Franco Orozco
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 January 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Ezeiza, Argentina[1] | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger[2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Krylia Sovetov Samara | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lanús | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020– | Lanús | 77 | (8) |
| 2024– | → Krylia Sovetov Samara (loan) | 22 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Argentina U15 | |||
| 2018 | Argentina U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | Argentina U17 | 12 | (4) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 November 2019 | |||
Franco Orozco (born 9 January 2002) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Russian club Krylia Sovetov Samara on loan from Lanús.[3]
Club career
[edit]Orozco progressed through the Lanús youth system.[4][5] He was promoted into the club's senior squad under manager Luis Zubeldía towards the end of 2020, initially featuring in pre-season action which saw him score in a win over Gimnasia y Esgrima on 21 October.[6] A week later, Orozco made his competitive first-team debut in a 3–2 victory over São Paulo in the Copa Sudamericana; replacing Braian Aguirre early in the second half.[3] The winger did the same on 31 October in a Copa de la Liga Profesional loss at home to Boca Juniors.[3] He scored his first senior goal at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes against Talleres on 9 November.[3]
Orozco scored twice in a Copa Sudamericana round of sixteen second leg victory over Bolívar on 2 December 2020.[3] After further Copa de la Liga goals against Newell's Old Boys and Rosario Central, the winger netted on his Copa Argentina debut on 23 February against Primera C Metropolitana's Real Pilar.[3]
On 22 February 2024, Orozco moved to Russian Premier League club Krylia Sovetov Samara on loan until the end of 2024, with an option to buy.[7]
International career
[edit]Orozco represented Argentina at U15 and U17 level; appearing in over thirty matches in total.[8][9] For the U15s, he scored one goal (versus Paraguay) as they won the 2017 South American U-15 Championship on home soil.[8] For the U17s, Orozco scored two goals in his sole appearance at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup against Tajikistan; having played seven times earlier that year at the South American U-17 Championship in Peru.[3][10][11]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 28 October 2024.[3]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lanús | 2020–21[nb 1] | Argentine Primera División | 9 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 5[a] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 |
| 2021[nb 2] | Argentine Primera División | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
| 2022[nb 3] | Argentine Primera División | 27 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2[a] | 0 | — | 31 | 3 | ||
| 2023[nb 4] | Argentine Primera División | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 4 | |||
| Total | 77 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 16 | ||
| Krylia Sovetov Samara (loan) | 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2024–25 | Russian Premier League | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 3 | |||
| Total | 22 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 4 | ||||
| Career total | 99 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 20 | ||
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
Honours
[edit]- Argentina U15[8]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Soccerway counts 2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.
- ^ Soccerway counts 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.
- ^ Soccerway counts 2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.
- ^ Soccerway counts 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.
References
[edit]- ^ "¿Del Laucha Acosta al Lauchita Orozco?". Olé. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ a b Franco Orozco at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b c d e f g h Franco Orozco at Soccerway
- ^ "Orgullo local: Franco Orozco ya entrena con la primera de Lanús". Ezeiza Hoy. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Conociendo a Franco Orozco, la joven estrella de Lanús". Caliente. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Amistoso: Lanús, con un gol de Franco Orozco, se impuso a Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata por 1 a 0 en La Fortaleza". Que Mañana!. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Франко Ороско переходит в "Крылья"" (in Russian). Krylia Sovetov Samara. 22 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "Franco Orozco: "Tenemos que seguir tomando precauciones para salvar a mucha gente"". AFA. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "QUINTETO AL SUDAMERICANO SUB-17". Fortaleza Granate. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Orozco: He came, he saw, he scored". FIFA. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Con Godoy como titular debuta el seleccionado Sub 17". PaloyGol. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- 2002 births
- Living people
- People from Ezeiza, Buenos Aires
- Footballers from Buenos Aires Province
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentina men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Argentine Primera División players
- Russian Premier League players
- Club Atlético Lanús footballers
- PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen