Lucas Emanuel Ríos
Midfielder · Cúcuta Deportivo · №29
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
Deportes Tolima
Cúcuta Deportivo
Primera A
|
2:1 | |
Cúcuta Deportivo
Alianza Petrolera
Primera A
|
1:0 | |
Fortaleza FC
Cúcuta Deportivo
Primera A
|
2:0 | |
Bucaramanga
Cúcuta Deportivo
Primera A
|
1:1 | |
Once Caldas
Cúcuta Deportivo
Primera A
|
5:1 | |
Cúcuta Deportivo
Junior
Primera A
|
1:1 | |
Santa Fe
Cúcuta Deportivo
Primera A
|
5:0 | |
Cúcuta Deportivo
America de Cali
Primera A
|
2:0 | |
Cúcuta Deportivo
Chico
Primera A
|
1:0 | |
Deportivo Pereira
Cúcuta Deportivo
Primera A
|
2:2 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Primera A | 2026 | 14 |
About the player
Lucas Emanuel Ríos made his professional debut for Unión Santa Fe in the Argentine Primera División on 17 August 2019, coming off the bench in a defeat to Newell's Old Boys. He stayed at the club for one season before moving on to Real Pilar, where he found regular football and a scoring touch in the Primera C Metropolitana.
His career turned decisively when he joined Cúcuta Deportivo in Colombia in mid-2022. The club secured a majority stake in his economic rights through an arrangement involving the mayor's office and a business group, a sign of how much they valued him. He repaid that faith in 2023, finishing as both top scorer and top assist provider of the Torneo BetPlay Dimayor II, and helping Cúcuta reach the promotion final that year, which they went on to lose.
Ríos left on loan for Once Caldas in July 2024 and featured regularly in the Colombian Primera A. Independiente Santa Fe showed interest in signing him at the start of 2025, and he made clear he wanted the move, but it did not materialise and he stayed with Cúcuta. He returned from the Once Caldas loan on a permanent basis at the end of June 2025 and played out the season back at Cúcuta before resigning from the club in January 2026.
An attacking midfielder by trade, Ríos built his career in the lower and mid-tier divisions of Argentine and Colombian football.
Career path
- 2022 — 2026 — now Cúcuta Deportivo 91 matches
- 2025 Independiente Santa Fe 10 matches
- 2024 Once Caldas 18 matches
- 2020 Real Pilar 1 match
- 2019 — 2020 CA Unión (Santa Fe) 15 matches
- 2018 CA Unión (Santa Fe) II 5 matches
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23/24 | Cúcuta Deportivo | Torneo DIMAYOR I | 12 | 3 | 0 | 769 |
| 2026 | Cúcuta Deportivo | Liga DIMAYOR Apertura | 8 | 1 | 1 | 306 |
| 2026 | Cúcuta Deportivo | Liga Dimayor Finalización | 3 | 1 | 0 | 118 |
| 2025 | Cúcuta Deportivo | Torneo DIMAYOR II | 10 | 1 | 0 | 526 |
| 2025 | Independiente Santa Fe | Liga DIMAYOR Apertura | 7 | 0 | 0 | 189 |
| 2025 | Cúcuta Deportivo | Fase Final Torneo DIMAYOR II | 7 | 4 | 0 | 495 |
| 2025 | Independiente Santa Fe | Copa Libertadores | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| 2025 | Independiente Santa Fe | Fase Final Liga DIMAYOR I | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | Once Caldas | Liga Dimayor Finalización | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 013 |
| 2024 | Cúcuta Deportivo | Fase Final Torneo DIMAYOR I | 5 | 1 | 1 | 422 |
| 2024 | Once Caldas | Fase Final Liga DIMAYOR II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 99 |
| 2024 | Cúcuta Deportivo | Copa Colombia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 2023 | Cúcuta Deportivo | Torneo DIMAYOR II | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 008 |
| 2023 | Cúcuta Deportivo | Torneo DIMAYOR I | 12 | 0 | 5 | 914 |
| 2023 | Cúcuta Deportivo | Copa Colombia | 10 | 1 | 2 | 773 |
| 2022 | Cúcuta Deportivo | Torneo DIMAYOR II | 8 | 1 | 0 | 509 |
| 2022 | Cúcuta Deportivo | Fase Final Torneo DIMAYOR II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 2020 | Real Pilar | Copa Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 2019 | CA Unión (Santa Fe) | Copa Superliga (-19/20) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 138 |
| 2019 | CA Unión (Santa Fe) | Copa Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| 19/20 | CA Unión (Santa Fe) | Professional Football League (- 23/24) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77 |
| 18/19 | CA Unión (Santa Fe) | Professional Football League (- 23/24) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 143 |
| 17/18 | CA Unión (Santa Fe) II | Torneo Proyección | 5 | 1 | 0 | 306 |
| Total | Cúcuta Deportivo | 91 | 17 | 12 | 6 020 | |
| Total | Once Caldas | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 112 | |
| Total | CA Unión (Santa Fe) | 15 | 0 | 0 | 425 | |
| Total | Independiente Santa Fe | 10 | 0 | 1 | 216 | |
| Total | CA Unión (Santa Fe) II | 5 | 1 | 0 | 306 | |
| Total | Real Pilar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
Transfers
Transfers- 25/26 Indep. Santa Fe Cúcuta Dep.
- 24/25 Cúcuta Dep. Indep. Santa Fe
- 24/25 Once Caldas Cúcuta Dep.
- 24/25 Cúcuta Dep. Once Caldas
- 22/23 Real Pilar Cúcuta Dep.
- 20/21 Unión Santa Fe Real Pilar
- 18/19 Unión II Unión Santa Fe
- 18/19 CA Unión U20 Unión II
