Lucão (footballer, born 1995)

For other uses, see Lucao.

Lucão
Personal information
Full name Lucas Marcos Meireles[1]
Date of birth (1995-09-22) 22 September 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Dores do Turvo, Brazil[1]
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Fagiano Okayama
Number 99
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Arsenal-MG 7 (0)
2017 Makedonija GjP 11 (0)
2017–2018 Renova 18 (3)
2018 Gjilani 0 (0)
2018–2019 Apollon Larissa 24 (8)
2019–2020 Kagoshima United 16 (3)
2020 → Zweigen Kanazawa (loan) 24 (10)
2021–2022 Matsumoto Yamaga 25 (4)
2023– Fagiano Okayama 43 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 March 2023, 10:00 (UTC)

Lucas Marcos Meireles (born 22 September 1995), commonly known as Lucão (ルカオ), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward and currently plays for Japanese club Fagiano Okayama.

Club career

On 5 July 2018, he joined Albanian-based Kosovan side Gjilani.[2] However, later in the same month, he moved to Greece to join Apollon Larissa.[3]

He moved to Kagoshima United the following season.[4] After one season with Kagoshima United, he was loaned to Zweigen Kanazawa.[5] This loan spell was very successful, with Lucão scoring numerous goals for Zweigen Kanazawa, finishing with ten league goals for the season.[6][7][8]

At the expiration of his loan deal with Zweigen Kanazawa, it was announced that he would join Matsumoto Yamaga for the 2021 season.[9] He signed a contract extension with Matsumoto Yamaga for the 2022 season.[10] He left at the end of the 2022 season.[11]

In February 2023, he signed for Fagiano Okayama, following his departure from Matsumoto Yamaga.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 July 2019.[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Arsenal-MG 2016 – 0 0 7[a] 0 7 0
Makedonija GjP 2016–17 First Football League 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Renova 2017–18 18 3 1[b] 0 0 0 19 3
Gjilani 2018–19 Superleague of Kosovo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Apollon Larissa 2018–19 Football League 24 8 3[c] 3 0 0 27 11
Career total 53 11 4 3 7 0 64 14
Notes
  1. ^ Appearances in the Campeonato Mineiro Módulo II
  2. ^ Appearances in the Macedonian Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in the Greek Cup

References

  1. ^ a b Lucão at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Sulmues brazilian + mbrojtës shqiptar" [Brazilian striker + Albanian defender]. topsporti.com (in Albanian). 6 July 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Στον Απόλλωνα Λάρισας ο Βραζιλιάνος φορ Lucas Marcos Meireles (Lucao)" [At Apollon Larisa the Brazilian forward Lucas Marcos Meireles (Lucao)]. larisacitynews.gr (in Greek). 27 July 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. ^ "ルカオ 選手 新加入のお知らせ" [Announcement of Lucao player new participation]. 6 August 2019. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  5. ^ "ルカオ選手 鹿児島ユナイテッドFCより期限付き移籍加入のお知らせ" [Lucao joins Kagoshima United FC on loan]. prtimes.jp (in Japanese). 28 December 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  6. ^ "【金沢】ルカオ、移籍後"１号"からハット「点を取ることが自分の仕事」ＦＣ北陸に１０―０大勝" [[Kanazawa] Lucao wins 10-0 big win over FC Hokuriku with hat "scoring points is my job" from "1" after transfer]. hochi.news (in Japanese). 2 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  7. ^ "ルカオが語ったポスト直撃シュートの真相" [The truth of the post direct hit shot that Lucao talked about]. hochi.news (in Japanese). 3 July 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2023. (subscription required)
  8. ^ "【金沢】豪快ゴールで得点ランク首位に並んだルカオ「狙っていた」" [[Kanazawa] Lucao, who lined up at the top of the scorer ranking with a spectacular goal, "was aiming"]. soccermagazine.jp (in Japanese). 3 August 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  9. ^ "ルカオ選手 期限付き移籍期間満了のお知らせ" [Announcement of the expiration of the transfer period for Lucao player]. prtimes.jp (in Japanese). 5 January 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  10. ^ "松本山雅　ルカオ　契約更新" [Matsumoto Yamaga Lucao contract renewal]. shinmai.co.jp (in Japanese). 6 January 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  11. ^ "FWルカオが松本を退団「2年間ありがとうございました Vamos yamaga」" [FW Lucao leaves Matsumoto "Thank you for two years Vamos yamaga"]. news.livedoor.com (in Japanese). 6 January 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  12. ^ "ファジ、ブラジル出身ルカオ獲得　長身ＦＷ、２０年Ｊ２で２桁得点" [Fagiano acquires Lucao from Brazil Tall FW, double-digit score in 2020 J2]. sanyonews.jp (in Japanese). 28 February 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  13. ^ Lucão at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 July 2019.


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