Lucas Vera Piris

Not to be confused with Lucas Vera.

Lucas Leonel Vera Piris (born 2 January 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Argentino.^[1]

Lucas Vera Piris

Personal information
Full name	Lucas Leonel Vera Piris
Date of birth	(1994-01-02) 2 January 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth	Lanús, Argentina
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Argentino
Youth career
	Lanús
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2014	Lanús	0	(0)
2014–2015	Olimpo	1	(0)
2016	Defensa y Justicia	0	(0)
2016–2017	Crucero del Norte	23	(0)
2017–2019	Comunicaciones	55	(5)
2019–2020	Unión Sunchales	11	(0)
2020–	Argentino	0	(0)
International career
	Argentina U15
2011	Argentina U17	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 03:02, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Lanús were Vera Piris' first career club, who he began appearing featuring for in 2013.^[1][2] He was initially an unused substitute four times in the Argentine Primera División, prior to making his senior debut in a Copa Argentina tie with UAI Urquiza on 21 March.^[1] In August 2014, Vera Piris joined fellow top-flight team Olimpo.^[1] He departed in 2015, having made just one appearance.^[1] 2016 saw Defensa y Justicia sign Vera Piris, though his spell with them lasted six months after he agreed to join Primera B Nacional's Crucero del Norte.^[3][4] Twenty-three appearances followed during 2016–17 as they were relegated to Primera B Metropolitana.^[1]

On 11 August 2017, Comunicaciones of Primera B Metropolitana completed the signing of Vera Piris.^[1] He scored his first career goal in his Comunicaciones debut, netting the opening goal of a 0–2 victory against Estudiantes.^[1] He subsequently scored three more goals in thirty-two fixtures for them in his first season.^[1][5] After five goals and fifty-five appearances across two seasons, subsequent moves to Unión Sunchales and Argentino followed across 2019 and 2020.^[1][6]

International career

Vera Piris was selected by the Argentina U17s for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico.^[1] He featured in group matches against Jamaica and Japan as Argentina were knocked out by England at the first knockout round.^[1] He had previously played for the Argentina U15s.^[3]

Career statistics

As of 4 October 2020.^[1][2]

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lanús	2012–13	Primera División	0	0	1	0	—		0	0	0	0	1	0
	2013–14		0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	1	0	—		0	0	0	0	1	0
Olimpo	2014	Primera División	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	2015		1	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	1	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	1	0
Defensa y Justicia	2016	Primera División	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
Crucero del Norte	2016–17	Primera B Nacional	23	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	23	0
Comunicaciones	2017–18	Primera B Metropolitana	32	4	0	0	—		—		0	0	32	4
	2018–19		23	1	0	0	—		—		0	0	23	1
	Total		55	5	0	0	—		—		0	0	55	5
Unión Sunchales	2019–20	Torneo Federal A	11	0	2	0	—		—		0	0	13	0
Argentino	2020–21	Primera B Metropolitana	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
Career total			90	5	3	0	—		0	0	0	0	93	5