| Lucas Esquivel | |
| Fullname: | Lucas Ángel Esquivel |
| Birth Date: | 14 October 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Santa Fe, Argentina |
| Height: | 1.83m |
| Position: | Left-back[1] |
| Currentclub: | Athletico Paranaense |
| Clubnumber: | 37 |
| Youthyears1: | 2014–2017 |
| Youthclubs1: | Pucará |
| Youthyears2: | 2017–2020 |
| Youthclubs2: | Unión Santa Fe |
| Years1: | 2020–2023 |
| Clubs1: | Unión Santa Fe |
| Caps1: | 49 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2023– |
| Clubs2: | Athletico Paranaense |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 23:38, 31 May 2023 (UTC) |
Lucas Ángel Esquivel (born 14 October 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Brazilian club Athletico Paranaense.
Born in Santa Fe, Esquivel played for local side Club Pucará before joining Unión de Santa Fe's youth sides at the age of 15.[2] He was promoted to the first team in October,[3] and signed his first professional contract until the end of 2022 on the 28th.[4]
After being an unused substitute in a 1–0 Copa Sudamericana home defeat to Emelec on 29 October 2020,[3] Esquivel made his senior debut on 1 November, starting in a 0–0 Copa de la Liga Profesional home draw against Arsenal de Sarandí; he played seventy-three minutes before being subbed off for Claudio Corvalán.[5] [6] He scored his first professional goal on 7 August 2021, netting his team's third in a 4–0 home routing of San Lorenzo.[7]
On 31 May 2023, Brazilian Série A club Athletico Paranaense announced the signing of Esquivel on a five-year contract.[8]
In September 2020, it was announced that Esquivel had tested positive for COVID-19 amid the pandemic; he isolated after showing symptoms.[9] [10] [11]
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| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Unión Santa Fe | 2020–21 | Primera División | 3[12] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[13] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 2022 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 2023 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 49 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 57 | 1 | ||||
| Athletico Paranaense | 2023 | Série A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 49 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 1 | |||