Lucas Nahuel Castro (born 9 April 1989) is an Argentine professional

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who plays for

Gimnasia La Plata Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (; ''La Plata Gymnastics and Fencing Club''), also known simply as Gimnasia, is an Argentine professional sports club based in the city of La Plata, Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1887 as "Club de Gimnasia ...

, as a winger.

Club career

Gimnasia La Plata

Castro began his career within the youth ranks of Argentine club

Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (; ''La Plata Gymnastics and Fencing Club''), also known simply as Gimnasia, is an Argentine professional sports club based in the city of La Plata, Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1887 as "Club de Gimnasia ...

in 2003. After 68 appearances and 6 goals for his hometown club, Castro transferred to

Racing Club de Avellaneda Racing Club () is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Avellaneda, Argentina. They compete in the Argentine Primera División, Primera División, the top tier of Argentine football league system, Argentine f ...

Racing Club

In July 2011, Castro completed a transfer to Argentine rivals

after being signed by Manager

Diego Simeone Diego Pablo Simeone González (; ; born 28 April 1970), nicknamed "El Cholo" (), is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who played as a defender. He has been the manager of club Atlético Madrid since December 2011 mak ...

. Castro played mainly on the left wing, with

Mauro Camoranesi Mauro Germán Camoranesi Serra (, ; born 4 October 1976) is an Argentinian-Italian association football, football manager and former player who played as a right midfielder or right winger. Camoranesi began his career in Argentina in 1995, whe ...

usually playing on the right wing. In his only season with the club, he scored 6 goals in 29 league appearances.

Calcio Catania

On 20 July 2012, Castro signed for Italian Serie A club

Catania Catania (, , , Sicilian and ) is the second-largest municipality on Sicily, after Palermo, both by area and by population. Despite being the second city of the island, Catania is the center of the most densely populated Sicilian conurbation, wh ...

for €2.5 million on a five-year contract.

Chievo Verona

On 29 June 2015, Castro signed with

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Cagliari

On 30 June 2018, Castro signed with

Cagliari Cagliari (, , ; ; ; Latin: ''Caralis'') is an Comune, Italian municipality and the capital and largest city of the island of Sardinia, an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy. It has about 146,62 ...

SPAL

On 31 January 2020, he joined

SPAL Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor, commonly referred to by the acronym SPAL (), is a professional football club based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. During the 2024–25 season the team played in Serie C, the third tier of the Italian foot ...

on loan. As certain performance conditions were met, SPAL were obligated to purchase his rights.

Turkey

On 19 January 2021, Castro signed with Turkish club

Fatih Karagümrük Fatih () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 15 km2, and its population is 368,227 (2022). It is home to almost all of the provincial authorities (including the mayor's office, police headquarters, metro ...

. In August 2021 he moved to

Adana Demirspor Adana Demirspor Kulübü is a multi-sports club based in Adana, Turkey. The football department is the most popular department which relegated to TFF 1. Lig on 16 March 2025 after 4 seasons at the Super Lig. Founded by railway workers of Turk ...

International career

In 2011, Castro was called up to the

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national side by the then-manager Alejandro Sabella for a friendly match against

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Career statistics

Club

References

External links

* at Fútbol XXI
goal.com

calciocatania.it
(Lucas Nahuel Castro, scatto e dribbling) {{DEFAULTSORT:Castro, Lucas 1989 births Living people Footballers from La Plata Argentine men's footballers Men's association football wingers Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Catania FC players AC ChievoVerona players Cagliari Calcio players SPAL players Fatih Karagümrük S.K. footballers Adana Demirspor footballers Argentine Primera División players Serie A players Serie B players Süper Lig players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Club Atlético Sarmiento footballers Club Atlético Huracán footballers 21st-century Argentine sportsmen