Lucas Vazquez - the unexpected discovery of "Real"

Youth Academy of Madrid "Real" produces a lot of talented players, but in the main part only eleven seats, and not all remain in one of the strongest clubs in the world. Lucas Vazquez is one of the pupils of Real Madrid, who, despite everything, continues to fight for a place under the sun in the "royal club". He is 25 years old, but he is still not a star of the first magnitude, so he can hardly count on much. But at the same time, Lucas Vazquez manages to get the practice game and so far he does not plan to leave the "Real".

Carier start

Lucas Vazquez was born on July 1, 1991 in Spain, at the age of nine he went to the football academy of the club "Curtis", bearing the name of his hometown. After staying there for four years, Lucas moved to another club, "Ural", where he stayed for another three years. When he was 16 years old, a miracle occurred that Vasquez could not even dream of - he was spotted by the Scots of Real Madrid and offered to go to the Madrid academy. Naturally, Lucas agreed and in 2007 became part of the youth system of "Real".

In 2009, he turned 18, and he received a professional contract from the club, but even then it was clear that he was not considered a new star. For two years, Lucas Vazquez played for the third team of Real Madrid, until in 2011 he received a promotion, but not at the main team, but only in the second. There he was waited three more years of performances, during which he played 92 matches, scoring 15 goals. This is not very comfortable with the player, and the club's management after the last season noticed that Vasquez has a certain potential. Therefore, in 2014, a 23-year-old player was sent to "Espanyol" so that he could get there playing practice.

Rent in Espanola

Lucas Vazquez is a football player who does not give up, so in Espanola he was eager to show everything he is capable of. As a result, he spent a whole year there, becoming an important part of the team. He went on the field 38 times, scoring 4 goals at the same time. As a result, in early June, "Espanol" decided to redeem the player's transfer for five hundred thousand euros, signing with him a four-year contract. And, perhaps, Vasquez would stay there for long, if something unusual had not happened - less than a month after signing the contract with the "Hispaniol" Lucas received an invitation from the "Real", the club called him back. The "creamy" had the option of priority redemption for a million euros, which they used. As a result, "Espanyol" earned five hundred thousand euros, and gained experience Lucas Vazquez, whose biography has made an incredible turn, returned to Real Madrid.

Return to Real Madrid

Of course, it can not be said that Vasquez was given a permanent seat in the "Real", because on the flanks he had to compete with such football giants as Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale. And even on the bench there were other contenders, such as Hes and Denis Cheryshev. But, despite this, Vazquez managed to enter the field in 32 games, scoring four goals at the same time. In the current season, Lucas appeared on the field in eight fights, having noted three assists.

National team appearances

The sudden rise of Vasquez influenced his career in the Spanish national team. Prior to that, no one considered his candidacy on any of the levels, that is, he did not end up with even a single match for any of the youth teams. But in June 2016, Lucas was summoned to a friendly match against the Georgian team, spent 62 minutes on the field and immediately got into the application for the European Championship in 2016. All three matches of the group stage, he spent on the bench, leaving for a substitution only in the 1/8 finals against the Italians, where the Spanish team lost. The third and last match to date Vazquez for the national team took place in September 2016 - it was a friendly match against the Belgian national team, where Vasquez was replaced by 15 minutes.