Lucas Boyé

Lucas Boyé
Personal information
Full name Lucas Boyé
Date of birth (1996-02-28) 28 February 1996
Place of birth San Gregorio, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Torino
Number 31
Youth career
2007–2014 River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 River Plate 29 (2)
2015–2016Newell's Old Boys (loan) 24 (2)
2016– Torino 5 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 June 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 June 2016

Lucas Boyé (born 28 February 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Torino.[1]

He is nicknamed El Tanque (The Tank) and El Toro (The Bull).

Club career

Early career

Boyé was called up by Ramon Diaz for River Plate's pre-season in Salta in January 2014.[2] His unofficial debut took place on 29 January 2014 in a friendly against San Lorenzo de Almagro at the Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena in Salta, when he replaced Jonathan Fabbro 23 minutes into the second half. River Plate lost the match to San Lorenzo 1-3.

Soon after he returned to play for the first team in another friendly, this time against the provincial team of San Luis, entering at the beginning of the second half to replace Daniel Villalba in a match which River Plate won 3-1. He made his official debut against Ferro in the final tournament of the 2013–14 Copa Argentina, in a match which River Plate won 6-5 in a penalty shootout. [3]

His debut in the Argentine Primera División came in a 1-1 tie against Gimnasia y Esgrima on the first day of the 2014 Torneo de Transición. [4] Four days later, on 31 August, Boyé scored his first goal in the Primera División off an assist from Tomas Martinez, the third in a match which River won 3-1 against San Lorenzo.[5]

Torino

On 1 February 2016 he signed a contract with Italian club Torino for four seasons, starting in July 2016.[6]

Style of play

Boyé is described as a well structured, yet agile centre forward, with excellent technique and dribbling ability.[7] He is noted for his work rate and willingness to sacrifice himself for the team.[7] He is compared to former Roma forward Abel Balbo.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 10 July 2016[8]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Club Atlético River Plate 2014Primera División1713060261
2015Primera División912000111
Total 2625060372
Newell's Old Boys 2015Primera División7171
2016Primera División16131171
Total 23210242
Torino 2016–17Serie A000000
Career total 4946060614

Honours

River Plate

References

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