| Lucas Passerini | |
| Fullname: | Lucas Giuliano Passerini |
| Birth Date: | 16 July 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Formosa, Argentina |
| Height: | [1] |
| Position: | Centre-forward[2] |
| Currentclub: | Belgrano |
| Clubnumber: | 9 |
| Youthclubs1: | Quilmes |
| Years1: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs1: | Quilmes |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2015 |
| Clubs2: | → Comunicaciones (loan) |
| Caps2: | 21 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 2016–2018 |
| Caps3: | 35 |
| Goals3: | 10 |
| Years4: | 2017 |
| Clubs4: | → Tigre (loan) |
| Caps4: | 5 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2018 |
| Clubs5: | → Sarmiento (loan) |
| Caps5: | 13 |
| Goals5: | 3 |
| Years6: | 2018 |
| Clubs6: | → Guaraní (loan) |
| Caps6: | 8 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2019 |
| Caps7: | 20 |
| Goals7: | 14 |
| Years8: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs8: | Cruz Azul |
| Caps8: | 14 |
| Goals8: | 2 |
| Years9: | 2020 |
| Clubs9: | → Necaxa (loan) |
| Caps9: | 16 |
| Goals9: | 3 |
| Years10: | 2021 |
| Clubs10: | → Atlético San Luis (loan) |
| Caps10: | 10 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Years11: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs11: | Unión La Calera |
| Caps11: | 40 |
| Goals11: | 19 |
| Years12: | 2023– |
| Caps12: | 26 |
| Goals12: | 16 |
| Club-Update: | 15:37, 25 April 2024 (UTC) |
Lucas Giuliano Passerini (born 16 July 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Belgrano.
Passerini got underway with Quilmes in 2014.[1] [3] His debut appearance for Quilmes arrived on 8 August 2014, he played fourteen minutes of a Primera División match with Rosario Central; which was one of two appearances he made for the club.[1] [4] In January 2015, Comunicaciones in Primera B Metropolitana loaned Passerini.[1] He netted his first goal in his second game for Comunicaciones, on 14 March versus Deportivo Merlo.[1] Overall, he scored three goals in twenty-two fixtures.[1] 2016 saw Passerini sign for fellow Primera B Metropolitana team Estudiantes.[1] [5] He scored on his starting debut vs. UAI Urquiza.[1]
On 22 July 2017, following eleven goals in thirty-four games in 2016–17 for Estudiantes, Passerini joined Tigre on loan.[1] [6] Five appearances in the Argentine Primera División followed.[1] In January 2018, Sarmiento became Passerini's fifth club as he signed on loan until the end of the 2017–18 Primera B Nacional campaign.[1] [7] Seven months later, Paraguayan Primera División side Guaraní completed the loan signing of Passerini on 8 July.[1] He made his bow against Libertad on 12 August, which was one of eight matches he featured in as they placed eighth to qualify for the 2019 Copa Sudamericana.[1]
In January 2019, Passerini switched Paraguay for Chile by agreeing terms with Palestino.[1] [8] Passerini netted a hat-trick in the Chilean Primera División versus Audax Italiano on 18 August 2019, which made it six goals in his last three matches and his eleventh goal in twenty-four total games.[1] [9] Another hat-trick arrived on 6 October versus Curicó Unido, in between strikes against Coquimbo Unido and Cobresal.[1] January 2020 saw Passerini head to Liga MX with Cruz Azul.[10] He wouldn't score in four 2019–20 matches, though did net home and away in the CONCACAF Champions League versus Portmore United.[1]
June 2020 saw Passerini agree twelve-month loan terms with fellow Mexican top-flight team Necaxa.[11] [12] He scored on his home debut against América on 7 August, before netting on his next appearance versus Mazatlán on 12 August.[1] Passerini's loan was cut short at the end of December, with the centre-forward subsequently agreeing a move to Atlético San Luis ahead of January 2021.[13] [14]
In August 2023, Passerini joined Argentine Primera División club Belgrano on a three-year contract for a fee of $800,000.[15]
From his maternal line, he is of Chilean descent, due to the fact that his grandmother was born to a Chilean parents. So, he has stated his desire to acquire the Chilean nationality.[16]
He was in a romantic relationship with model and presenter Lucila Vit from 2019 to 2020.[17]
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| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Quilmes | 2014 | Argentine Primera División | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Comunicaciones (loan) | 2015 | Primera B Metropolitana | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | ||
| Estudiantes | 2016 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |||
| 2016–17 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | 2[18] | 2 | 34 | 11 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 35 | 10 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 39 | 13 | ||||
| Tigre (loan) | 2017–18 | Argentine Primera División | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Sarmiento (loan) | 2017–18 | Primera B Nacional | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | 18 | 4 | ||
| Guaraní (loan) | 2018 | Paraguayan Primera División | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Palestino | 2019 | Chilean Primera División | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10[19] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 16 | |
| Cruz Azul | 2019–20 | Liga MX | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Necaxa (loan) | 2020–21 | Liga MX | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | ||
| Atlético San Luis (loan) | 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 123 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 146 | 41 | |||
Cruz Azul