Lucas Assadi
Assadi in 2023.
Personal information
Full name Lucas Humberto Assadi Reygadas
Date of birth (2004-01-08) 8 January 2004
Place of birth Puente Alto, Santiago, Chile
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Universidad de Chile
Number 10
Youth career
2011–2021 Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Universidad de Chile 59 (4)
International career‡
2019 Chile U15 4 (2)
2019 Chile U17 1 (0)
2022–2023 Chile U20 7 (2)
2022– Chile U23 4 (1)
2022– Chile 2 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Chile
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2023 SantiagoTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 November 2023

Lucas Humberto Assadi Reygadas (born 8 January 2004) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chilean Primera División side Universidad de Chile and the Chile national team.

Club career

In 2011, Assadi came to Universidad de Chile[1] and made his professional debut at the age of 17 in a 2021 Copa Chile match against San Luis de Quillota on June 27, 2021.[2]

International career

Born in Chile, it has been claimed in Iranian media that Assadi is of Iranian descent, though there is no confirmation.[3] He took part of the Chile U15 squad at the UEFA U-16 Development Tournament in Finland in April 2019.[4] and also represented Chile U15 at the 2019 South American U-15 Championship, scoring two goals. Prior to this, he represented Chile U17 at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup,[5] making an appearance in the match against France U17.[6] In 2022, he represented Chile U20 in a friendly match against Paraguay U20[7] and against Peru U20.[8] In 2023, he made four appearances and scored one goal in the South American U20 Championship.

He represented Chile at under-23 level in a 1–0 win against Peru U23 on 31 August 2022, in the context of preparations for the 2023 Pan American Games.[9] He was included in the final squad for the games,[10][11] where Chile won the silver medal.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Universidad de Chile 2021 Chilean Primera División 7020000090
2022 Chilean Primera División 271700000341
2023 Chilean Primera División 253210000274
Total 5941110000705
Career total 5941110000705
Notes

    International

    As of match played 12 June 2023.
    Appearances and goals by national team and year
    National teamYearAppsGoals
    Chile 202210
    202310
    Total20

    Honours

    Chile U23

    References

    1. ↑ Lucas Assadi, figura de la Sub 15: “Es un orgullo vestir esta camiseta” on YouTube
    2. ↑ Aliaga, Martín (30 August 2021). "El jugador que cuenta con la "bendición" de Montillo para ser su sucesor en la U. de Chile". www.encancha.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2021.
    3. ↑ "¡Lo llenaron de comentarios! desde Irán de vuelven locos con Lucas Assadi y lo piden para su selección". Deportes13. December 15, 2022.
    4. ↑ Benavides, Camilo (18 April 2019). "La Roja Sub 15 jugará torneo internacional en Finlandia" (in Spanish). ANFP. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
    5. ↑ "Lucas Assadi y Simón Avilés destacan en nómina de Chile para el Sudamericano Sub 15". www.udechile.cl (in Spanish). Universidad de Chile. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
    6. ↑ "La joya chilena de 15 años que debutó en el Mundial Sub 17". AS Chile (in Spanish). Diario AS. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
    7. ↑ "La Roja Sub 20 cayó en su primer amistoso en Paraguay". laroja.cl (in Spanish). 6 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
    8. ↑ "La Roja Sub 20 supera a Perú en Lima". laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
    9. ↑ Quijada, Vicente (31 August 2022). "En un intenso encuentro, La Roja Sub 23 se impuso por 1-0 ante Perú en Iquique". laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
    10. ↑ "Team roster CHI - Chile" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
    11. ↑ "Individual Statistics" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
    12. ↑ "Medallists" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
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