Darío Figueroa
Darío Damián Figueroa (born 13 February 1978 in San Rafael, Mendoza) is an Argentine-born Venezuelan retired footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Darío Damián Figueroa | ||
| Date of birth | 13 February 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | San Rafael, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1995 | River Plate | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996 | Yokohama Marinos | 1 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | River Plate | 5 | (1) |
| 1998–1999 | Quilmes | 16 | (2) |
| 1999–2000 | Aldosivi | 8 | (0) |
| 2002 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 5 | (0) |
| 2003–2008 | Maracaibo | 154 | (26) |
| 2004 | → Quindío (loan) | 16 | (4) |
| 2009–2010 | Caracas | 40 | (10) |
| 2010–2011 | Deportivo La Guaira | 17 | (5) |
| 2011–2013 | Zamora | 54 | (8) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1997 | Argentina U20 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 September 2015 | |||
Club career
Figueroa began his playing career in 1996 with River Plate. After only four appearances in the Primera División Argentina he joined Quilmes of the 2nd division, he also played for Aldosivi and Ferro Carril Oeste in the lower leagues of Argentine football.
In 2003, Figueroa resurrected his playing career in Venezuela. He played for UA Maracaibo between 2003 and 2008, also Darío Figueroa is one of the historics goalscorers of Maracaibo with 26 goals, after of Daniel Arismendi (31 goals), Cristian Cásseres (34 goals) and Guillermo Beraza (38).
In 2009, he joined Caracas FC where he scored a number of goals to help the club win their group and qualify for the knockout stages of Copa Libertadores 2009. Darío Figueroa currently is one of idols of Caracas
Club statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental1 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Yokohama Marinos | 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| River Plate | 1997–98 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Total | 5 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Quilmes | 1998–99 | 16 | 2 | – | – | – | 16 | 2 | |||
| Total | 16 | 2 | – | – | – | 16 | 2 | ||||
| Aldosivi | 1999–00 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Ferro Carril Oeste | 2002–03 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||||
| UA Maracaibo | 2003–04 | 24 | 6 | – | – | 4 | 0 | 28 | 6 | ||
| 2004–05 | 26 | 4 | – | – | – | 26 | 4 | ||||
| 2005–06 | 28 | 5 | – | – | 4 | 0 | 32 | 5 | |||
| 2006–07 | 32 | 5 | – | – | – | 32 | 5 | ||||
| 2007–08 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 34 | 3 | ||
| 2008–09 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | ||
| Total | 154 | 26 | 5 | 0 | – | 14 | 1 | 173 | 27 | ||
| → Quindío (loan) | 2004 | 16 | 4 | – | – | – | 16 | 4 | |||
| Total | 16 | 4 | – | – | – | 16 | 4 | ||||
| Caracas | 2008–09 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 5 | 31 | 7 | |
| 2009–10 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 1 | – | 6 | 0 | 32 | 9 | ||
| Total | 40 | 10 | 7 | 1 | – | 16 | 5 | 63 | 16 | ||
| La Guaira | 2010–11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 5 | ||
| Total | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 5 | |||
| Zamora | 2011–12 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 33 | 4 | |
| 2012–13 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 4 | |||
| Total | 54 | 8 | 7 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 65 | 8 | ||
| Career Total | 316 | 56 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 6 | 383 | 63 | |
Honours
Club
- River Plate
- Maracaibo
- Caracas
External links
- ESPN profile
- odn.ne.jp (in Japanese)
- BDFA profile (in Spanish)
- Argentine Primera statistics (in Spanish)
- Darío Figueroa at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)