Lucas Boyé

Lucas Boyé
Boyé with AEK Athens in 2018
Personal information
Full name Lucas Ariel Boyé[1]
Date of birth (1996-02-28) 28 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth San Gregorio, Argentina
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Granada
Number 7
Youth career
2007–2014 River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 River Plate 42 (3)
2015–2016 → Newell's Old Boys (loan) 6 (1)
2016–2021 Torino 41 (1)
2018 → Celta (loan) 13 (0)
2018–2019 → AEK Athens (loan) 23 (6)
2019–2020 → Reading (loan) 19 (0)
2020–2021 → Elche (loan) 34 (7)
2021–2023 Elche 62 (15)
2023– Granada 43 (9)
International career‡
2022 Argentina 1 (0)
2024- Spain 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2022

Lucas Ariel Boyé (born 28 February 1996) is a Spanish-Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Segunda División club Granada.

Club career

Early career

Boyé was called up by Ramon Diaz for River Plate's pre-season in Salta in January 2014.[3] His unofficial debut took place on 29 January 2014 in a friendly against San Lorenzo de Almagro at the Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena in Salta, when he replaced Jonathan Fabbro 23 minutes into the second half. River Plate lost the match to San Lorenzo 3–1.

Soon after he returned to play for the first team in another friendly, this time against the provincial team of San Luis, entering at the beginning of the second half to replace Daniel Villalba in a match which River Plate won 3–1. He made his official debut against Ferro in the final tournament of the 2013–14 Copa Argentina, in a match which River Plate won 6–5 in a penalty shootout.[4]

His debut in the Argentine Primera División came in a 1–1 tie against Gimnasia y Esgrima on the first day of the 2014 Torneo de Transición.[5] Four days later, on 31 August, Boyé scored his first goal in the Primera División off an assist from Tomas Martinez, the third in a match which River won 3–1 against San Lorenzo.[6]

Torino

On 1 February 2016, he signed a contract with Italian club Torino for four seasons, starting in July 2016.[7]

Loan deals

On 31 January 2018, he moved on loan to Spanish club Celta.

In the 2018–19 season Boyé joined AEK on loan.[8] On 28 October 2018 he scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 home win game against Aris Thessaloniki.[9] On 23 February 2019, he scored a brace, his first in his career, sealing a 2–1 home win game against Apollon Smyrnis.[10]

On 2 August 2019, English Championship club Reading announced the signing of Boyé on a season-long loan deal from Torino.[11] He scored his first goal for Reading in an EFL Cup tie against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 25 September 2019. However he also went on to miss a penalty in the shootout in the same game as Reading ultimately lost.[12]

Elche

On 21 September 2020, the newly promoted La Liga team Elche announced that Boyé had joined them on loan with an option to buy.[13] On 13 May 2021, Elche announced that they had exercised the option to buy Boyé permanently.[14]

Granada

On 30 August 2023, Boyé joined La Liga side Granada for a reported fee of €7 million, plus add-ons,[15] signing a four-year contract with the club.[15][16]

Style of play

Nicknamed El Tanque (The Tank) or El Toro (The Bull), Boyé is described as a well structured, yet agile centre forward, with excellent technique and dribbling ability.[17] He is noted for his work rate and willingness to sacrifice himself for the team.[17] He is compared to former Roma forward Abel Balbo.[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 May 2024[18]
Club statistics
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
River Plate 2013–14 Argentine Primera División 0 0 3 0 – 6[c] 0 9 0
2014 17 1 0 0 – 0 0 17 1
2015 9 1 2 0 – 0 0 11 1
2016 16 1 1 0 – 0 0 17 1
Total 42 3 6 0 – 6 0 54 3
Newell's Old Boys (loan) 2015 Argentine Primera División 6 1 0 0 – 1[c] 0 7 1
Torino 2016–17 Serie A 30 1 3 2 – – 33 3
2017–18 11 0 3 0 – – 14 0
Total 41 1 6 2 – – 47 3
Celta Vigo (loan) 2017–18 La Liga 13 0 0 0 – – 13 0
AEK Athens (loan) 2018–19 Super League Greece 23 6 9 0 – 4[d] 0 36 6
Reading (loan) 2019–20 Championship 19 0 2 1 3 1 – 24 2
Elche (loan) 2020–21 La Liga 34 7 2 1 – – 36 8
Elche 2021–22 La Liga 24 7 0 0 – – 24 7
2022–23 35 7 2 0 – – 37 7
2023–24 Segunda División 3 1 0 0 – – 3 1
Total 62 15 2 0 – – 64 15
Granada 2023–24 La Liga 31 6 0 0 – – 31 6
Career total 271 39 27 4 3 1 11 0 311 44
  1. ^ Includes Copa Argentina, Coppa Italia, Greek Football Cup, Copa del Rey, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 25 March 2022[18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Argentina 2022 1 0
Spain 2024 0 0
Total 1 0

Honours

River Plate

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Reading" (PDF). English Football League. p. 59. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Lucas Boyé". La Liga. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  3. ^ "LUCAS BOYE en SALTA – reportaje exclusivo". Ancaloo.com.ar. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Boyé, otra gran aparición de la cantera millonaria – Copa Argentina 2013–14 | River Plate – La Página Millonaria". River Plate. 28 July 2014. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Un final increíble | Olé". Ole.com.ar. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Gimnasia La Plata vs. River Plate – 11 August 2014". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Boyé al Toro | TORINO FC 1906 SITO UFFICIALE". Torino FC (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  8. ^ Παίρνει Λούκας Μπογέ η ΑΕΚ!. www.sport-fm.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  9. ^ ΑΕΚ – Άρης 4-0: "Σόου" από Πόνσε και Μπογέ στο άδειο ΟΑΚΑ. www.sport24.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  10. ^ ΑΕΚ - Απόλλων Σμύρνης 2–1: "Καθάρισε" ο Μπογέ. Sport24 (in Greek). Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Lucas Boyé joins Royals on loan". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Wolves 1–1 Reading". BBC Sport. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Lucas Boyé, quinto fichaje del Elche CF El atacante argentino llega al Martínez Valero cedido con opción de compra". elchecf.es (in Spanish). 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  14. ^ "OFICIAL – El Elche ejerce la opción de compra por Lucas Boyé". elchecf.es (in Spanish). 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  15. ^ a b Gil, Aimara G. (30 August 2023). "Lucas Boyé refuerza el ataque del Granada". Diario AS (in European Spanish). Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  16. ^ "Lucas Boyé, nuevo jugador del Granada CF". Granada CF (in European Spanish). 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  17. ^ a b c "Stazza e piedi buoni: ecco chi è Lucas Boyè (VIDEO)". Giallorossi.net. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  18. ^ a b Lucas Boyé at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 July 2016.