Lucas Esquivel

Lucas Ángel Esquivel (born 14 October 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Brazilian club Athletico Paranaense.^[2]

Lucas Esquivel

Personal information
Full name	Lucas Ángel Esquivel
Date of birth	(2001-10-14) 14 October 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth	Santa Fe, Argentina
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position	Left-back[1]
Team information
Current team	Athletico Paranaense
Number	37
Youth career
2014–2017	Pucará
2017–2020	Unión Santa Fe
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2023	Unión Santa Fe	49	(1)
2023–	Athletico Paranaense	0	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:38, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

Career

Unión Santa Fe

Born in Santa Fe, Esquivel played for local side Club Pucará before joining Unión de Santa Fe's youth sides at the age of 15.^[3] He was promoted to the first team in October,^[4] and signed his first professional contract until the end of 2022 on the 28th.^[2][5]

After being an unused substitute in a 1–0 Copa Sudamericana home defeat to Emelec on 29 October 2020,^[4] Esquivel made his senior debut on 1 November, starting in a 0–0 Copa de la Liga Profesional home draw against Arsenal de Sarandí; he played seventy-three minutes before being subbed off for Claudio Corvalán.^[2][6][7] He scored his first professional goal on 7 August 2021, netting his team's third in a 4–0 home routing of San Lorenzo.^[8]

Athletico Paranaense

On 31 May 2023, Brazilian Série A club Athletico Paranaense announced the signing of Esquivel on a five-year contract.^[9]

Personal life

In September 2020, it was announced that Esquivel had tested positive for COVID-19 amid the pandemic; he isolated after showing symptoms.^[10][11][12]

Career statistics

As of 3 November 2020.^[2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Unión Santa Fe	2020–21	Primera División	3[nb 1]	0	0	0	1[a]	0	—		4	0
	2021		10[nb 1]	1	0	0	—		—		10	1
	2022		24[nb 1]	0	1	0	—		—		25	0
	2023		12	0	1	0	5[a]	0	—		18	0
	Total		49	1	2	0	6	0	—		57	1
Athletico Paranaense	2023	Série A	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Career total			49	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	57	1

1. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana

Notes

1. Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.