Lucio Filomeno

Lucio Filomeno
Personal information
Full name	Lucio Alejo Filomeno
Date of birth	8 May 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Capital Federal, Argentina
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1988–1994	Nueva Chicago
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1997	Nueva Chicago
1998	Udinese
1998–1999	Inter Milan
2000–2002	San Lorenzo
2002–2004	Chiapas
2005	Busan IPark
2005–2006	D.C. United
2006–2007	Nueva Chicago
2007–2009	Asteras Tripolis
2009–2011	PAOK
2011–2012	Atlético de Rafaela
2013–2014	Acassuso
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 December 2013

Lucio Filomeno (born 8 May 1980) is a former Argentine footballer who played as a striker. His last club was Acassuso. After growing up in Haedo, Buenos Aires, Filomeno played for a variety of clubs around the world and also for the Argentina U-16 national team.

Club career

Filomeno made his professional debut in March 1996 playing for Nueva Chicago while still 15 years old. He was one of the youngest players to this day to start playing professionally in Argentina. He was then noticed by English club Newcastle United F.C. and made his first move to Europe. He did not play officially for Newcastle and moved to Italy where he signed first for Udinese and then for Inter Milan. A year later he returned to Argentina to join San Lorenzo de Almagro where he contributed to the club winning of the Argentine "Torneo Clausura" 2001 and the Southamerican "Copa Mercosur" 2001. Subsequently, he moved to Mexico where he joined Jaguares de Chiapas in their inaugural 2002 season, scoring the team's first goal ever in a 3–1 loss to Tigres.

In 2005, he joined South Korean side Busan IPark in K League 1, but he appeared in only League Cup 8 matches. A brief spell at D.C. United followed where he struggled to play for the first team and only scored once.^[1]

In 2006, he returned to Argentina to join his original club, Nueva Chicago. In the summer of 2007 he was signed by Greek first division club Asteras Tripolis and in June 2009 he was picked up on a two-year deal by Greek club PAOK FC. He had signed a one-year deal with Atlético de Rafaela of the Argentinian first division on August 4, 2011. He played for one season and then he stopped. In summer 2013, he signed with Acassuso playing in Primera B Metropolitana, the regionalised third division of the Argentine football league system.

Honors

D.C. United

Major League Soccer Supporter's Shield: 2006

References

^ Steinberg, Dan (3 June 2006). "Filomeno Is Hungry for More 'A Goal Means Food' to D.C. United Forward, Who Looks for More Playing Time". The Washington Post.

External links

Lucio Filomeno at BDFA (in Spanish)
Lucio Filomeno – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)

[1] Steinberg, Dan (3 June 2006). "Filomeno Is Hungry for More 'A Goal Means Food' to D.C. United Forward, Who Looks for More Playing Time". The Washington Post.

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