Lucas Macazaga

Lucas Macazaga
Macazaga with Bolivia in 2026
Personal information
Full name Lucas Dionis Macazaga Ojopi
Date of birth (2006-08-16) 16 August 2006
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Ponferradina
(on loan from Leganés)
Number 20
Youth career
Chimenea
2018–2021 Getafe
2021–2022 Alcorcón
2022–2025 Leganés
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2025– Leganés 0 (0)
2025– Leganés B 20 (3)
2026– → Ponferradina (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2025– Bolivia U20 6 (0)
2025– Bolivia 5 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 June 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 March 2026

Lucas Dionis Macazaga Ojopi (born 17 August 2006) is a footballer who plays as a right back for Spanish club SD Ponferradina, on loan from CD Leganés. Born in Spain, he plays for the Bolivia national team.

Club career

Born in Madrid, Spain, Macazaga began playing football aged 6 at Chimenea FC. He then played in the youth ranks of Getafe CF before joining CD Leganés at the beginning of his adolescence.[1][2]

From 2025–26, Macazaga played for the reserve team in the fifth-tier Tercera Federación, helping the club compete for promotion with one of the best defensive records.[3] At the start of 2026, he extended his contract to June of the following year.[4]

On 22 July 2026, Macazaga was loaned to Primera Federación side SD Ponferradina, for one year.[5]

International career

Possessing dual nationality due to his parents being from Beni Department in Bolivia, Macazaga was approached by the Bolivian Football Federation, who called him up for the under-20 team's friendlies against Argentina in November 2024.[1] Early in the new year, he played in the 2025 South American U-20 Championship.[6]

In March 2025, manager Óscar Villegas called Macazaga up to the senior national team ahead of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Uruguay.[7] He made his debut on 14 November in a 2–0 friendly defeat away to South Korea, as a last-minute substitute.[8]

Personal life

Prior to his international debut with Bolivia, Macazaga became a subject of discussion in his country due to a perceived physical similarity to Erling Haaland or Darwin Núñez.[9] He said that the comparisons to the Norwegian did not put him under pressure, but instead motivated him.[2]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 31 March 2026[10]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bolivia 202510
202640
Total50

References

  1. 1 2 Paz, Paulino (12 March 2025). "La historia de Lucas Macazaga: Inicios y cómo llegó a la Verde" [The story of Lucas Macazaga: Beginnings and how he arrived to La Verde]. El País (Tarija) (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 Sanabria, Ghilka (1 February 2025). "Macazaga, 'El Haaland Boliviano', da mucho de qué hablar" [Macazaga, 'The Bolivian Haaland', gives us a lot to talk about]. El Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Martín, Kiko (27 January 2026). "Macazaga, un internacional en la recámara del lateral diestro" [Macazaga, an international waiting to play at right back]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  4. ↑ Carrasco, Javi (8 January 2026). "El Lega renueva al prometedor Lucas Macazaga hasta 2027" [Lega renews the promising Lucas Macazaga until 2027]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Lucas Macazaga, cedido a la S.D. Ponferradina" [Lucas Macazaga, loaned to S.D. Ponferradina] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 22 July 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Maverino, Sílvio (28 January 2025). "Quién es el Haaland boliviano que enfrentó a Argentina en el Sub 20" [Who is the Bolivian Haaland who took on Argentina in the Under-20 Championship?]. El Gráfico (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "¿Quién es Lucas Macazaga, el 'Haaland boliviano' que enfrentará a Perú por Eliminatorias?" [Who is Lucas Macazaga, the 'Bolivian Haaland' who will take on Peru in the World Cup qualifiers?]. Líbero (in Spanish). 13 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  8. ↑ Rivero de Ugarte, Pedro (14 November 2025). "Los debutantes que respondieron: Tórrez, Macazaga y Gómez aprobaron en la Verde" [The debutants who responded: Tórrez, Macazaga and Gómez passed for La Verde]. El Deber (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  9. ↑ "Físico impactante: el jugador boliviano que causa furor por su parecido con estrellas internacionales" [Striking appearance: the Bolivian player who causes furore through his resemblance to international stars] (in Spanish). Eju!. 5 November 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  10. ↑ Lucas Macazaga at National-Football-Teams.com
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