| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lucas Ariel Villarruel | ||
| Date of birth | (1990-11-13) 13 November 1990 (age 34) | ||
| Place of birth | Ramos Mejía, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | LDU Quito | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Huracán | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2018 | Huracán | 114 | (2) |
| 2016–2018 | → Olimpo (loan) | 45 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Defensa y Justicia | 4 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Newell's Old Boys (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2020– | LDU Quito | 37 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:36, 7 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
Lucas Ariel Villarruel (born 13 November 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for L.D.U. Quito.
Career
Villarruel started his career in 2012 with Huracán. He made his debut on 5 March in an away win against Boca Unidos in Primera B Nacional, which was the first of seven appearances during 2011–12. In November 2012, Villarruel scored his first senior goal in a 0–4 win versus Almirante Brown. At the end of the 2014 Primera B Nacional season, after he had scored two goals in ninety-seven appearances, Huracán won promotion to the Argentine Primera División. On 30 June 2016, Olimpo signed Villarruel on loan for the 2016–17 campaign. After twenty-seven appearances in all competitions, his loan was renewed in July 2017.
He returned to Huracán on 16 May 2018, following a total of fifty appearances for Olimpo over two seasons for Olimpo. Villarruel joined Defensa y Justicia in the following July. After six matches in twelve months for Defensa, Villarruel left on loan in August 2019 to league counterparts Newell's Old Boys. He remained until the succeeding December, appearing twelve times for them; though just four were as a starter. January 2020 saw Villarruel head abroad for the first time, joining Ecuadorian Serie A club L.D.U. Quito on loan for one year. He made his debut in a three-goal Clásico Quiteño victory away to El Nacional on 28 February, with his first goal arriving on 3 October against Mushuc Runa.
Career statistics
- As of 19 September 2021.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Huracán | 2011–12 | Primera B Nacional | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||||
| 2014 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 2015 | Primera División | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2016 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 114 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 137 | 3 | |||
| Olimpo (loan) | 2016–17 | Primera División | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 45 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | ||||
| Defensa y Justicia | 2018–19 | Primera División | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Newell's Old Boys (loan) | 2019–20 | Primera División | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| L.D.U. Quito (loan) | 2020 | Serie A | 23 | 2 | — | — | 7 | 0 | — | 30 | 2 | |||
| 2021 | 13 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 36 | 2 | — | — | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 211 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 254 | 5 | ||
- Appearance(s) in the Primera B Nacional play-offs
- ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
- Appearance(s) in the Supercopa Argentina
- ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores
- Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
- Appearance(s) in the Supercopa Ecuador
Honours
- Huracán
- LDU Quito
References
- ^ "Lucas Villarruel profile". Soccerway. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- "Lucas Villarruel profile". BDFA. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- "100 partidos para Lucas Villarruel con la camiseta de Huracán". Club Atlético Huracán. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- "Club por club, así está el mercado". El Grafico. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- "Olimpo: llega Lucas Villarruel y Viatri arregló con Peñarol". La Nueva. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- "Olimpo: David Depetris y Mauricio Rosales también son bajas". La Nueva. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
External links
- Lucas Villarruel at Soccerway
| L.D.U. Quito – current squad | |
|---|---|
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- People from Ramos Mejía
- Sportspeople from La Matanza Partido
- Men's association football midfielders
- Footballers from Buenos Aires Province
- Primera Nacional players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Ecuadorian Serie A players
- Club Atlético Huracán footballers
- Club Olimpo footballers
- Defensa y Justicia footballers
- Newell's Old Boys footballers
- L.D.U. Quito footballers
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador
- Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen