Lucão (footballer, born 1995)

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.

For other uses, see Lucao.
Lucão
Personal information
Full name Lucas Marcos Meireles[1]
Date of birth (1995-09-22) 22 September 1995
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 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 March 2023, 10:00 (UTC)

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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsenal-MG 2016 – 007[lower-alpha 1]070
Makedonija GjP 2016–17 First Football League 1100000110
Renova 2017–18 1831[lower-alpha 2]000193
Gjilani 2018–19 Superleague of Kosovo 00000000
Apollon Larissa 2018–19 Football League 2483[lower-alpha 3]3002711
Career total 531143706414
Notes
  1. Appearances in the Campeonato Mineiro Módulo II
  2. Appearances in the Macedonian Cup
  3. Appearances in the Greek Cup

References
  1. 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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