Lucas Beltrán

Lucas Beltrán
Beltran in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-03-29) 29 March 2001
Place of birth Córdoba, Argentina
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Positions
Team information
Current team
 River Plate
Number 18
Youth career
Instituto
2016–2018 River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2023 River Plate 46 (16)
2021–2022 → Colón (loan) 18 (3)
2023– Fiorentina 65 (11)
2025–2026 → Valencia (loan) 27 (1)
2026– → River Plate (loan) 1 (0)
International career‡
2024 Argentina Olympic 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 August 2024

Lucas Beltrán (born 29 March 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Argentine Primera División club River Plate, on loan from Serie A club Fiorentina.[2] Beltrán competed for Argentina at the 2024 Summer Olympics[3] and he also plays for the Argentina national team.

Career

Early career

Beltrán began in the ranks of Instituto, departing in 2016 to sign for Argentine Primera División side River Plate.[4][5] He made his professional debut on 2 December 2018 at the age of seventeen, appearing for the last seven minutes of a game against Gimnasia y Esgrima.[2] He had previously been an unused substitute a week earlier versus Aldosivi on 27 October.[2][6]

On 15 July 2021, Beltrán joined Colón on a dry loan until the end of 2022.[7]

Fiorentina

On 11 July 2023, Beltrán joined Fiorentina on a transfer worth €20 million plus add-ons.[8]

On 26 October 2023, he scored his first two goals for the club in a 6–0 win over FK Čukarički in the group stage of the UEFA Europa Conference League.[9] His first Serie A goal came from the penalty spot in a 3–0 win against Salernitana on 3 December.[10] On 8 May 2024, he scored a penalty in a 1–1 away draw against Club Brugge in the Europa Conference League semi-final second leg, which qualified his club to their second consecutive final by winning 4–3 on aggregate.[11]

On 1 September 2025, Beltrán moved to La Liga side Valencia on a one-year loan deal.[12]

Personal life

Born and raised in Argentina, Beltrán is of Italian descent.[13]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 Dec 2025[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
River Plate 2018–19 Argentine Primera División 4000—00–40
2019–20 00401000–50
Total 404010000090
Colón 2021 Argentine Primera División 17220101[b]0–212
2022 11101456[b]0–226
Total 183301557000438
River Plate 2022 Argentine Primera División 21431–2[b]0–265
2023 251221–8[b]3–3516
Total 46165200103006121
Fiorentina 2023–24 Serie A 32640–14[c]41[d]05110
2024–25 33510–13[c]1–476
Total 651150–275109816
Valencia (loan) 2025–26 La Liga 131————131
Career total 146311721654481022446
  1. ↑ Includes Copa Argentina, Coppa Italia
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  3. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  4. ↑ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Lucas Beltrán at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Argentina - L. Beltrán". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "BELTRAN Lucas". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "Lucas Beltrán: Instituto es el club de mis amores, me dio todo". LM. 8 September 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Lucas Beltrán pasará a River". Mundo Ascenso. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "Beltrán se iría a River, pero Instituto se opone a su partida". Mundod Lavoz. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "Baja confirmada en River: Colón anunció oficialmente la llegada como nueva incorporación a préstamo del delantero Lucas Beltrán". tntsports.com.ar (in Spanish). 16 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "BELTRAN È UN NUOVO CALCIATORE DELLA FIORENTINA". ACF Fiorentina. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Fiorentina 6–0 Čukarički". UEFA. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  10. ↑ "Fiorentina 3–0 Salernitana". Lega Serie A (in Italian). 3 December 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  11. ↑ Smith, Emma (8 May 2024). "Club Bruges 1–1 Fiorentina". BBC Sport.
  12. ↑ "Beltran makes loan switch to Valencia". ACF Fiorentina. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  13. ↑ "Da Capaldo e Valentini a Maestro Puch: tutti gli oriundi nel mirino di Mancini per l'Italia - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". tuttomercatoweb.com.
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