Lucas Martín Villafáñez (born 4 October 1991) is an Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 football attacking midfielder who plays for Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División....

 in the Argentine Primera División.

Club career

Villafáñez made his professional debut in the Primera B Nacional (Argentine second division) with his hometown club Comisión de Actividades Infantiles, when he was 16 years old. In total he played 56 games with the club, scoring 12 goals.

In 2010, Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División....

 acquired the player on a one-year loan deal. He debuted in the Argentine Primera División on a 0–1 defeat to Tigre

Club Atlético Tigre

Club Atlético Tigre is a football club from Victoria, San Fernando Partido, Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the end of the 2006-2007 season the club was promoted to the Primera Division Argentina...

 for the 2010 Apertura

2010–11 Argentine Primera División season

The 2010–11 Primera División season was the eighty-second season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams competed in two championships —the Apertura and Clausura— over the course of the season, which started on August 6, 2010 and ended on June 30, 2011, one...

, despite the game being played on February 2011.

In May 2, 2011 Villafáñez scored his first goal with Independiente, in a 1–1 draw with Boca Juniors

Boca Juniors

Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

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International career

Villafáñez was part of Sergio Batista

Sergio Batista

Sergio Daniel "Checho" Batista is an Argentine football manager and former footballer. He played as a midfielder, and represented his national team 39 times between 1985 and 1990. He was head coach of Argentina national football team from July 2010 to July 2011.-Club:Batista played youth football...

's Argentina's U-20 national team

Argentina national under-20 football team

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 in 2010. In 2011, he was selected to represent Argentina at the FIFA U-20 World Cup

2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the eighteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. Colombia hosted the tournament between 29 July and 20 August 2011, with matches being played in eight cities...

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External links

• Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI