Lucas Merolla
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lucas Gabriel Merolla | ||
| Date of birth | 27 June 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mazatlán | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Nueva Chicago | |||
| Huracán | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2023 | Huracán | 77 | (3) |
| 2016–2019 | → Deportivo Español (loan) | 33 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | → Guillermo Brown (loan) | 21 | (2) |
| 2023– | Mazatlán | 9 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 September 2024 | |||
Lucas Gabriel Merolla (born 27 June 1995) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a central defender for Liga MX club Mazatlán.[1]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Huracán
[edit | edit source]Merolla was born in Buenos Aires, and joined Huracán's youth setup from Nueva Chicago.[2] Promoted to the main squad for the 2016 season, he was an unused substitute in two first team matches before leaving.
Loan to Deportivo Español
[edit | edit source]In 2016, Merolla was loaned to Primera B Metropolitana side Deportivo Español on loan.[3] He made his senior debut on 28 August of that year, starting in a 1–0 home win over Defensores de Belgrano.
Merolla scored his first goal on 2 April 2017, netting his team's second in a 3–1 away success over Atlanta. He finished the season with three goals in 36 appearances as Deportivo Español reached the promotion play-offs but missed out after losing to eventual winners Deportivo Riestra.[4]
Loan to Guillermo Brown
[edit | edit source]On 28 August 2017, Merolla joined Primera B Nacional side Guillermo Brown.[5] Again regularly used, he scored twice in 22 appearances overall during the season.
Breakthrough
[edit | edit source]Merolla returned to Huracán in July 2018, but was not used by manager Gustavo Alfaro. He only made his first team – and Primera División – debut for the club on 10 March 2019, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–1 home loss against San Martín de Tucumán;[6][7] it was his only league appearance of the campaign.
Merolla started to feature more regularly from September 2019, after manager Juan Pablo Vojvoda departed the club and interim Néstor Apuzzo took over; on 1 November, he renewed his contract until June 2023, with a US$ 20 million release clause.[8] He scored his first goal in the top tier (and for the Quemeros) on 24 March 2021, netting the equalizer in a 1–1 draw at Atlético Tucumán.
In February 2023, Merolla was separated from the first team squad after failing to agree to a contract renewal.[9]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of 28 February 2023.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Continental[c] | Other[d] | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Huracán | 2016 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2018–19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 7[nb 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||||
| 2021 | 28[nb 1] | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 28 | 2 | |||||
| 2022 | 27[nb 1] | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 28 | 1 | |||||
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 77 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 85 | 3 | |||
| Deportivo Español (loan) | 2016–17 | Primera B Metropolitana | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 36 | 3 | ||
| Guillermo Brown (loan) | 2017–18 | Primera B Nacional | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 22 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 131 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 143 | 8 | ||
- ^ Includes the Copa Argentina
- ^ Includes the Copa de la Superliga
- ^ Includes the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
- ^ Includes the Primera B Metropolitana play-offs
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Lucas Merolla at BDFA (in Spanish)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Lucas Merolla at WorldFootball.netLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1995 births
- Footballers from Buenos Aires
- Living people
- Argentine people of Italian descent
- Sportspeople of Italian descent
- Men's association football defenders
- Argentine men's footballers
- Club Atlético Huracán footballers
- Deportivo Español footballers
- Guillermo Brown de Puerto Madryn footballers
- Mazatlán F.C. footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Primera Nacional players
- Primera B Metropolitana players
- Liga MX players
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen