PLAYER DETAILS
Lucas Alario profile
- Club
- Estudiantes de La Plata
- Position
- Centre-Forward
- Nationality
- Argentina
- Date of birth
- 1992-10-08
- Birthplace
- Tostado, Santa Fe, Argentina
- Height
- 184 cm
- Weight
- 172 lbs
- Shirt number
- 21
- Signing / transfer fee
- £5.40m
PLAYER BIOGRAPHY
About Lucas Alario
Lucas Nicolás Alario (born 8 October 1992) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Argentina national team.
Alario received his first international call-up for Argentina on 12 August 2016, for matches against Uruguay and Venezuela. Alario had his first appearance on 1 September 2016, coming from the bench replacing Lucas Pratto in the 71st minute during a World Cup Qualifier 2018 match against Uruguay. He scored his first international goal when he netted the fifth in a 6–0 friendly win away to Singapore in June 2017.
Alario was included in the Argentina squad for the 2021 Copa América, but withdrew due to a thigh injury and was replaced by Julián Álvarez.