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Facundo Axel Medina (born 28 May 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Ligue 1 club Lens and the Argentina national team.[1]

Facundo Medina

Medina with Lens in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Facundo Axel Medina
Date of birth	(1999-05-28) 28 May 1999 (age 23)[1]
Place of birth	Villa Fiorito, Argentina[2]
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s)	Centre-back, left-back[4]
Club information
Current team	Lens
Number	14
Youth career
	River Plate
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2017	River Plate	0	(0)
2018–2020	Talleres	33	(1)
2020–	Lens	68	(4)
International career‡
2018–2019	Argentina U20	12	(0)
2019–2021	Argentina U23	17	(1)
2020–	Argentina	2	(0)
Honours Representing  Argentina Men's Football Pan American Games 2019 Lima Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:13, 18 September 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:35, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Medina's career got underway with a stint with River Plate, who he was an unused substitute for four times during the 2016–17 Argentine Primera División season.[1] In January 2018, Medina completed a move to fellow Argentine Primera División side Talleres.[5][6] After featuring for their U20s at the 2018 U-20 Copa Libertadores in February, he made his first league appearances in August when he played in matches against Boca Juniors, Rosario Central and Gimnasia y Esgrima.[1] He scored his first senior goal in February 2020 against Huracán.[1] After a total of 37 appearances for Talleres, Medina departed in July 2020 to Ligue 1 side Lens.[7]

Medina netted his first goal for Lens on 13 September against Lorient, scoring with an overhead kick as his side won 3–2 away from home.[1][8] He scored again on 3 February 2021 during a 2–2 draw at home to Marseille.[1] His third Lens goal arrived on his Coupe de France starting debut in a defeat away to Red Star of Championnat National on 6 March.[1]

International career

After playing in all three of Talleres' fixtures at the beginning of 2018–19, Medina received a call-up to the Argentina U20 squad.[9][10] He subsequently featured on 29 August 2018 in a friendly with Uruguay.[9][10] He had previous experience with the U20s during his time with River Plate, and was also called up to train against the senior squad during the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[5][11] In December, Medina was selected for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship.[12] He was also picked for the subsequent FIFA U-20 World Cup.[13] He featured eleven times in the tournaments.[1] Medina was called by the U23s for the 2019 Pan American Games.[14]

Medina appeared in all five of Argentina's matches at the Pan American Games, as they came away with the trophy after defeating Honduras in the final.[1] In September 2020, having won the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament with the U23s months earlier, Medina received his first call-up to the Argentina senior squad from manager Lionel Scaloni.[2] He debuted in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying victory away to Bolivia on 13 October, after replacing Lautaro Martínez for the final moments at the Estadio Hernando Siles.[1]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 November 2022[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
River Plate	2016–17	Argentine Primera División	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	2017–18		0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
Talleres	2017–18	Argentine Primera División	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	2018–19		16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
	2019–20		17	1	2	0	1	0	—		0	0	20	1
	Total		33	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	37	1
Lens	2020–21	Ligue 1	24	2	2	1	—		—		—		26	3
	2021–22		31	1	3	0	—		—		—		34	1
	2022–23		13	1	0	0	—		—		—		13	1
	Total		68	4	5	1	—		—		—		73	5
Career total			101	5	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	110	6

International

As of match played 10 October 2021[1]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Argentina	2020	1	0
	2021	1	0
Total		2	0

Honours

Argentina U23[2][15]

• Pan American Games: 2019
• Pre-Olympic Tournament: 2020

References

External links

• Facundo Medina at Soccerway

На других языках

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[de] Facundo Medina

Facundo Axel Medina (* 28. Mai 1999 in Villa Fiorito, Lomas de Zamora) ist ein argentinischer Fußballspieler, der seit Juli 2020 beim französischen Erstligisten RC Lens unter Vertrag steht. Der Innenverteidiger ist seit Oktober 2020 argentinischer Nationalspieler.

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- [en] Facundo Medina

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[es] Facundo Medina

Facundo Medina (Villa Fiorito, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 28 de mayo de 1999) es un futbolista argentino. Juega como defensa y su equipo actual es el R. C. Lens de la Ligue 1 de Francia. Es internacional absoluto con la Selección Argentina

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[fr] Facundo Medina

Facundo Medina né le 28 mai 1999 à Lomas de Zamora en Argentine, est un footballeur international argentin qui évolue au poste de défenseur central ou d'arrière gauche au RC Lens.

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[it] Facundo Medina

Facundo Axel Medina (Buenos Aires, 28 maggio 1999) è un calciatore argentino, difensore del Lens.

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[ru] Медина, Факундо

Факундо Аксель Медина (исп. Facundo Axel Medina; род. 28 мая 1999[2][3][4], Буэнос-Айрес) — аргентинский футболист, защитник клуба «Ланс» и сборной Аргентины. Чемпион Панамериканских игр 2019 года. Участник Олимпийских игр в Токио.

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