Luka Braian Andrade (born 3 January 2007) is an Argentine

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currently playing as a

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for Montevide City Torque.

Club career

Born in

Puerto Madryn Puerto Madryn (; ), usually known as Madryn, is a city in the province of Chubut in Argentine Patagonia. It is the capital of the Viedma Department, and has about 103,175 inhabitants according to the last census in 2022. Puerto Madryn is pr ...

in the

Chubut Province Chubut ( from Tehuelche language, Tehuelche 'transparent'; ) is a provinces of Argentina, province in southern Argentina, situated between the 42nd parallel south (the border with Río Negro Province), the 46th parallel south (bordering Santa ...

of Argentina, Andrade began his career with Escuelita de Catri, before joining amateur side Euskadi at the age of five. He spent time with Club Social y Deportivo Juan José Moreno, before joining the academy of professional side River Plate, having trialled with them in 2018. He moved to

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rivals

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...

in 2022. In his second year with the club, he won the national tournament for his age-group, finishing as top scorer with nineteen goals.

International career

In May 2022, Andrade was first called up to the Argentina under-17 side ahead of a friendly match against

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. After suffering an injury which kept him out for four months, he was left out of the squad for the

2023 South American U-17 Championship The 2023 South American U-17 Championship was the 19th edition of the South American U-17 Championship (), the biennial international youth association football, football championship organized by CONMEBOL for the men's under-17 national teams of ...

Style of play

A forward, capable of playing in either of the front three positions, Andrade has been compared to former Argentine international

Ariel Ortega Arnaldo Ariel Ortega (born 4 March 1974) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. His nickname is "El Burrito" (''The Little Donkey''), thus he is called "Burrito Ortega". Ariel Ortega first played f ...

for his dribbling ability.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrade, Luka 2007 births Living people People from Puerto Madryn Footballers from Chubut Province Argentine men's footballers Men's association football wingers Club Atlético River Plate footballers Boca Juniors footballers 21st-century Argentine sportsmen