Lucas Vera Piris
Personal information
Full name Lucas Leonel Vera Piris
Date of birth (1994-01-02) 2 January 1994
Place of birth Lanús, Argentina
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Argentino
Youth career
Lanús
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Lanús 0 (0)
2014–2015 Olimpo 1 (0)
2016 Defensa y Justicia 0 (0)
2016–2017 Crucero del Norte 23 (0)
2017–2019 Comunicaciones 55 (5)
2019–2020 Unión Sunchales 11 (0)
2020– Argentino 0 (0)
International career
Argentina U15
2011 Argentina U17 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:02, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Lucas Leonel Vera Piris (born 2 January 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Argentino.[1]

Club career

Lanús were Vera Piris' first career club, who he began appearing featuring for in 2013.[1][2] He was initially an unused substitute four times in the Argentine Primera División, prior to making his senior debut in a Copa Argentina tie with UAI Urquiza on 21 March.[1] In August 2014, Vera Piris joined fellow top-flight team Olimpo.[1] He departed in 2015, having made just one appearance.[1] 2016 saw Defensa y Justicia sign Vera Piris, though his spell with them lasted six months after he agreed to join Primera B Nacional's Crucero del Norte.[3][4] Twenty-three appearances followed during 2016–17 as they were relegated to Primera B Metropolitana.[1]

On 11 August 2017, Comunicaciones of Primera B Metropolitana completed the signing of Vera Piris.[1] He scored his first career goal in his Comunicaciones debut, netting the opening goal of a 0–2 victory against Estudiantes.[1] He subsequently scored three more goals in thirty-two fixtures for them in his first season.[1][5] After five goals and fifty-five appearances across two seasons, subsequent moves to Unión Sunchales and Argentino followed across 2019 and 2020.[1][6]

International career

Vera Piris was selected by the Argentina U17s for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico.[1] He featured in group matches against Jamaica and Japan as Argentina were knocked out by England at the first knockout round.[1] He had previously played for the Argentina U15s.[3]

Career statistics

As of 4 October 2020.[1][2]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lanús 2012–13 Primera División 0010—000010
2013–14 0000—000000
Total 0010—000010
Olimpo 2014 Primera División 0000——0000
2015 1000——0010
Total 1000——0010
Defensa y Justicia 2016 Primera División 0000——0000
Crucero del Norte 2016–17 Primera B Nacional 23000——00230
Comunicaciones 2017–18 Primera B Metropolitana 32400——00324
2018–19 23100——00231
Total 55500——00555
Unión Sunchales 2019–20 Torneo Federal A 11020——00130
Argentino 2020–21 Primera B Metropolitana 0000——0000
Career total 90530—0000935

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Argentina - L. Vera". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
    2. 1 2 "Ficha Estadistica de LUCAS VERA PIRIS". BDFA. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
    3. 1 2 "Bienvenido Vera Piris!". Crucero del Norte. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
    4. ↑ "Defensa y Justicia volvió con varias caras nuevas". TyC Sports. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
    5. ↑ "El gol del fin de semana: el grito olímpico de Comunicaciones contra Platense, por la Primera B". Infobae. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
    6. ↑ "Todos toman Mate". Olé. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.


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