Darío Figueroa

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Figueroa and the second or maternal family name is Lissa.

Darío Figueroa

Personal information
Full name	Darío Damián Figueroa Lissa
Date of birth	(1978-02-13) 13 February 1978
Place of birth	San Rafael, Argentina
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1991–1995	River Plate
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1998	River Plate	5	(1)
1996	Yokohama Marinos	1	(0)
1999–2000	Quilmes	16	(2)
2000–2001	Aldosivi	8	(0)
2002	Ferro Carril Oeste	5	(0)
2003–2008	Maracaibo	154	(26)
2004	→ Quindío (loan)	16	(4)
2009–2010	Caracas	40	(10)
2010–2011	Deportivo La Guaira	17	(5)
2011–2013	Zamora	54	(8)
International career‡
1997	Argentina U20	1	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing Argentina FIFA U-20 World Cup Winner 1997 Malaysia South American U-20 Championship Winner 1997 Chile
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 September 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 September 2015

Darío Damián Figueroa Lissa (born 13 February 1978), better known as Darío Figueroa (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈɾi.o fiɣeˈɾo.a]), is a retired professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfield. Born in Argentina, he acquired his Venezuelan passport in January 2007.

Club career

Figueroa began his playing career in 1996 with River Plate. After only four appearances in the Primera División Argentina he joined Quilmes of the 2nd division, he also played for Aldosivi and Ferro Carril Oeste in the lower leagues of Argentine football.

In 2003, Figueroa resurrected his playing career in Venezuela. He played for UA Maracaibo between 2003 and 2008, also Darío Figueroa is one of the historics goalscorers of Maracaibo with 26 goals, after of Daniel Arismendi (31 goals), Cristian Cásseres (34 goals) and Guillermo Beraza (38).

In 2009, he joined Caracas FC where he scored a number of goals to help the club win their group and qualify for the knockout stages of Copa Libertadores 2009. Darío Figueroa currently is one of idols of Caracas.

Club statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Continental1		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Yokohama Marinos	1996	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
River Plate	1997–98	5	1	–		–		0	0	5	1
	Total	5	1	–		–		0	0	5	1
Quilmes	1998–99	16	2	–		–		–		16	2
	Total	16	2	–		–		–		16	2
Aldosivi	1999–00	8	0	–		–		–		8	0
	Total	8	0	–		–		–		8	0
Ferro Carril Oeste	2002–03	5	0	–		–		–		5	0
	Total	5	0	–		–		–		5	0
UA Maracaibo	2003–04	24	6	–		–		4	0	28	6
	2004–05	26	4	–		–		–		26	4
	2005–06	28	5	–		–		4	0	32	5
	2006–07	32	5	–		–		–		32	5
	2007–08	30	3	3	0	–		4	0	34	3
	2008–09	14	3	2	0	–		2	1	16	4
	Total	154	26	5	0	–		14	1	173	27
→ Quindío (loan)	2004	16	4	–		–		–		16	4
	Total	16	4	–		–		–		16	4
Caracas	2008–09	21	2	0	0	–		10	5	31	7
	2009–10	19	8	7	1	–		6	0	32	9
	Total	40	10	7	1	–		16	5	63	16
La Guaira	2010–11	17	5	2	0	–		–		19	5
	Total	17	5	2	0	–		–		19	5
Zamora	2011–12	24	4	5	0	–		4	0	33	4
	2012–13	30	4	2	0	–		–		32	4
	Total	54	8	7	0	–		4	0	65	8
Career Total		316	56	21	1	0	0	38	6	383	63

Honours

Club

River Plate

• Torneo Apertura: 1996, 1997
• Copa Libertadores: 1996
• Supercopa Sudamericana: 1997

Maracaibo

• Venezuelan Primera División: 2004–05

Caracas

• Venezuelan Primera División (2): 2008–09, 2009–10
• Copa Venezuela: 2009

Zamora

• Venezuelan Primera División: 2012-13, 2009–10

Argentina U20

• South American Youth Championship: 1997
• FIFA World Youth Championship: 1997

External links

• ESPN profile
• odn.ne.jp (in Japanese)
• Darío Figueroa at BDFA (in Spanish)
• Argentine Primera statistics (in Spanish)
• Darío Figueroa at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)