Lucas Alario

Lucas Nicolas Alario (born 8 October 1992) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the Argentina national football team.

Club Career

Colon

Born in Tostado, Santa Fe, Alario began his career at Colon in his native province. He made his Argentine Primera Division debut on 11 June 2011, as a 59th-minute substitute for Cristian Raul Ledesma in a 0–1 home defeat to Arsenal. His first goal for the club came on 22 March 2014, a fourth-minute penalty for the only goal of a win against Tigre at the Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao Lopez. On 12 May 2015, he netted twice in a 3–2 away win at Defensa y Justicia for Colon's first away win of the season.

River Plate

On 26 June 2015, Alario became River Plate's fourth signing of the season, joining the Buenos Aires-based club on a four-year contract for a fee of 2.25 million US Dollars. He made his debut on 11 July, replacing Fernando Cavenaghi for the final 30 minutes of a 1–1 home draw against Temperley. Eleven days later, as a substitute, he equalised for a 1–1 draw away to Paraguay's Club Guarani in the second leg of the Copa Libertadores semi-finals, converting a pass from Tabare Viudez to send River through 3–1 on aggregate to their first such finals since 1996. On 5 August, in the second leg of the final after a goalless first, he finished Leonel Vangioni's cross at the end of the first half to open the scoring as his team won 3–0 against Tigres UANL.

Eighteen days after River won the continental championship, Alario was sent off in a 2–1 domestic loss to Estudiantes de La Plata. His first league goals for the Millonarios came in the form of a hat-trick on 6 September, in a 4–1 win away to Nueva Chicago. On 31 October, as a 55th-minute substitute for Nicolas Bertolo, he scored the only goal in a win at Velez Sarsfield.

On 16 December, in the semi-finals of the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup in Osaka, Alario headed the only

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