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Luciano Figueroa
Personal information
Full name	Luciano Gabriel Figueroa
Date of birth	May 19, 1981 (age 25)
Place of birth	Santa Fé, Argentina
Height	182 cm
Nickname	Lucho
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Genoa C.F.C.
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001 - 2003 2003 - 2004 2004 2004 - 2006 2006 2006 -	Rosario Central Birmingham City Cruz Azul (loan) Villarreal River Plate (loan) Genoa C.F.C.	57 (35) 1 (0) 19 (11) 27 (5) 8 (4)
National team2
2004-	Argentina	15 (9)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 January 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 18 January 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Argentina
Men's Football
Gold	2004 Athens	Team Competition

Luciano Gabriel "Lucho" Figueroa (born May 19, 1981 in Santa Fé, Argentina) is an Argentine football striker, who currently plays for Genoa C.F.C. of Serie B.

Figueroa began his professional career with Rosario Central of Argentina, where he formed a partnership with César Delgado. Both he and Delgado left after the 2003 Clausura, however, with Figueroa being bought by Birmingham F.C. of England for 2.5 million pounds. He only made one appearance for Birmingham, however, before he was loaned to Cruz Azul of Mexico, acquired on the recommendation of former teammate Delgado.

Figueroa immediately found his old form with Cruz Azul, scoring 11 goals in 19 games in the 2004 Clausura. He maintained his form in the 2004 Apertura, scoring 10 goals in 15 games for the club. His exceptional performances for Cruz Azul led to a transfer to Spain, with Villarreal buying him for £2.1 million. Luciano had a relevantly successful period at Villarreal, helping the club to a 3rd place finish in the 2004/2005 La Liga season along with helping Villarreal to reach the Semi-final of the 2005/2006 Champions League. In January 2006 Luciano was loaned to River Plate. However, Luciano suffered a cruciate ligament injury and was unable to make a single league appearance for the club. [1]

On 1 August 2006, Luciano joined Genoa C.F.C. for an undisclosed fee signing a 4 year contract with the club. Luciano missed the start of the Serie B season due to his cruciate ligament injury, and is still yet to made his debut with the grifone team. His return on the pitch is expected to be not earlier than April 2007.

Figueroa has made appearances for the Argentina national football team, greatly impressing with his performance in the Copa América 2004, and was part of the gold medal Argentinian team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At international level, 'Lucho' has 15 caps and 9 goals boasting a strike-rate of 60%. Unfortunately, he damaged his cruciate ligaments in one of his first games at River, losing all chances to go to the World Cup.