Lucas Viatri

Lucas Viatri
Viatri with Juan Román Riquelme in 2014
Personal information
Full name Lucas Ezequiel Viatri
Date of birth (1987-03-29) 29 March 1987
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Striker
Youth career
Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2014 Boca Juniors 131 (31)
2007 → Emelec (loan) 0 (0)
2007 → Maracaibo (loan) 12 (2)
2013–2014 → Chiapas (loan) 30 (9)
2014–2015 Shanghai Shenhua 12 (4)
2015 → Banfield (loan) 24 (4)
2016–2017 Estudiantes 25 (12)
2017–2019 Peñarol 69 (18)
2020–2021 Colón 6 (0)
2021 Deportivo Maldonado 9 (4)
2022 Peñarol 27 (3)
Total 329 (82)
International career
2010 Argentina 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lucas Ezequiel Viatri (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlukas ˈβjatɾi];[a] born 29 March 1987) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a striker. He was capped three times for Argentina.

Career

Viatri started his playing career with loan spells with Emelec of Ecuador and Unión Atlético Maracaibo of Venezuela. He returned to Boca Juniors in 2008.

On 17 May 2008, Viatri made his debut with Boca in a game 2–1 victory over Racing Club. In August 2008 he was part of the squad that won the 2008 Recopa Sudamericana. Subsequently, during the Apertura 2008 he was a regular on the first team and helped them get the championship title by scoring 8 goals, one of them at the Superclásico.

On 2 July 2014, Viatri transferred to Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua.[2] On July 15, 2014, Viatri made his debut with Shanghai Shenhua in a China FA Cup game against Chongqing Lifan, he scored twice and made an assist to help the super league side won 3–0. Six days later, Viatri scored twice again to let Shenhua won 3–2 against Liaoning Whowin in a Chinese Super League game.

On 11 August 2017 Lucas was acquired by Peñarol.

International career

International appearances and goals

Criminal charge

In 2008, before his Boca Juniors debut, Viatri was detained for 30 days, accused of committing an armed robbery to a hairdressing salon.[5][6][7] Viatri was processed and subject to an oral proceeding. In the proceeding, the footballer agreed to a probation, and therefore was never sentenced guilty for the crime.

In 2009, the court that dealt with his case sentenced that he could not move outside Argentina before his probation finished, therefore thwarting his possibilities of transferring outside the country.[8]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[9]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Boca Juniors 2007–08 Argentine Primera División 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 1
2008–09 Argentine Primera División 28 9 0 0 5 0 — 33 9
2009–10 Argentine Primera División 22 4 0 0 — — 22 4
2010–11 Argentine Primera División 28 7 0 0 — — 28 7
2011–12 Argentine Primera División 15 4 2 1 3 0 — 20 5
2012–13 Argentine Primera División 18 4 1 1 7 0 — 26 5
Total 113 29 3 2 16 0 1 0 133 31
Emelec (loan) 2007 Ecuadorian Serie A 4 0 — 4 0 — 8 0
Maracaibo (loan) 2007–08 Venezuelan Primera División 12 2 — — — 12 2
Chiapas (loan) 2013–14 Liga MX 30 9 3 0 — — 33 9
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 2014 Chinese Super League 12 4 5 2 — — 17 6
Banfield (loan) 2015 Argentine Primera División 24 4 1 0 — — 25 4
Estudiantes 2016 Argentine Primera División 13 5 3 1 2 0 — 18 6
2016–17 Argentine Primera División 23 8 — 3 0 — 26 8
Total 36 13 3 1 5 0 — 44 14
Peñarol 2017 Uruguayan Primera División 16 4 — — — 16 4
2018 Uruguayan Primera División 12 3 — 1 0 0 0 13 3
2019 Uruguayan Primera División 28 7 — 10 4 1 0 39 11
Total 56 14 — 11 4 1 0 68 18
Colón 2019–20 Argentine Primera División 6 0 1 0 — — 7 0
Deportivo Maldonado 2021 Uruguayan Primera División 9 4 — — — 9 4
Peñarol 2022 Uruguayan Primera División 27 3 3 0 5 0 — 35 3
Career total 329 82 19 5 41 4 2 0 391 91

Honours

Boca Juniors
Peñarol

Notes

  1. ^ In isolation, Viatri is pronounced [ˈbjatɾi].

References

  1. ^ "Lucas Viatri" (in Portuguese). Peñarol. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  2. ^ "绿地申花官方宣布签两名外援". sports.sina.com. July 2, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
  3. ^ "Brasil y Argentina se enfrentarán en septiembre". FIFA. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
  4. ^ "Acreditaciones de prensa para Argentina-Brasil". AFA. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
  5. ^ "Viatri: "Ojalá se cierre el caso"". La Nación (in Spanish). November 19, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
  6. ^ "Lucas Viatri accused of robbery". IM Scouting. November 19, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
  7. ^ "Boca striker Viatri accused of robbing hairdressers". ESPN Soccernet. November 18, 2008. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
  8. ^ Juan Carlos Narváez (July 22, 2009). "Lucas Viatri pierde la oportunidad de su vida por robar en una peluquería". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved October 31, 2010.
  9. ^ Lucas Viatri at Soccerway
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