Lucas_Necul
Lucas Necul
Argentine footballer
Lucas Misael Necul (born 21 August 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Super League Greece 2 club Athens Kallithea FC.
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| Full name | Lucas Misael Necul | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1999-08-21) 21 August 1999 (age 24) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Puerto Madryn, Argentina[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, winger[2] | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Athens Kallithea FC | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Club Comercio | |||||||||||||||||
| Club J.J. Moreno | |||||||||||||||||
| Arsenal de Sarandí | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Arsenal de Sarandí | 32 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Ierapetra | 13 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Athens Kallithea | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Argentina U23 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:05, 20 March 2022 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Necul began his youth career with stints in Club Comercio and Club J.J. Moreno, prior to his signing with Arsenal de Sarandí.[1][3] He was promoted into the Argentine Primera División side's first-team towards the end of 2017–18, participating in his debut on 14 April 2018 in a 3–0 loss to Belgrano.[4][5] A further two league appearances followed during that season, which ended with relegation.[4][6] In the subsequent Primera B Nacional campaign, Necul scored his first goal in a match against Ferro Carril Oeste on 2 December 2018; in a season which they concluded with promotion.[4] In January 2024, Necul joined Athens Kallithea FC.[7]
Necul, in 2019, was selected for that year's Pan American Games in Peru by Fernando Batista's U23s.[8] Necul netted in the final versus Honduras, as Argentina beat the Central American team to win the competition.[4]
- As of 29 July 2019.[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Arsenal de Sarandí | 2017–18 | Primera División | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Primera B Nacional | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 20 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | |||
- Appearance(s) in the Primera B Nacional play-offs
- Argentina U23[9]
- "Lucas Necul, un madrynense de Superliga". El Diario de Madryn. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- "Lucas Necul". World Football. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- "Tres jugadores de Moreno se prueban en Arsenal de Sarandi". El Chubut. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- "Argentina - L. Necul". Soccerway. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- "Ficha Estadistica de Lucas Necul". BDFA. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- "Arsenal se perfila para un complicado viaje a Varela". Diario Popular. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- "Lucas Necul joins Athens Kallithea FC". Athens Kallithea FC. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- "Lista de convocados de la Selección Sub 23 para los Juegos Panamericanos". AFA. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- "La selección de fútbol vence a Honduras y se queda con la medalla dorada de los Juegos Panamericanos". Infobae. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- Lucas Necul at Soccerway