Lucas Boyé

Lucas Boyé
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Boyé with AEK Athens in 2018
Personal information
Full name Lucas Ariel Boyé
Date of birth (1996-02-28) 28 February 1996 (age 26)
Place of birth San Gregorio, Argentina
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
Elche
Number 9
Youth career
2007–2014 River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 River Plate 26 (2)
2015–2016Newell's Old Boys (loan) 23 (2)
2016–2021 Torino 41 (1)
2018Celta (loan) 13 (0)
2018–2019AEK Athens (loan) 23 (6)
2019–2020Reading (loan) 19 (2)
2020–2021Elche (loan) 34 (7)
2021– Elche 24 (7)
International career
2022– Argentina 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:16, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2022

Lucas Ariel Boyé (born 28 February 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish La Liga club Elche and the Argentina national team.

Club career

Early career

Boyé was called up by Ramon Diaz for River Plate's pre-season in Salta in January 2014. 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.

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. 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.

Torino

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

Loan deals

On 31 January 2018, he moved on loan to Spanish club Celta.

In the 2018–19 season Boyé joined AEK on loan. On 28 October 2018 he scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 home win game against Aris Thessaloniki. On 23 February 2019, he scored a brace, his first in his career, sealing a 2–1 home win game against Apollon Smyrnis.

On 2 August 2019, English Championship club Reading announced the signing of Boyé on a season-long loan deal from Torino. He scored his first goal for Reading in an EFL Cup tie against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 25 September 2019. However he also went on to miss a penalty in the shootout in the same game as Reading ultimately lost.

On 21 September 2020, the newly promoted La Liga team Elche announced that Boyé had joined them on loan with an option to buy.

Elche

On 13 May 2021, Elche announced that they had exercised the option to Boyé.

Style of play

Nicknamed El Tanque (The Tank) or El Toro (The Bull), Boyé is described as a well structured, yet agile centre forward, with excellent technique and dribbling ability. He is noted for his work rate and willingness to sacrifice himself for the team. He is compared to former Roma forward Abel Balbo.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 May 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
River Plate 2014 Argentine Primera División 17 1 3 0 6 0 26 1
2015 9 1 2 0 0 0 11 1
2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 26 2 5 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 37 2
Newell's Old Boys (loan) 2015 Argentine Primera División 7 1 0 0 7 1
2016 16 1 3 1 - 19 2
Total 23 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 3
Torino 2016–17 Serie A 30 1 3 2 33 3
2017–18 11 0 3 0 14 0
2018–19 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019–20 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 41 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 3
Celta (loan) 2017–18 La Liga 13 0 0 0 13 0
AEK Athens (loan) 2018–19 Super League Greece 23 6 9 0 4 0 36 6
Reading (loan) 2019–20 Championship 19 0 2 1 3 1 24 2
Elche (loan) 2020–21 La Liga 34 7 2 1 36 8
Elche 2021–22 24 7 0 0 24 7
Total 58 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 15
Career total 203 25 27 5 3 1 10 0 0 0 243 31
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 25 March 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Argentina 2022 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

River Plate


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