#9 Lucas Pratto
Pratto, who currently plays his club football for Brazilian club Atletico Mineiro, is a tall striker with excellent ball control and has incredible pace. He can play as a secondary striker and is really good when deployed in that role.
He started off his career at Boca Juniors and was loaned out to Tigre, Union, Lyn Football and Universidad Catolica. It was during his spell his spell with the Chilean side that he started making an impression and he won the Foreign Footballer of the Year award.
In 2011, Italian club Genoa secured his services and he had a good start to his career with the Rossoblu, but managerial changes in the club didn’t help his cause. Subsequently, he was loaned out to the Argentine club, Velez Sarsfield for the next season.
After Pratto’s impressive performances, the club signed him on a permanent deal. He won the Velez Sarsfield Player of the Year award in 2013 and 2014. He was the top scorer of the Argentine top flight and won the Argentine Footballer of the Year award in 2014.
Brazilian club, Atletico Mineiro came calling in 2014 December and his performances for the Brazilian club had earned him a place in the national side as he was called up for the World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Venezuela. He scored his first goal for Argentina against Venezuela.
