| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lucas García Simón | ||
| Date of birth | 1 August 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Mar del Plata, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Unión La Calera | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2003–2004 | Cadetes | ||
| 2004–2006 | Nueva Chicago | ||
| 2006– | Piacenza | 73 | (8) |
| 2008–2009 | → Pescara (loan) | 27 | (10) |
| 2010–2011 | → Tigre (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2011– | → Unión La Calera | 3 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:43, 19 December 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Lucas García Simón (born 1 August 1986) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Chilean side Unión La Calera, on loan from Italian Serie B club Piacenza.
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Born in Mar del Plata, Simón started his career at hometown club Cadetes de San Martín. In 2004 he was signed by Primera B Nacional club Nueva Chicago. He won Clausura 2006 champion but losing the champions playoffs to Godoy Cruz. However, he scored 2 goals in the promotion playoffs, winning Belgrano 6–3.
In July 2006, he was signed by Italian Serie B club Piacenza. He scored 5 league goals in the first season, ranked 5th of the team, as the team third strikers, behind Daniele Cacia and Daniele Degano. In the next season, after Cacia was sold (himself remained in Piacenza due to injury), he became the only central forward in the starting XI, but soon the coach preferred Houssine Kharja as the emergency striker, Julien Rantier and Giuseppe Gemiti in supporting role. In mid-October (round 11), he returned to starting XI until Cacia recovered (round 15). In January 2008, Cacia returned to Fiorentina and Kharja was sold, but the club signed Zlatko Dedič (loan) and Alessandro Tulli, made Simón remained as the third striker.
In 2008–09 Serie B season, the club signed Davide Moscardelli as new central forward, and on 1 September 2008, he left the club along with 2 strikers after the club loaned striker Emanuele Ferraro from Salernitana.[1] Which Simón was loaned to Pescara, and he scored 10 goals in Italian third highest division.
On 1 July 2009, Simón returned to Emilia. He had to compete with Tulli, Tomás Guzmán, Antonio Piccolo and Mattia Graffiedi for the remain place of supporting striker role in 433 formation, or as a backup central forward in 442 formation if Moscardelli was not available. The coach more frequently used Simone Guerra as supporting striker and Simón only made 8 start, 7 of them before the arrival of striker Edgar Çani in January.
In June 2010, he was loaned back to Argentina for Tigre.[2]
In July 2011, Simón arrived to Unión La Calera, on loan from the Italian club, Piacenza.[3] On 28 July, he debuted in Chile, scoring two goals against Santiago Morning, that were the only goals for his team, in a 2–0 win, thanks to him.[4]
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