Lautaro Gianetti

Lautaro Gianetti (born 13 November 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Primera División side Vélez Sarsfield.

Lautaro Giannetti
Gianetti with Argentina at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name Lautaro Gianetti
Date of birth (1993-11-13) 13 November 1993
Place of birth San Nicolás, Argentina
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Vélez Sarsfield
Number 17
Youth career
Vélez Sarsfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011– Vélez Sarsfield 138 (2)
International career
2013 Argentina U20 4 (0)
2016 Argentina U23 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:09, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Gianetti debuted professionally for Vélez Sarsfield in the 2012 Clausura under Ricardo Gareca's coaching, starting in a 0–2 defeat to Argentinos Juniors.[1] The defender was part of the squads that won the 2012 Inicial, 2012–13 Superfinal and 2013 Supercopa Argentina, although he did not play any games.

Gianetti became a starter for the team during the second half of the 2015 Argentine Primera División season, in which he started in all 15 games.[2] He scored his first professional goal in the 12th fixture of the 2016 Argentine Primera División, a last-minute winner against Argentinos Juniors.[3]

International career

Gianetti was part of the squad of the Argentina national under-20 football team that played the 2013 South American Youth Championship.

In 2016, the defender was selected by coach Gerardo Martino for the preliminary squad of the Argentina national under-23 football team to participate in the Summer Olympics. He was later confirmed by Martino's successor Julio Olarticoechea and started in all three games of the team in the tournament.[4][5]

Honours

Vélez Sársfield

References
  1. "Match report". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  2. "Tournament '15 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  3. "Match report". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  4. "Vélez cede a Lautaro Gianetti para los Juegos Olímpicos". Goal.com (in Spanish). 8 July 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  5. "Vélez dio el "ok" y Lautaro Gianetti irá a los Juegos Olímpicos de Río". Don Balón (in Spanish). 8 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2016.


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