Lucas Ramón Alessandría (born 5 April 1978) is an

Argentine 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 ...

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defender currently playing for

Unión de Santa Fe Club Atlético Unión (; mostly known as Unión de Santa Fe ) is a sports club from Santa Fe, Argentina, Santa Fe, the capital city of the Santa Fe Province, in Argentina. The club was founded on 15 April 1907. Unión is mostly known for its asso ...

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

. He has played club football for several clubs in Argentina and

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

. Alessandría started his professional career with

Club Atlético Lanús Club Atlético Lanús () is an Argentina, Argentine sports club based in Lanús, a city of the Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1915, the club's main sports are association football, football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Arge ...

in 1997. He played for the club until 2003 when he spent a season with

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid. They currently compete in La Liga, the first tier of the Spanish league system. Leganés was officially founded 23 June 1928 and played thei ...

in Spain. Alessandría returned to Lanús in 2004, during his two spells with the club he amassed nearly 200 appearances, scoring 4 goals. In 2005 Alessandría joined

Quilmes Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Rio de la Plata, in the , on the southeast end of the Greater Buenos Aires, being some away from the urban centre area of Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and is the seat of the eponymous '' ...

but left after only one season to return to Spanish football where he joined Ponferradina in 2006. In 2007 Alessandría joined newly promoted Tigre for the Apertura 2007 which was Tigre's first season in the Primera since 1980. The club finished in 2nd place which was the highest league finish in their history.

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Football-Lineups player profile

Tigre player profile
1978 births Living people Footballers from Rafaela Argentine men's footballers Men's association football defenders Club Atlético Lanús footballers Quilmes Atlético Club footballers CD Leganés players SD Ponferradina players Club Atlético Tigre footballers Unión de Santa Fe footballers Argentine Primera División players Club Atlético 9 de Julio players 20th-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-defender-1970s-stub