Alex Luna (footballer)

Alex Luna
Personal information
Full name Alex Nahuel Luna
Date of birth (2004-03-31) 31 March 2004 (age 17)
Place of birth Rafaela, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
Atlético de Rafaela
Youth career
9 de Julio
Atlético de Rafaela
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Atlético de Rafaela 26 (0)
National team
Argentina U15
Argentina U17
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 October 2021

Alex Nahuel Luna (born 31 March 2004) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Atlético de Rafaela.

Club career

Luna came through the youth ranks at Atlético de Rafaela, having joined at the age of nine from 9 de Julio. He scored sixteen goals in Rafaela's academy in 2019–20, finishing as their top scorer. He was promoted into the first-team set-up in 2020 under manager Walter Otta, with the midfielder signing his first professional contract on 2 October; penning terms until December 2022, amid interest from clubs from home and abroad. Luna would then make his senior debut at the age of sixteen on 7 December during a Primera B Nacional victory over Tigre, after he replaced Facundo Soloa with eighteen minutes left.

International career

Before his professional debut for Atlético de Rafaela, Luna had already received call-ups from Argentina's U15s and U17s. He won the Vlatko Marković Tournament with the former.

Personal life

Luna is of Spanish descent, through his great-grandmother.

Career statistics

As of 14 December 2020.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Atlético de Rafaela 2020 Primera B Nacional 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Honours

Argentina U15

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