Adrián Ricardo Centurión won his first title on 14 December 2014, when his header gave Racing Club victory over Godoy Cruz and the Torneo de Transición, the club’s first league championship since 2001. Born on 19 January 1993 in Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province, Centurión is a left winger who came through Racing’s academy. He won three Argentine Primera División titles, with Racing in 2014 and 2018-19 and with Boca Juniors in 2016-17, and also played in Italy, Brazil, Mexico and Bolivia.
Racing academy and debut
He joined Racing’s youth ranks at 15 and was developed at the Tita Mattiussi training ground. He made his first-team debut on 7 May 2012 against Atlético de Rafaela in the Torneo Clausura. His first official goal came on 12 August that year, in an away win over Argentinos Juniors. In the 2013-14 season he was loaned to Serie A side Genoa, where he spent six months without scoring.
The 2014 championship
Back in Avellaneda, he won a place in Diego Cocca’s side. In the 2014 Torneo de Transición he played 17 of the 19 matches and scored three goals, the last on the final matchday against Godoy Cruz: a header from a Gastón Díaz cross that brought Racing the title thirteen years after their previous one. A month later, in January 2015, the club sold him to Brazilian side São Paulo for around four million euros.
São Paulo and the Boca loan
At São Paulo he played in the Brazilian league and the Copa Libertadores between 2015 and 2016, making 80 appearances and scoring 8 goals in all competitions. In 2016 the Brazilian club loaned him to Boca Juniors, where he had his most productive spell: 8 goals in 22 league games and the 2016-17 Primera División title, the second of his career. When the loan ended, in July 2017, he signed for Genoa, returning three years after his first stint there.
Return to Racing and a spell in Mexico
He played only three league games in Genoa. In January 2018 Racing brought him back for a fee similar to the one they had received for him. In May that year Jorge Sampaoli named him in Argentina’s 35-man preliminary squad for the World Cup in Russia, although he missed the final cut of 23. In the 2018-19 Superliga he was part of Eduardo Coudet’s squad that won the championship, his third league title. In June 2019, after a falling-out with the coach, he was loaned to Mexican club Atlético de San Luis, where he played 9 league games without scoring.
Vélez, San Lorenzo and Barracas Central
In January 2020 he joined Vélez Sarsfield on loan, and in July of that year the Liniers club bought his registration. At Vélez he made 62 appearances and scored 8 goals in all competitions. In 2022 he was loaned to San Lorenzo, with 11 league games and 2 goals in a few months, and in January 2023 he moved on loan to Barracas Central, where he played 10 matches without scoring before being dropped from the squad.
International career and playing style
He represented Argentina at under-20 level in 2012 and 2013, playing three matches at the 2013 South American U-20 Championship, held in Argentina, where the team went out in the first round. He never made his senior debut: the 2018 preliminary list was his only call-up to the full squad. Left-footed, he plays wide on the left or drifts inside, and his game is built on dribbling at speed and changes of pace to take on full-backs.
Bolivia and Racing de Córdoba
After about two years out of the game, he returned on 11 April 2025 with Bolivian club Oriente Petrolero, recording 31 appearances, 9 goals and 4 assists. On 14 January 2026 he signed for Racing de Córdoba of Argentina’s Primera Nacional, the second tier.
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