Overview
- Real Madrid confirmed Lucas Vázquez’s exit after a decade with the first team and organized an institutional farewell at Valdebebas led by President Florentino Pérez on July 17.
- Vázquez joined Real Madrid’s academy in 2007 at age 16, debuted for the first team in September 2015 following a loan to Espanyol, and amassed 402 appearances by 2025.
- Across ten seasons he registered 38 goals, 73 assists and featured in all 23 trophy triumphs, including five Champions League and five Club World Cup victories.
- Under Zinedine Zidane he was converted from winger to right-back, demonstrating the versatility and self-sacrifice that made him a go-to squad player and a role model for La Fábrica graduates.
- In his farewell address Vázquez thanked the club and fans, affirming “Real Madrid will never leave me” as he looks ahead to joining a new team.