Lucas Esquivel
Personal information
Full name Lucas Ángel Esquivel
Date of birth (2001-10-14) 14 October 2001
Place of birth Santa Fe, Argentina
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-back[1]
Team information
Current team
 Athletico Paranaense
Number 37
Youth career
2014–2017 Pucará
2017–2020 Unión Santa Fe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Unión Santa Fe 49 (1)
2023– Athletico Paranaense 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:38, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

Lucas Ángel Esquivel (born 14 October 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Brazilian club Athletico Paranaense.[2]

Career

Unión Santa Fe

Born in Santa Fe, Esquivel played for local side Club Pucará before joining Unión de Santa Fe's youth sides at the age of 15.[3] He was promoted to the first team in October,[4] and signed his first professional contract until the end of 2022 on the 28th.[2][5]

After being an unused substitute in a 1–0 Copa Sudamericana home defeat to Emelec on 29 October 2020,[4] Esquivel made his senior debut on 1 November, starting in a 0–0 Copa de la Liga Profesional home draw against Arsenal de Sarandí; he played seventy-three minutes before being subbed off for Claudio Corvalán.[2][6][7] He scored his first professional goal on 7 August 2021, netting his team's third in a 4–0 home routing of San Lorenzo.[8]

Athletico Paranaense

On 31 May 2023, Brazilian Série A club Athletico Paranaense announced the signing of Esquivel on a five-year contract.[9]

Personal life

In September 2020, it was announced that Esquivel had tested positive for COVID-19 amid the pandemic; he isolated after showing symptoms.[10][11][12]

Career statistics

As of 3 November 2020.[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Unión Santa Fe 2020–21 Primera División 3[nb 1]0001[lower-alpha 1]0—40
2021 10[nb 1]100——101
2022 24[nb 1]010——250
2023 120105[lower-alpha 1]0—180
Total 4912060—571
Athletico Paranaense 2023 Série A 000000—00
Career total 491206000571
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

References

  1. ↑ "Lucas Esquivel". World Football. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lucas Esquivel at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Bonaveri: "La Liga Santafesina es un semillero grande de Argentina"" [Bonaveri: "The Liga Santafesina is a big breeding ground of Argentina"] (in Spanish). El Litoral. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Unión se aseguró a cuatro juveniles con proyección". Uno Santa Fe. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Cuatro juveniles firmaron contrato con Unión". Sol 915. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Six youth debuted in Union in just three days". ArchyNewsy. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "En Unión debutaron seis juveniles en apenas tres días". Uno Santa Fe. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "Esquivel por LT10: "Estoy contento por mi primer gol y por el triunfo"" [Esquivel for LT10: "I am happy for my first goal and for the win"] (in Spanish). LT10. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "Sonho de família! Lucas Esquivel é o novo reforço do Furacão" [Family's dream! Lucas Esquivel is the new addition of Furacão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Club Athletico Paranaense. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "Lucas Esquivel, el primer positivo por coronavirus en Unión". TyC Sports. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Juvenil Lucas Esquivel positivo en coronavirus en Unión de Santa Fe". Grupo la Provincia. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  12. ↑ "Unión informó que un juvenil dio positivo de coronavirus". Aire De Santa Fe. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
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