Angel Emanuel Luna (born 30 January 1989) is an

Argentinian Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...

professional

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who plays for

Club Atlético Ituzaingó Club Atlético Ituzaingó is an Argentine football club based in Ituzaingó, Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in Primera C, the regionalised fourth division of the Argentine football league system. Ituzaingó has mainly played in the 3rd a ...

, on loan from

Club Atlético Villa San Carlos Club Social y Deportivo Villa San Carlos is an Argentine football club based in the city of Berisso (nearly La Plata) in Buenos Aires Province. The team currently plays in the Primera B Metropolitana, the regionalised third level of the Argentine ...

Career

Youth

Luna excelled in the youth divisions of the

Argentine Football Association The Argentine Football Association (, ; AFA) is the governing body of football in Argentina based in Buenos Aires. It organises the main divisions of Argentine football league system, Argentine league system (from Argentine Primera División, Pri ...

, which were called the 'Argentine Baby Football League'. He was discovered in 2003 by Nestor Ariel Valenzuela, a former player of the Argentine Youth National Team. Luna was playing in the 9th Division at Villa Olimpica at Vélez Sársfield where he was awarded the title of 'Outstanding Forward' in an AFA-Organised tournament. In 2004,

San Lorenzo de Almagro Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine professional sports club based in the Boedo neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its football team, which plays in the Primera División, the first tier of the Argentine foot ...

officially signed Luna to the club where he progressed from the 8th to the 4th division within the club's system. Luna contributed to the team's victory in a youth national championship and finished as the top scorer in the 6th Division. Luna was called up to debut with the reserve team of the First Division where he scored a goal against

Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...

. He was also promoted to the U18 and U20 Pre-National Teams under manager Hugo Tocalli.

Professional

Luna signed a professional contract with

Club Atlético River Plate Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine professional sports club based in the Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Founded in 1901, the club is named after the English name for the city's estuary, Río de la Plata. ...

where he continued to play in the reserve team. He commenced his career at

in the 4th division, but the club quickly signed him as a professional for three seasons in order to begin playing in their reserve team under Ernesto Corti and under the coaching staff headed by

Leonardo Astrada Leonardo Rubén Astrada (born 6 January 1970) is a retired Argentine footballer, who went on to become a football manager. The last team he managed was Atlético de Rafaela. Playing career Astrada was born in Buenos Aires. He played the majorit ...

and

Hernán Díaz Hernán Edgardo Díaz (born February 26, 1965) is an Argentine retired football right back. During his club career he played for Rosario Central, Los Andes, River Plate and Colón de Santa Fe. Early career Díaz started his career in the ...

. in early 2011, Luna progressed and played in the First Division. In addition, he was placed on loan for a period to

San Martín de Tucumán Club Atlético San Martín (mostly known as San Martín de Tucumán) is an Argentine sports club founded in 1909 and based in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province. The club is notable for its football team, which currently plays ...

who played in the Argentine Second Division (National B). Luna excelled and was highlighted in local media.Ángel Luna en San Martín de Tucumán
However, the club had only one position available and decided to bring in a more experienced attacking midfielder. Luna was compared to former Argentinian strikers

Carlos Tevez Carlos Alberto Tevez (; né Martínez; born 5 February 1984) is an Argentine professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player. A dynamic forward (association football), forward in his prime, Tevez ...

Sergio Agüero Sergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo (born 2 June 1988), also known as Kun Agüero, is an Argentine former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. He is regarded as one of th ...

, and

Ezequiel Lavezzi Ezequiel Iván "Pocho" Lavezzi (, ; born 3 May 1985) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a forward. During his career, his most important attributes were his pace, hardworking style of play, technique, creativity, and d ...

. This comparison led to the nickname "''Pocho''" after Lavezzi during his time at

. Luna is more commonly known as "''Bebu''".

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Ángel Luna, un proyecto a seguir (Sitio oficial de River Plate)
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