Lucas Gafarot Santacatalina (born 26 September 1994), known as simply Lucas, is a Spanish
footballer
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who plays as a
left back
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Defenders fall into four main categ ...
.
Club career
Born in
Sant Just Desvern
; ) is a town near Barcelona, in the ''comarca'' of the Baix Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain.
Sant Just Desvern is located in the 2,078317º of longitude and 41,381611º of latitude.
It is situated at 122 m (average) above sea level. The maxim ...
,
Barcelona
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,
Catalonia
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, Lucas joined
FC Barcelona
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's youth setup in 2012, after representing
UE CornellÃ
Unió Esportiva Cornellà , Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S. A. D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Cornellà de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1951 it plays in , holding home gam ...
and CF Sant Just. On 10 June of the following year, he was promoted to
the reserves in
Segunda División
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.
On 8 September 2013 Lucas made his professional debut, starting in a 2–2 away draw against
CD Tenerife
Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1922, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro RodrÃguez Là ...
. On 12 August 2015 he returned to Cornellà , after agreeing to a one-year loan deal.
Club statistics
References
External links
FC Barcelona official profile*
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1994 births
Living people
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from the Province of Barcelona
Men's association football defenders
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
FC Barcelona Atlètic players
UE Cornellà players
People from Baix Llobregat
21st-century Spanish sportsmen