Lucas Alberto Correa Belmonte (born 3 February 1984) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Castiadas. He also holds a Spanish passport, to be eligible to get around the non- EU quota imposed in European leagues

Club career

Correa started his career at Rosario Central. In summer 2004 he left for Italian Eccellenza side Penne. He then signed by

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side

Lanciano Lanciano (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Langiàne ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Chieti, part of the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It has 36,304 inhabitants as of 2011. The town is known for the first recorded Catholic Eucharistic ...

. In January 2007

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paid €500,000 to sign the player, which he signed a contract until June 2011. Correa spent seasons on loan at Lega Pro Prima Divisione clubs. Lazio received €50,000, €50,000 and €100,000 from

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, Pro Patria and Taranto respectively for the loan deal. He failed to loan out at the start of

2010–11 Serie A The 2010–11 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 109th season of top-tier Italian football, the 79th in a round-robin tournament, and the 1st since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B ...

until January 2011 left for Varese in 6 months deal on free transfer. In July 2011 he left for

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In January 2012 he was loaned to Bassano. In July 2012 Avellino sold him to Bassano for free. On 3 August 2013 he was signed by Casertana. Ahead of the 2019/20 season, Correa returned to Tuttocuoio for the second time. Six months later, in January 2020, he moved to Eccellenza club Castiadas.Castiadas, che colpo per il centrocampo: firma l'argentino Lucas Correa, nel 2006 fu vicino al Cagliari
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International career

Correa played for the Argentina U17 team at the

2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship The FIFA U-17 World Championship 2001, the ninth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Port of Spain, Malabar in Arima, Marabella in San Fernando, Couva, and Bacolet in Scarborough at Trinidad and Tobago between 13 and 30 September ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Correa, Lucas 1984 births Living people Argentine footballers Argentina men's youth international footballers Argentine expatriate footballers Argentine people of Spanish descent Citizens of Spain through descent Expatriate footballers in Italy Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe Argentine emigrants to Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players Eccellenza players Rosario Central footballers S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924 players SS Lazio players Lucchese 1905 players A.S.D. Città di Gallipoli players Aurora Pro Patria 1919 players Taranto F.C. 1927 players Ravenna F.C. players S.S.D. Varese Calcio players U.S. Avellino 1912 players Bassano Virtus 55 S.T. players Men's association football midfielders A.S. Bisceglie Calcio 1913 players Mantova 1911 players A.C. Tuttocuoio 1957 San Miniato players