with River Plate in Buenos Aires to take over Recopa Sudamericana 2016. He was rated by many football experts in Argentina as the best striker playing in Argentina.

Bayer Leverkusen

On 22 September 2017, Alario signed for German side Bayer Leverkusen on a five-year deal.[12]

International career

Alario received his first international call-up for Argentina on 12 August 2016, for matches against Uruguay and Venezuela.[13] Alario had his first appearance on 1 September 2016, coming from the bench replacing Lucas Pratto in the 71st minute during a World Cup Qualifier 2018 match against Uruguay.[14]

Alario scored his first international goal when he netted the fifth in a 6–0 friendly win away to Singapore in June 2017.[15]

Career statistics

Club
As of 19 January 2021.[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Colón 2010–11 Primera División 10———10
2011–12 Primera División 90———90
2012–13 Primera División 20———20
2013–14 Primera División 21320——233
2014 Primera B Nacional 156———156
2015 Primera División 103———103
Total 581220——6012
River Plate 2015 Primera División 64—8[lower-alpha 2]32[lower-alpha 3]1168
2016 Primera División 136677[lower-alpha 4]32[lower-alpha 5]12817
2016–17 Primera División 2712—8[lower-alpha 4]3—3515
2017–18 Primera División 1021——31
Total 472288239428241
Bayer Leverkusen 2017–18 Bundesliga 23931——2610
2018–19 Bundesliga 279217[lower-alpha 6]4—3614
2019–20 Bundesliga 247438[lower-alpha 7]2—3612
2020–21 Bundesliga 148224[lower-alpha 6]2—2012
Total 8833117198—11848
Career total 193672115421742260101
  1. Includes appearances in Copa Argentina and DFB-Pokal
  2. Four appearances and two goals in Copa Libertadores, four appearances and one goal in Copa Sudamericana
  3. Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  4. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  5. Appearances in Recopa Sudamericana
  6. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League

International
As of 12 November 2020.[16]
Argentina
YearAppsGoals
201620
201711
201942
202020
Total93

International goals
Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first.[16]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.13 June 2017National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore Singapore5–06–0Friendly
2.9 October 2019Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany Germany1–22–2
3.13 October 2019Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, Alicante, Spain Ecuador1–06–1

Honours

River Plate

International

Argentina

References
  1. "Arsenal ganó en Santa Fe, se salvó de la Promoción y va por la Copa" [Arsenal won in Santa Fe, avoided relegation and are going for the Copa] (in Spanish). ESPN. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  2. Bordón, José E. (21 March 2014). "Ante Tigre, Colón volvió al triunfo y se mantiene en lo más alto de la tabla" [Against Tigre, Colón return to winning ways and keep themselves on top of the table]. La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  3. "Defensa y Justicia-Colón cierran en Varela la 12° fecha" [Defensa y Justicia-Colón close the 12th round at Varela] (in Spanish). ESPN. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  4. "Alario pasó la revisión médica y se convirtió en el cuarto refuerzo" [Alario passes medical and becomes the fourth reinforcement]. Clarín (in Spanish). 26 June 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  5. "River sólo empató ante Temperley y su nivel preocupa de cara a la Copa Libertadores" [River only drew against Temperley and their standard is worrying ahead of the Copa Libertadores]. La Nación (in Spanish). 12 July 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  6. Vickery, Tim (21 July 2015). "River Plate win Copa Libertadores semi, Guarani exit with heads held high". ESPN. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  7. "River Plate win third Copa Libertadores title with victory over Tigres". The Guardian. Reuters. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  8. Cantore, Alberto (24 August 2015). "La derrota ante Estudiantes dejó a River inquieto y lejos de la cima" [Defeat against Estudiantes leaves River worried and far from the top]. La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  9. "River goleó en Mataderos gracias a un Alario brillante" [River run wild in Mataderos thanks to a brilliant Alario] (in Spanish). Goal.com. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  10. "Con gol de Alario, River le dio un nuevo golpe a Vélez" [With Alario's goal, River strike a new blow towards Vélez]. La Nación (in Spanish). 31 October 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  11. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/35114675
  12. "Bayer Leverkusen complete deal for Argentina striker Lucas Alario". Bundesliga. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  13. "La lista para las Eliminatorias" [The list for the qualification]. Argentine Football Association (in Spanish). 12 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  14. "2018 FIFA Russia - Matches - Argentina-Uruguay". FIFA. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  15. http://bongda24h.vn/truc-tiep-bong-da/truc-tiep-singapore-vs-argentina-19h00-hom-nay-136-372-162013.html
  16. "L. Alario". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  17. https://www.cope.es/deportes/futbol/futbol-internacional/amp/noticias/argentina-lleva-superclasico-con-gol-messi-debut-rodrygo-20191115_552704
  18. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50424452#tab-0
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