Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alex Nahuel Luna | ||
Date of birth | 31 March 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Rafaela, Argentina[1] | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder[3][4] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Independiente | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
9 de Julio | |||
Atlético de Rafaela | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020– | Atlético de Rafaela | 34 | (1) |
2024– | → Independiente (loan) | 2 | (0) |
International career | |||
Argentina U15 | |||
Argentina U17 | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:59, 5 February 2024 (UTC) |
Alex Nahuel Luna (born 31 March 2004) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Independiente, on loan for Atlético de Rafaela.[5]
Luna came through the youth ranks at Atlético de Rafaela, having joined at the age of nine from 9 de Julio.[3] He scored sixteen goals in Rafaela's academy in 2019–20, finishing as their top scorer.[3][6][7] He was promoted into the first-team set-up in 2020 under manager Walter Otta, with the midfielder signing his first professional contract on 2 October; penning terms until December 2022, amid interest from clubs from home and abroad.[2][8][9] Luna would then make his senior debut at the age of sixteen on 7 December during a Primera B Nacional victory over Tigre, after he replaced Facundo Soloa with eighteen minutes left.[5]
Before his professional debut for Atlético de Rafaela, Luna had already received call-ups from Argentina's U15s and U17s.[9] He won the Vlatko Marković Tournament with the former.[4][6][10]
Luna is of Spanish descent, through his great-grandmother.[2]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Atlético de Rafaela | 2020 | Primera B Nacional | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |