Lucas Biglia

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Lucas Biglia
Full name	Lucas Rodrigo Biglia
Date of birth	January 30, 1986 (1986-01-30) (age 22)
Place of birth	Mercedes, Argentina
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Central Midfielder
Club information
Current club	R.S.C. Anderlecht
Number	5
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-2005 2005-2006 2006-current	Argentinos Juniors Independiente Anderlecht	15 (1) 38 (0) 63 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 April 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Lucas Rodrigo Biglia (born 30 January 1986) is an Argentine footballer, currently playing for RSC Anderlecht.

He has been touted as one of the stars to watch out for in the 2010 World Cup. Biglia has been capped for the Argentina Under-20 team where he won the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship alongside Barcelona's star Lionel Messi

He is a player often compared to Andrea Pirlo due to the way he plays the game. Biglia has a good passing range and positional sense and appears to have a good head on his shoulders. The reason he chose for a subtop team like Anderlecht instead of one of europes big teams is that he wanted guaranteed first team football with the added bonus of playing in the UEFA Champions League while doing this and also building a name for himself rather than sitting on the bench. As a result, he has been a regular fixture in the Anderlecht starting XI, alonside 2007 Czech recruit Jan Polák.

Lucas Biglia was chosen as the best player of the season 06/07 by the Anderlecht fans^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] Titles and awards

Season	Club	Title
2005	Argentina Under-20	FIFA U-20 World Cup
2006-07	R.S.C. Anderlecht	Jupiler League Champion
2007	R.S.C. Anderlecht	Belgian Football Association Young Footballer of the Year