Igor Lichnovsky

Footballer

Birthday March 7, 1994

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Peñaflor, Chile

Age 30 years old

Nationality Chile

Height 1.86m

Weight 74 kg

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1955

He played one match as a substitute for his competitive debut for the fourth-place finishers, as a 55th-minute replacement for Gary Medel in a 1–0 group loss against Uruguay in the Maracanã Stadium.

Universidad de Chile

Necaxa

Cruz Azul

Tigres UANL

América

1994

Igor Lichnovsky Osorio (born 7 March 1994) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga MX club América, on loan from Tigres UANL.

Born in Peñaflor near Santiago to an Austrian father of German and Slovak descent, Lichnovsky joined Club Universidad de Chile at the age of 8.

2011

On 20 November 2011 he first appeared in the Campeonato Nacional, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–0 home draw against Club Deportivo Universidad Católica for the Clausura in which he was also voted as Player of the match.

2012

Lichnovsky scored his first goal as a professional on 29 April 2012, contributing to a 5–0 derby home win over Colo-Colo.

Lichnovsky's good performances for both Universidad and the Chilean national youth teams attracted interest from English club Chelsea.

2013

He participated with the latter in the 2013 South American Youth Championship, helping his team qualify to the 2013 FIFA World Cup in Turkey whilst acting as captain in both tournaments.

2014

However, nothing came of it, and in late June 2014 he signed a four-year contract with FC Porto from Portugal, being initially assigned to the B team.

Lichnovsky made his debut with the full side on 14 November 2014, playing the entire 5–0 friendly win with Venezuela at the Estadio CAP in Talcahuano.

2015

Lichnovsky played his first competitive match on 17 October 2015, in a 2–0 win at Varzim S.C. in the third round of the Taça de Portugal.

On 22 January of the following year he was loaned to Sporting de Gijón until June, making his La Liga debut on 17 February by featuring the entire 1–3 home loss against FC Barcelona.

2016

Lichnovsky returned to Spain on 2 August 2016, joining Segunda División team Real Valladolid on another loan, and scored his first goal in the country on 3 September when he opened a 2–1 home victory over Girona FC in the third minute.

2017

On 21 June 2017, Lichnovsky moved to the third continent of his career by joining Club Necaxa.

He made his Liga MX debut on 24 July in a 2–0 win at C.D. Veracruz, and was ever-present over the season for the team from Aguascalientes City.

2018

Lichnovsky transferred to Cruz Azul of the same league in May 2018.

He scored his first goal in Mexican football the following 31 March, to secure a 2–2 draw away to CF Monterrey.

He did not make his second appearance until 27 March 2018, in a goalless exhibition away to Denmark.

2019

Manager Reinaldo Rueda called Lichnovsky up for the 2019 Copa América in Brazil.

2020

On 10 October 2020, Lichnovsky signed with Al Shabab FC of the Saudi Professional League.

Lichnovsky was capped by Chile at under-17 and under-20 levels.