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Cristian Franco Lema (born 24 March 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Club Atlético Lanús as a centre-back.

Cristian Lema

Personal information
Full name	Cristian Franco Lema
Date of birth	(1990-03-24) 24 March 1990 (age 32)
Place of birth	Puerto Madryn, Argentina
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Universitario de Deportes
Number	2
Youth career
1998–2009	Guillermo Brown
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2009	Guillermo Brown	30	(1)
2010–2011	Newell's Old Boys	12	(0)
2011–2012	→ Tigre (loan)	8	(0)
2012–2014	→ Quilmes (loan)	38	(2)
2014–2018	Belgrano	106	(16)
2018–2020	Benfica	1	(0)
2019	→ Peñarol (loan)	13	(2)
2019–2020	→ Newell's Old Boys (loan)	22	(5)
2020	Damac	11	(0)
2021–	Newell's Old Boys	41	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:17, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Puerto Madryn, Lema started his football career aged 8 at hometown club Guillermo Brown. He debuted for their senior team in 2007 and left the club in 2009.[2]

A year later, Lema joined Newell's Old Boys and made his Argentine Primera División debut in a 0–0 home draw to Godoy Cruz in November.[2] After playing 12 matches with the former side, he moved on loan to Tigre in June 2011,[2][3] and there he played 11 matches, scoring one goal.[2] In July 2012, aged 22, he was loaned out to Quilmes,[2][3] with whom he would play 40 matches and score 2 goals before moving to Belgrano in 2014.[2] In his four-year spell with the latter, he became the club's defender with the most league goals ever, 16 in 123 matches. Moreover, he debuted in Copa Sudamericana in 2015.[2]

In June 2018, Lema moved to Portugal and signed a five-year contract with S.L. Benfica.[4] In February 2019, after playing only two matches for the Lisbon side in October, he was loaned to Uruguayan club Peñarol until June 2019, with option to buy.[5] Afterwards, he was loaned out to Newell's Old Boys for 2019–20.[6] He left Benfica on 1 October 2020 to join Saudi Arabian club Damac FC.[7]

On 18 February 2021, Lema returned to Newell's Old Boys, and signed a contract until December 2021.[8]

Honours

Benfica

• Primeira Liga: 2018–19[9]

References

External links

• Cristian Lema at ForaDeJogo (archived)

На других языках

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- [en] Cristian Lema

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[es] Cristian Lema

Cristian Franco Lema (Puerto Madryn, provincia de Chubut, Argentina, 24 de marzo de 1990) es un futbolista argentino que juega de defensa en Newell's Old Boys de la Primera División de Argentina.

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[it] Cristian Lema

Cristian Franco Lema (Puerto Madryn, 12 settembre 1990) è un calciatore argentino, difensore del Newell's Old Boys in prestito dal Damac.

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[ru] Лема, Кристиан

Кристиан Франко Лема (исп. Cristian Franco Lema; родился 24 марта 1990 года, Пуэрто-Мадрин, Аргентина) — аргентинский футболист, защитник клуба «Бенфика», на правах аренды выступающий за «Ньюэллс Олд Бойз».

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