Lucas Cavallini

Lucas Cavallini
Personal information
Full name Lucas Daniel Cavallini
Date of birth (1992-12-28) December 28, 1992
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Fénix
Number 7
Youth career
2010–2012 Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2012– Nacional 4 (0)
2012–2013 → Juventud (loan) 25 (10)
2014–2015 → Fénix (loan) 40 (16)
2015– Fénix 14 (4)
National team‡
2011 Canada U20 3 (1)
2012 Canada U23 3 (1)
2012– Canada 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 January 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2015

Lucas Daniel Cavallini (born December 28, 1992) is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Centro Atlético Fénix, in the Uruguayan Primera División.

Club career

Nacional

Cavallini began playing for Nacional's youth development squads since 2010.[1]

In June 2011, he participated at the 2011 U-20 Copa Libertadores. His performance was very good, however he could not score goals. In the first game, Nacional won Libertad 1-0 with a goal by Romero. In the second match, they won Jorge Wilstermann 3-1 with goals from Bueno, Marchelli and again Romero. In the third and final game, Nacional drew 0-0 with Universitario, and though, qualified for quarterfinals. On June 20, they were defeated by Mexican side América 1-0, which lead to their elimination.

His outstanding development in the inferiors lead him to sign a senior contract with the club in early 2012.

Juventud

In mid July 2012, he was sent on loan to Juventud de Las Piedras in order to make his debut in first team and have more continuity.[2] In his second match with the club, he scored his first official goal in the 1-0 home victory against Central Español.[3] On October 7, he was the man of the match against Bella Vista scoring a goal and an assist for his team's 2-0 victory.[4] His third goal came six days later, in a 1-1 away draw against Fénix.[5]

CA Fénix

After a slow start to life during his first season on loan with Centro Atlético Fénix, Cavallini has emerged as the clubs most prolific goal scorer in the Apertua of the 2014–15 Uruguayan Primera División season. He joined them permanently before the start of the 2015 Apertura.

International career

Lucas launched his international career for Canada at 18 years old, debuting for the U-20 team in 2011 during the CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Guatemala.[6]

Lucas has earned three call-ups to Canada's U-23 National team and his performance, along with the fact that he "plays in a different type of league (down in Uruguay)," according to Head Coach Stephen Hart, earned him his first call up to the senior roster to face Trinidad & Tobago in a friendly match on August 13, 2012.[7][8] Cavallini made his debut for Canada as a second half substitute for Terry Dunfield against Trinidad, the game ended in a 2-0 victory for the Canadians.[9]

Cavallini has not appeared for the national team since the disastrous 8-1 loss Canada suffered to Honduras. He declined a call-up from interim coach Colin Miller for the 2013 Gold Cup, citing "Personal Reasons."[10] Current coach Benito Floro gave an interview in October 2014 where he elaborated on Cavallini, saying that he has reached out to the player and has not heard back from him. Floro however pointed out that there is a place in the team for him in the future.[11] In May 2015, Cavallini stated in an interview with Tenfield that he regretted becoming cap-tied to Canada.[12][13]

Despite his comments, Canada announced on October 2, 2015 that Cavallini had been called up to face Ghana in a friendly.[14] In an interview regarding his return to the national team, Cavallini stated that he never said he wouldn't play for Les Rouges again, and that his comments were wrongly translated. He mentioned that his lack of appearances were related to personal matters and timing including the birth of his daughter.[15] On October 13, after almost three years away, Cavallini returned to the field for Canada replacing Marcus Haber at halftime in a 1-1 draw against Ghana.

International goals

# Team Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 Canada U-20 March 28, 2011 Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City, Guatemala  Guadeloupe 1–1 2–1 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2 Canada U-23 March 24, 2012 LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee, USA  United States 2–0 2–0 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Pasión Tricolor conversó con el Juvenil de 3º y 4º – Lucas Cavallini". elnacional.com.uy (in Spanish). 2011-11-07. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
  2. ↑ "No te me quedes". pordeciralgo.com.uy (in Spanish). 2012-07-26. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
  3. ↑ "Marche un canadiense". quenonino.com.uy (in Spanish). 2012-09-02. Retrieved 2012-09-02.
  4. ↑ "Juventud 2 : 0 Bella Vista". laoraldeportiva.com.uy (in Spanish). 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
  5. ↑ "Sin diferencias". ovaciondigital.com.uy (in Spanish). 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  6. ↑ "Canada Soccer Profile: Lucas Cavallini". CanadaSoccer.com. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  7. ↑ "New faces aplenty on CanMNT's friendly roster". Canadian Soccer News. August 10, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  8. ↑ "New faces headline Canada's 18-man roster against Trinidad". CBC Sports (cbc.ca). August 10, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  9. ↑ Canadian Press (August 15, 2012). "Ricketts leads Canada to 2-0 Win over T&T". Rogers Sportsnet (Toronto). Retrieved August 15, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Gold Cup roster: Hutchinson and Hainault forced to say no, Cavallini rejects invite". Edmonton. June 25, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Red Nation Interview Series: Benito Floro". Toronto. October 21, 2014.
  12. ↑ Surridge, Grant (May 20, 2015). "Lucas Cavallini on Canada: I regret my decision a lot".
  13. ↑ Olascuaga, Joselo (May 18, 2015). "Lucas Cavallini: jugador de la etapa".
  14. ↑ Bottjer, Steve (October 2, 2015). "CanMNT names squad for October friendly against Ghana".
  15. ↑ Squizzato, Daniel (October 12, 2015). "New man? Forward Lucas Cavallini finally goes all-in for Canada ahead of Ghana game".

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