Darío Lezcano

Darío Lezcano Mendoza (born 30 June 1990[1]) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays for Chilean club Colo-Colo.[2] He represented Paraguay at under-17 level from 2006 to 2007 and later at full international level from 2015 to 2017, scoring 4 goals during the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lezcano and the second or maternal family name is Mendoza.

Darío Lezcano
Lezcano playing for Luzern
Personal information
Full name Darío Lezcano Mendoza
Date of birth (1990-06-30) 30 June 1990
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Colo-Colo
Number 16
Youth career
2004 4 de Octubre
2005–2006 Nanawa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Sportivo Trinidense 11 (1)
2008–2011 FC Wil 66 (14)
2011–2012 Thun 34 (4)
2012–2016 FC Luzern 100 (31)
2016–2019 FC Ingolstadt 103 (23)
2019–2023 Juárez 75 (31)
2023– Colo-Colo 6 (3)
International career‡
2006–2007 Paraguay U17 15 (5)
2015– Paraguay 20 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:19, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 November 2020

Club career

Early career

During the winter break of the 2010–11 Swiss Super League season Lezcano transferred from FC Wil to FC Thun.[3] He scored his first goal for the club during his first appearance on 6 February 2011 in the 3–2 home defeat against FC Basel.[4]

FC Luzern

During the winter break of the 2011–12 Swiss Super League season Lezcano transferred to Luzern. He played his team debut on 19 February 2012 in the goalless draw away against Lausanne-Sport. In his second game on 25 February he scored his first two goals for his new club in the 2–0 home win against BSC Young Boys.[5]

While playing for Luzern, Lezcano was banned eight matches[6] for assaulting referee Fedayi San, who showed him a second yellow card. The player then pushed the referee's chest, knocking the red card out of his hand. Imposing the ban, the league said in a statement that "respect for referees is a fundamental part of the game."

FC Ingolstadt

Lezcano signed for FC Ingolstadt on 15 January 2016.[7]

International career

Paraguay U17

Lezcano played the Sub17 Sudamericano 2007 in Ecuador for the Paraguay national under-17 football team.[8]

Paraguay

Lezcano was selected for the Paraguay senior squad by Ramón Díaz and made his debut in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Argentina on 15 October 2015.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 12 May 2019[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Wil 2009–10 Swiss Challenge League 25300—253
2010–11 15600—156
Total 4090000409
Thun 2010–11 Swiss Super League 173106[lower-alpha 1]1244
2011–12 17100—171
Total 3441061415
FC Luzern 2011–12 Swiss Super League 14331—174
2012–13 142002[lower-alpha 1]0162
2013–14 27531—306
2014–15 3312212[lower-alpha 1]03713
2015–16 12911—1310
Total 10031944011335
FC Ingolstadt 2015–16 Bundesliga 17200—172
2016–17 33620—356
2017–18 2. Bundesliga 24631—277
2018–19 29900—299
Total 10323510010824
Career total 2776715510130273
  1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League

International goals
Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lezcano goal.
List of international goals scored by Darío Lezcano
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
117 November 2015Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay Bolivia1–12–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
224 March 2016Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador Ecuador1–12–2
32–1
429 March 2016Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay Brazil1–02–2

References
  1. "Lezcano, Dario - Posso Futbol.com". Archived from the original on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
  2. "Ingolstadt signs Paraguay striker Dario Lezcano". Yahoo! News. 15 January 2016.
  3. Paraguayo Darío Lezcano, a prueba en el Schalke 04 alemán
  4. Mesiter, Remo (2011). "Der FCB schiesst sich an die Spitze" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  5. Swiss Football League (2012). "FC Luzern Spielkalender". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  6. Lucerne striker Lezcano gets eight-game ban for referee assault 13 September 2015
  7. "Tinte Trocken: Lezcano zu den Schanzern" [Ink Dry: Lezcano to Schanzern] (in German). FC Ingolstadt 04. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  8. "Alfredo Intriago: "Quiero dirigir la final del Sudamericano"". Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. Darío Lezcano at Soccerway
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