Luciano Gondou

Luciano Gondou
Gondou in 2024
Personal information
Full name Luciano Emilio Gondou Zanelli
Date of birth (2001-06-22) 22 June 2001
Place of birth Rufino, Santa Fe, Argentina
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 CSKA Moscow
Number 32
Youth career
–2019 Sarmiento
2019–2021 River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 Sarmiento 82 (17)
2023–2024 Argentinos Juniors 39 (12)
2024–2025 Zenit Saint Petersburg 37 (10)
2026– CSKA Moscow 14 (2)
International career‡
2024– Argentina U23 7 (4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 August 2024

Luciano Emilio Gondou Zanelli (born 22 June 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacker for the Russian club CSKA Moscow.[1]

Club career

Born in Rufino, Santa Fe, Gondou was in the youth academy at Sarmiento before joining River Plate in 2019. He started his career as a left-sided midfielder before developing into a left-footed forward player. With River Plate, he reached the final of the 2020 U-20 Copa Libertadores, which they lost to Ecuadorean side Independiente del Valle. In March 2021, he returned to Sarmiento and signed a professional contract with the club. The following month he made his senior debut.[2][3]

In July 2023, Gondou signed for Argentinos Juniors agreeing to a four-year contract with Argentinos Juniors reportedly paying a fee of $3,500,000 for 80% of his playing rights.[4] He made his debut in the Copa Libertadores against Fluminense in August 2023.[5] He scored his first goals for Argentinos Juniors on 21 August 2023, against his former club River Plate, scoring a brace as his side completed a comeback 3–2 league win.[6]

On 27 August 2024, Gondou signed a four-year contract with Russian Premier League champions Zenit St. Petersburg.[7] Four days later on his debut against Pari NN he scored twice in a 3–0 Zenit away victory.[8]

On 11 January 2026, Gondou moved to CSKA Moscow on a four-and-a-half-year contract.[9] On 7 April 2026, he scored a hat-trick in a Russian Cup Regions Path semi-final against Krylia Sovetov Samara.[10]

International career

In November 2023, Gondou was called up to the Argentina national under-23 football team by coach Javier Mascherano.[11] In January 2024, he scored in his first two appearances for Argentina U23, against Paraguay U23 and Peru U23.[12] He also scored the only goal of the game as Argentina beat Brazil U23 to secure qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games.[13]

In June 2024, he was named in the provisional Argentina squad for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[14][15]

Career statistics

As of match played 22 August 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sarmiento 2020 Primera Nacional 0010—10
2021 Argentine Primera División 26610—276
2022 Argentine Primera División 34510—355
2023 Argentine Primera División 22610—236
Total 821740—8617
Argentinos Juniors 2023 Argentine Primera División 149102[b]0179
2024 Argentine Primera División 163213[c]1215
Total 301231513814
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2024–25 Russian Premier League 231061—2911
2025–26 Russian Premier League 14072—212
Total 3710133005013
CSKA Moscow 2025–26 Russian Premier League 9143—134
2026–27 Russian Premier League 5110—61
Total 1425300195
Career total 163412575119349
  1. ↑ Includes Copa Argentina, Russian Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  3. ↑ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Zenit Saint Petersburg

References

  1. ↑ Luciano Gondou at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "LUCIANO GONDOU – SARMIENTO'S RELENTLESS STRIKER". Leftbackfootball. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Luciano Gondou, the scorer that River could have had will now face them in Sarmiento". TYC Sports. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Mancuso, Matias (11 July 2023). "Argentines presented Luciano Gondou". Ole.com. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Argentinos Juniors lost in Marcaná and was eliminated from the Libertadores". TNTSPORTS. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Gondou, the Argentine figure who is "grateful" to River". Ole.com. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Лусиано Гонду — в "Зените"!" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 27 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "Pari v Zenit game report". Russian Premier League. 31 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Лусиано Гонду — в ПФК ЦСКА!" [Luciano Gondou] (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 11 January 2026. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  10. ↑ "ЦСКА вышел в финал Пути регионов FONBET Кубка России" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 7 April 2026. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "THE SENSITIVE LOSS SUFFERED BY JAVIER MASCHERANO'S SUB 23". elgrafico. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "Luciano Gondou's brutal mark in the soccer Pre-Olympic: two goals in 20 minutes to rescue Argentina". Clarin.com. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  13. ↑ "Sub 23 Olympic Pre-Olympic: Argentina beat Brazil 1-0 and qualified for Paris 2024". Pagina12. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  14. ↑ Smart, Ryan (3 June 2024). "Argentina name 23-man provisional squad for the 2024 Olympics as two Premier League stars not included". Sportbible. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  15. ↑ "GONDOU Luciano". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 12 August 2024.
  16. ↑ ""Зенит" стал 11-кратным чемпионом России и обновил рекорд по количеству титулов" [Zenit became Russian champion for 11th time and updated the record for number of trophies] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 17 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
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