Lucas Castromán

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|fullname = Lucas Martín Castromán

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|10|2}}

|birth_place = Luján, Buenos Aires, Argentina

|height = 1.74 m

|position = Attacking midfielder, Right midfielder, Right winger

|currentclub =

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|youthyears1 =

|youthclubs1 = Vélez Sársfield

|years1 = 1997–2000

|years2 = 2000–2003

|years3 = 2003–2004

|years4 = 2004–2007

|years5 = 2007–2008

|years6 = 2008

|years7 = 2009–2010

|clubs1 = Vélez Sársfield

|clubs2 = Lazio

|clubs3 = → Udinese (loan)

|clubs4 = Vélez Sársfield

|clubs5 = Club América

|clubs6 = → Boca Juniors (loan)

|clubs7 = Racing Club

|caps1 = 68

|caps2 = 37

|caps3 = 20

|caps4 = 38

|caps5 = 9

|caps6 = 5

|caps7 = 37

|goals1 = 5

|goals2 = 4

|goals3 = 1

|goals4 = 13

|goals5 = 0

|goals6 = 0

|goals7 = 3

|nationalyears1 = 1997–1999

|nationalyears2 = 2000–2005

|nationalteam1 = Argentina U-20

|nationalteam2 = Argentina

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|nationalcaps2 = 5

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|club-update = 00:09, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

|nationalteam-update = 00:09, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

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Lucas Martín Castromán (born 2 October 1980) is a retired Argentine footballer, who played as an attacking midfielder, right midfielder, or right winger.

Career

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.

There he became suddenly popular amongst Lazio's fans because of a late equalising goal scored in the very last minute of a derby against cross-city rivals AS Roma that were leading the game 2–1 until then.{{cite news | title = La Lazio riacciuffa un derby in cui non-sperava più | author = Andrea di Nicola | url = http://www.repubblica.it/online/campionato_partite/romalazio/romalazio/romalazio.html?ref=search | newspaper = la Repubblica | location = Rome | date = 29 April 2001 | accessdate = 30 September 2012 | language = Italian |trans-title=Lazio grasp again a derby after almost losing hope }} During his time at Lazio, he was awarded an Italian passport, thus counting as an EU player.

In 2003, he was loaned to fellow Italians Udinese{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=97045.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031003000440/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEFACup/news/Kind=1/newsId=97045.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 October 2003|title=Double signing for Udinese|date=31 August 2003|accessdate=27 January 2009|publisher=UEFA}} 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 Argentine Primera División 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.{{cite news|author= Nicolás Balinotti |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=741559|title=Lucas Castromán, el delantero del momento|publisher=La Nación|date=24 September 2005|accessdate=10 October 2009|language=Spanish |trans-title=Lucas Castromán, the striker of the day}} After personal differences with Vélez Sársfield coach, Ricardo La Volpe, Castromán decided it was time to change teams, joining Club América of Mexico.

After only six months with Club América he was transfer listed on 17 December 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 US$1,050,000. Though not a first choice player in Boca, he was part of the Apertura 2008 and 2008 Recopa Sudamericana winning teams.

He signed a one-year contract with Racing Club de Avellaneda on 6 February 2009.[http://www.goal.com/en/news/585/argentina/2009/02/06/1095951/racing-sign-boca-reject-castroman Racing sign Boca reject Castromán] at goal.com

National team

Castromán earned 5 caps for Argentina between 2000 and 2005.

National team statistics

Year	Apps	Goals
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan=3 \| Argentina national team
2000	1	0
2001	0	0
2002	0	0
2003	3	0
2004	0	0
2005	1	0
Total\|\|5\|\|0

Honours

Vélez Sársfield

Argentine Primera División (2): Clausura 1998, Clausura 2005

Boca Juniors

Argentine Primera División (1): Apertura 2008
Recopa Sudamericana (1): 2008

Argentina U-20 national football team

South American Youth Championship (1): 1999

References

External links

{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925215426/http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=2394&SEOFutbolista=Castroman+Lucas+Martin |title=Lucas Martín Castromán at Fútbol XXI}} {{in lang|es}}
{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060917131018/http://lucascastroman.com.ar/noticias/9.htm |title=Lucas Castromán website}} {{in lang|es}}
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{{BDFA|LUCAS-MARTIN-CASTROMAN-2610}}

Category:Sportspeople from Luján, Buenos Aires

Category:Argentine men's footballers

Category:Argentina men's international footballers

Category:Argentine expatriate men's footballers

Category:Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent

Category:Argentine sportspeople of Spanish descent

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers

Category:Serie A players

Category:SS Lazio players

Category:Udinese Calcio players

Category:Liga MX players