Érica Lonigro

Érica Lonigro
Personal information
Full name Érica Noelia Lonigro
Date of birth (1994-07-06) July 6, 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Argentina
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Rosario Central
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2023 Rosario Central
2021 → Libertad/Limpeño (loan)
2022 → River Plate (loan)
2024– Dux Logroño
International career
2021– Argentina 13 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Érica Noelia Lonigro (born 6 July 1994) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a striker for the Spanish club Dux Logroño.[2]

Early life

Lonigro was born in the Las Flores neighborhood and sold flowers as a child.[3] Nicknamed "Jesi", she started playing football at a young age and played football with future FIFA World Cup winner Ángel Correa as a child.[4] As a teenager, she was part of the Sur Productora youth program.[5]

Career

Before focusing on football, Lonigro worked in a cleaning company among other occupations.[6] Besides Argentina, Lonigro has played in Paraguay.[7] During the 2019/20 season, she made sixteen appearances and scored seventeen goals before the season was halted due to the Coronavirus pandemic.[5]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first

As of match played 2 March 2024.[8]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 12 July 2022 Estadio Centenario, Armenia, Colombia  Peru
4–0
4–0
 2022 Copa América
2. 9 October 2022 Estadio Municipal de Chapín, Jerez, Spain  Poland 2–0 2–2 Friendly

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ^ "De Rosario a España sin escalas: Lonigro, ex Central, se convirtió en jugadora del Logroño". Diario El Ciudadano y la Región (in European Spanish). 3 February 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Erica Lonigro, la gran goleadora de las chicas de Central". lacapital.com.ar.
  4. ^ "Érica Lonigro y lo que significa jugar en Arroyito". elciudadanoweb.com. 6 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Erica Lonigro – Redacción Rosario article". redaccionrosario.com. 12 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Érica Lonigro, goleadora de Rosario Central: "Mi sueño es vestir la camiseta de la Selección Argentina"".
  7. ^ "El fútbol de Paraguay le abre la puerta a las argentinas". feminafutbol.com. 29 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Argentina – É. Lonigro – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway".


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