Franco Orozco
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-01-09) 9 January 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Ezeiza, Argentina[1]
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s) Left winger[2]
Team information
Current team
 Lanús
Number 11
Youth career
Lanús
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Lanús 27 (3)
International career
Argentina U15
2019 Argentina U17 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:23, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Franco Orozco (born 9 January 2002) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Lanús.[3]

Club career

Orozco progressed through the Lanús youth system.[4][5] He was promoted into the club's senior squad under manager Luis Zubeldía towards the end of 2020, initially featuring in pre-season action which saw him score in a win over Gimnasia y Esgrima on 21 October.[6] A week later, Orozco made his competitive first-team debut in a 3–2 victory over São Paulo in the Copa Sudamericana; replacing Braian Aguirre early in the second half.[3] The winger did the same on 31 October in a Copa de la Liga Profesional loss at home to Boca Juniors.[3] He scored his first senior goal at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes against Talleres on 9 November.[3]

Orozco scored twice in a Copa Sudamericana round of sixteen second leg victory over Bolívar on 2 December 2020.[3] After further Copa de la Liga goals against Newell's Old Boys and Rosario Central, the winger netted on his Copa Argentina debut on 23 February against Primera C Metropolitana's Real Pilar.[3]

International career

Orozco represented Argentina at U15 and U17 level; appearing in over thirty matches in total.[7][8] For the U15s, he scored one goal (versus Paraguay) as they won the 2017 South American U-15 Championship on home soil.[7] For the U17s, Orozco scored two goals in his sole appearance at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup against Tajikistan; having played seven times earlier that year at the South American U-17 Championship in Peru.[3][9][10]

Career statistics

As of 24 February 2021.[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lanús 2020–21[nb 1] Primera División 9 3 0 0 0 0 5[a] 2 0 0 14 5
2021[nb 2] 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Career total 9 3 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 15 6
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Argentina U15[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Soccerway counts 2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.
  2. ^ Soccerway counts 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

References

  1. ^ "¿Del Laucha Acosta al Lauchita Orozco?". Olé. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Franco Orozco". World Football. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Argentina - F. Orozco". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Orgullo local: Franco Orozco ya entrena con la primera de Lanús". Ezeiza Hoy. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Conociendo a Franco Orozco, la joven estrella de Lanús". Caliente. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Amistoso: Lanús, con un gol de Franco Orozco, se impuso a Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata por 1 a 0 en La Fortaleza". Que Mañana!. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  7. ^ a b c "Franco Orozco: "Tenemos que seguir tomando precauciones para salvar a mucha gente"". AFA. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  8. ^ "QUINTETO AL SUDAMERICANO SUB-17". Fortaleza Granate. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Orozco: He came, he saw, he scored". FIFA. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Con Godoy como titular debuta el seleccionado Sub 17". PaloyGol. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

External links

Club Atlético Lanús – current squad
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