page_title: Pablo Chavarría
section_title: RC Lens
hierarchical_section_title: Pablo Chavarría / Career / RC Lens
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Pablo Chavarría lors d'un entraînement public du Racing Club de Lens, le 1er mai 2015, sur le terrain San Siro du Centre technique et sportif de La Gaillette.
context_page_description: Pablo Chavarría is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Spanish club RCD Mallorca as a striker.
context_section_description: On 17 July 2013, Chavarría signed for Lens in Ligue 2 for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal after leaving Anderlecht for good.
  Chavarría started his career at Lens with three goals in two games, scoring against Dijon and then scoring twice against Auxerre. On two occasions, he scored two goals in two matches, which the first one was between on 30 September 2013 and 7 October 2013 against Metz and Arles-Avignon; and the second one was between Dijon and Auxerre. In the Round of 32 in Coupe de France, he scored an equaliser against Bastia in a 2–1 win. During the season, he was included in a three-man attack with Yoann Touzghar and Danijel Ljuboja in a 4-4-2 formation by Manager Antoine Kombouaré. However, during a 1–1 draw against Le Havre on 17 February 2017, he sustained an injury, resulting being substituted in the second half and was sidelined for two weeks. Up until his injury in February, he went on to score the total of ten goals for the side. It wasn't until on 31 March 2014 when he made his return in a match against Clermont, which resulted in a 1–1 draw. It wasn't until on 25 April 2014 when he scored again, in a 1–1 draw against AS Nancy. In his first season at Lens, Chavarría finished as a second top-scorer behind Yoann Touzghar contributing to the club's promotion to Ligue 1.
  In the 2014–15 season, Chavarría scored two times at the start of the against Reims and Bastia despite the club's poor start in Ligue 1. However, he soon suffered a hamstring injury that kept him out throughout December 2014 after sustaining it during a 2–0 win over Metz. After returning to the first team against Guingamp on 10 January 2015, he then scored again, in a 3–3 draw against Saint-Étienne on 6 February 2015. Chavarría later scored three vital goals, including against Toulouse, Lille and Nantes. However, despite the club's relegation back to Ligue 2, Chavarría went on to score 7 times in the total of 33 appearances.
  In the 2015–16 season, which saw Lens back in Ligue 2, Chavarría was given the captaincy at the start of the season He played his first match as captain in the opening game of the season, with a 0–0 draw against Metz. It wasn't until on 21 September 2015 when Chavarría scored his first goal of the season, in a 1–0 win over Valenciennes. Chavarría then scored two goals by the end of 2015 against Nîmes Olympique and Bourg-en-Bresse. His performance throughout December earned him this month Player of the Month. It wasn't until on 11 March 2016 when he scored again, in a 1–1 draw against Clermont Foot. Several weeks later, Chavarría set up two goals, in a 3–0 win over Auxerre. Despite being on the sidelined from the first team, Chavarría finished the 2015–16 season, making 28 appearances and scoring 8 times in all competitions.
caption: Chavarría in training at Lens.
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