| Lucas Villarruel | |
| Fullname: | Lucas Ariel Villarruel |
| Birth Date: | 13 November 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Ramos Mejía, Argentina |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | LDU Quito |
| Youthclubs1: | Huracán |
| Years1: | 2012–2018 |
| Caps1: | 114 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Years2: | 2016–2018 |
| Clubs2: | → Olimpo (loan) |
| Caps2: | 45 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2018–2020 |
| Clubs3: | Defensa y Justicia |
| Caps3: | 4 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2019 |
| Clubs4: | → Newell's Old Boys (loan) |
| Caps4: | 12 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2020– |
| Caps5: | 37 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Club-Update: | 19:36, 7 August 2022 (UTC) |
Lucas Ariel Villarruel (born 13 November 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for L.D.U. Quito.[1]
Villarruel started his career in 2012 with Huracán.[1] [2] He made his debut on 5 March in an away win against Boca Unidos in Primera B Nacional, which was the first of seven appearances during 2011–12.[1] In November 2012, Villarruel scored his first senior goal in a 0–4 win versus Almirante Brown.[1] At the end of the 2014 Primera B Nacional season, after he had scored two goals in ninety-seven appearances, Huracán won promotion to the Argentine Primera División.[1] [3] On 30 June 2016, Olimpo signed Villarruel on loan for the 2016–17 campaign.[1] [4] After twenty-seven appearances in all competitions, his loan was renewed in July 2017.[5]
He returned to Huracán on 16 May 2018, following a total of fifty appearances for Olimpo over two seasons for Olimpo.[6] Villarruel joined Defensa y Justicia in the following July.[1] After six matches in twelve months for Defensa, Villarruel left on loan in August 2019 to league counterparts Newell's Old Boys.[1] He remained until the succeeding December, appearing twelve times for them; though just four were as a starter.[1] January 2020 saw Villarruel head abroad for the first time, joining Ecuadorian Serie A club L.D.U. Quito on loan for one year.[1] He made his debut in a three-goal Clásico Quiteño victory away to El Nacional on 28 February, with his first goal arriving on 3 October against Mushuc Runa.[1]
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| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Huracán | 2011–12 | Primera B Nacional | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | |||||
| 2013–14 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |||||
| 2014 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 1[7] | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||||
| 2015 | Primera División | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12[8] | 1 | 1[9] | 0 | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2016 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[10] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 114 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 137 | 3 | ||||
| Olimpo (loan) | 2016–17 | Primera División | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 45 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | |||||
| Defensa y Justicia | 2018–19 | Primera División | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[11] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Newell's Old Boys (loan) | 2019–20 | Primera División | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| L.D.U. Quito (loan) | 2020 | Serie A | 23 | 2 | — | — | 7 | 0 | — | 30 | 2 | ||||
| 2021 | 13 | 0 | — | — | 4[12] | 0 | 2[13] | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 36 | 2 | — | — | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 2 | |||||
| Career total | 211 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 254 | 5 | |||