| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lucas Martín Castromán | ||
| Date of birth | October 2, 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Luján, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right winger / Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Free Agent | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vélez Sársfield | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1997–2001 | Vélez Sársfield | 69 | (6) |
| 2001–2003 | S.S. Lazio | 37 | (4) |
| 2003–2007 | Vélez Sársfield | 68 | (18) |
| 2003–2004 | → Udinese (loan) | 20 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | América | 12 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Boca Juniors (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Racing | 43 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1997–1999 | Argentina U-20 | ||
| 2000–2005 | Argentina | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:09, 17 December 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Lucas Castromán (born 2 October 1980 in Luján, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football midfielder or forward. He is currently playing with Racing Club de Avellaneda of the Primera División Argentina. He was awarded an Italian passport during his time in Lazio, thanks to descent.
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Castromán began his professional career with Vélez Sársfield in 1997, with Marcelo Bielsa as a coach. His consistent performances in midfield awarded him a lucrative transfer to S.S. Lazio in the Italian Serie A, in 2001. In 2003 he was loaned to fellow Italians Udinese[1] before returning to Vélez in 2004.
Castromán, a firm favourite with the Vélez fans, reinforced his place in the history of the club by helping the team to win the Primera División Argentina Clausura tournament in 2005 after the club's run of 7 years without a trophy. During that tournament, Vélez' coach Miguel Ángel Russo, seeing the team's position of right and left winger were well covered by Jonás Gutiérrez and Marcelo Bravo, used Castromán as a second striker. Castromán played at great level in his new position, and was the team's topscorer along Rolando Zárate during the aforementioned Clausura tournament.[2]
After personal differences with Vélez Sársfield coach, Ricardo Lavolpe, Castromaán decided it was time to change teams, joining Club América of Mexico. On 5 December 2007 Castromán came on as a substitute after 88 minutes of the second leg of the Copa Sudamericana 2007 final against Arsenal de Sarandí of Argentina. Within a minute he was sent off for pushing an opponent.
After only six months with Club América he was transfer listed on December 17, 2007 putting an end to his time with the club where injuries, poor physical condition and poor discipline on and off the field led to his departure. He was loaned to Boca Juniors for $1,050,000 USD. He hardly saw action in Boca, despite he was part of the Apertura 2008 and Recopa Sudamericana 2008 winning teams.
He signed a one year contract with Racing Club de Avellaneda on 6 February 2009.[3]
Castromán played 5 games for Argentina distributed in Marcelo Bielsa and José Pekerman's cycles.
| Argentina national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 0 |
Vélez Sársfield
S.S. Lazio
Boca Juniors
Argentina U-20 national football team
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