Fernando Aristeguieta

Fernando Aristeguieta
Personal information
Full name Fernando Luis Aristeguieta de Luca
Date of birth (1992-04-09) 9 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Caracas, Venezuela
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Caracas (manager)
Youth career
1999–2007 San Ignacio de Loyola
2007 Centro Ítalo
2007–2009 Caracas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Caracas 71 (31)
2013–2017 Nantes 45 (9)
2015Philadelphia Union (loan) 21 (5)
2016Red Star (loan) 8 (1)
2017 Nacional 13 (1)
2017–2018 Caracas 27 (15)
2018–2019 América de Cali 37 (19)
2019–2020 Morelia 31 (8)
2020–2021 Mazatlán 31 (7)
2021–2023 Puebla 35 (10)
2023Caracas (loan) 3 (1)
International career
2010–2022 Venezuela 30 (1)
Managerial career
2024 Puebla U23
2024 Puebla (interim)
2024– Caracas
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Luis Aristeguieta de Luca (born 9 April 1992) is a Venezuelan professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of Caracas.

Aristeguieta began his professional career with Caracas in 2009 and stayed at the club until 2013. At age 20, he was the top goalscorer in the Torneo Apertura 2012, scoring 14 goals. In his first season in France, he helped his team Nantes to achieve promotion to Ligue 1 in the 2012–13 season.

He is the only player in history who has scored a hat-trick in the Venezuelan Clásico, which is played between the two most popular teams in the country: Caracas and Deportivo Táchira. He also became the first Venezuelan player in history to score a goal in Ligue 1 of France. He was the first player to score a goal for Mazatlán after its foundation in June 2020.

Aristeguieta has played for the Venezuela national team since 2010.