Franco Orozco
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-01-09) 9 January 2002
Place of birth Ezeiza, Argentina[1]
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s) Left winger[2]
Team information
Current team
 Lanús
Number 11
Youth career
Lanús
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Lanús 27 (3)
International career
Argentina U15
2019 Argentina U17 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:23, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Franco Orozco (born 9 January 2002) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Lanús.[3]

Club career

Orozco progressed through the Lanús youth system.[4][5] He was promoted into the club's senior squad under manager Luis Zubeldía towards the end of 2020, initially featuring in pre-season action which saw him score in a win over Gimnasia y Esgrima on 21 October.[6] A week later, Orozco made his competitive first-team debut in a 3–2 victory over São Paulo in the Copa Sudamericana; replacing Braian Aguirre early in the second half.[3] The winger did the same on 31 October in a Copa de la Liga Profesional loss at home to Boca Juniors.[3] He scored his first senior goal at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes against Talleres on 9 November.[3]

Orozco scored twice in a Copa Sudamericana round of sixteen second leg victory over Bolívar on 2 December 2020.[3] After further Copa de la Liga goals against Newell's Old Boys and Rosario Central, the winger netted on his Copa Argentina debut on 23 February against Primera C Metropolitana's Real Pilar.[3]

International career

Orozco represented Argentina at U15 and U17 level; appearing in over thirty matches in total.[7][8] For the U15s, he scored one goal (versus Paraguay) as they won the 2017 South American U-15 Championship on home soil.[7] For the U17s, Orozco scored two goals in his sole appearance at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup against Tajikistan; having played seven times earlier that year at the South American U-17 Championship in Peru.[3][9][10]

Career statistics

As of 24 February 2021.[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lanús 2020–21[nb 1] Primera División 9300005[lower-alpha 1]200145
2021[nb 2] 001100000011
Career total 9311005200156
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Argentina U15[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ Soccerway counts 2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.
  2. ↑ Soccerway counts 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

References

  1. ↑ "¿Del Laucha Acosta al Lauchita Orozco?". Olé. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Franco Orozco". World Football. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Argentina - F. Orozco". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Orgullo local: Franco Orozco ya entrena con la primera de Lanús". Ezeiza Hoy. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Conociendo a Franco Orozco, la joven estrella de Lanús". Caliente. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Amistoso: Lanús, con un gol de Franco Orozco, se impuso a Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata por 1 a 0 en La Fortaleza". Que Mañana!. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  7. 1 2 3 "Franco Orozco: "Tenemos que seguir tomando precauciones para salvar a mucha gente"". AFA. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "QUINTETO AL SUDAMERICANO SUB-17". Fortaleza Granate. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "Orozco: He came, he saw, he scored". FIFA. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "Con Godoy como titular debuta el seleccionado Sub 17". PaloyGol. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
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