Lucas Leiva
- This is a Portuguese name; the first family name is Pezzini and the second is Leiva.
.jpg) Lucas playing for Lazio FC | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Lucas Pezzini Leiva[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 January 1987 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Lazio | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Grêmio | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Grêmio | 38 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2017 | Liverpool | 247 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Lazio | 101 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Brazil U20 | 9 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Brazil U23 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2013 | Brazil | 24 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:13, 24 January 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2013 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Lucas Pezzini Leiva or Lucas Leiva[3] (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈlukɐz ˈlejvɐ]) (born 9 January 1987) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Lazio.
Club career statistics[change | change source]
| Club statistics | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Brazil | League | Copa do Brasil | League Cup | South America | Total | |||||||
| 2005 | Grêmio | Série B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | Série A | 32 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 36 | 5 | |||
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 8 | 1 | 11 | 1 | |||
| England | League | FA Cup | Football League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2007/08 | Liverpool | Premier League | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| 2008/09 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 39 | 3 | ||
| 2009/10 | ||||||||||||
| Country | Brazil | 40 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | 8 | 1 | 52 | 5 | ||
| England | 43 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 71 | 4 | ||
| Total | 83 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 123 | 9 | ||
International career statistics[change | change source]
| Brazil national team | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
- ↑ "Lucas Leiva". Premier League. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ↑ "Volante brasileiro Lucas Leiva é apresentado com reforço da Lazio". Globoesporte.
- ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Lucas Leiva". www.national-football-teams.com.
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