Lucas Orbán

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Lucas Orbán
Personal information
Full name Lucas Alfonso Orbán
Date of birth (1989-02-03) 3 February 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Valencia
Number 6
Youth career
River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 River Plate 10 (0)
2011–2012 → Tigre (loan) 18 (0)
2012–2013 Tigre 29 (1)
2013–2014 Bordeaux 27 (0)
2014– Valencia 28 (1)
International career‡
2013– Argentina 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:31, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 May 2015

Lucas Alfonso Orbán (born 3 February 1989) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Valencia CF as a left back or a central defender.

Club career

River Plate

Born in Buenos Aires, Orbán graduated from local giants River Plate's youth system, and made his professional debut on 24 May 2009, starting in a 2–0 home win over Independiente.[1]

Tigre

On 12 August 2011, after being sparingly used by River, Orbán was loaned to Tigre for the season.[2] He appeared regularly for the latter, and scored his first professional goal on 19 August 2013, but in a 2–3 loss against former club River.[3]

Bordeaux

On 31 July 2013 Orban signed a four-year deal with Ligue 1 side Girondins de Bordeaux.[4] He made his debut in the competition on 13 September, starting in a 0–2 home loss against Paris Saint-Germain.[5]

Valencia

On 11 August 2014, Orbán signed a five-year deal with La Liga's Valencia CF.[6] He made his debut in the competition on 23 August, coming on as a late substitute and scoring an equaliser in a 1–1 away draw against Sevilla FC.[7]

International career

On 13 November 2013, Orbán was called up to Argentina national football team by manager Alejandro Sabella, for the matches against Ecuador and Bosnia and Herzegovina.[8] He made his international debut two days later, starting in a 0–0 draw.[9] On March 28, 2015 he earned his 2nd cap in a 2-0 win over El Salvador.

References

  1. ↑ Se quedó con el devaluado clásico (The derby remained devalued); ESPN Deportes, 24 May 2009 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Orban jugará en Tigre (Orban will play in Tigre); Taringa!, 12 August 2011 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ River pisó fuerte en Victoria: 3-2 a Tigre (River stepped into victory: 3–2 against Tigre); ESPN Deportes, 19 August 2013 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Transfer - Lucas Orban signs for Bordeaux!; Bordeaux's official website, 31 July 2013
  5. ↑ Bordeaux 0–2 Paris SG; L'Équipe, 13 September 2013 (French)
  6. ↑ Comunicado Oficial: Lucas Orban (Official announcement: Lucas Orban); Valencia's official website, 11 August 2014 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Com novidades, Sabella divulga lista de convocados da Argentina (With news, Sabella announces Argentina's call up); Vavel, 13 November 2013 (Portuguese)
  9. ↑ La Selección, sin Messi, igualó con Ecuador en la gira por Estados Unidos (The national team, without Messi, drew with Ecuador in the trip in United States); Télam, 16 November 2013 (Spanish)

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