Lucas Lima (footballer, born 2002)

Lucas Urbano Dias de Lima (born 2 April 2002) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a forward for Helsingborgs IF in Superettan on loan from Fredrikstad.

Lucas Lima
Personal information
Full name Lucas Urbano Dias de Lima
Date of birth (2002-04-02) April 2, 2002
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Helsingborgs IF (on loan from Fredrikstad)
Number 9
Youth career
–2020 IFK Norrköping
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 → IF Sylvia (loan) 3 (0)
2021–2022 IFK Norrköping 17 (1)
2021 → Östers IF (loan) 13 (1)
2022– Fredrikstad FK 28 (3)
2023– → Helsingborgs IF (loan) 9 (2)
International career‡
2017 Sweden U15 4 (3)
2018 Sweden U16 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 October 2023

Lima was born in Rio de Janeiro to two Brazilian parents who emigrated to Sweden. Lima quickly adapted to his new country, and became a youth international footballer for Sweden. He attended the academy of IFK Norrköping.[2][3] He played briefly for Norrköping's cooperation team IF Sylvia in 2018.[1] However, in 2018 he suffered a cruciate ligament injury, which was followed by another.[2] Norrköping manager Rikard Norling stated that Lima would have played in a Big Five league had it not been for the two injuries, or at least "a considerably higher level" than the Swedish league.[4]

Lima made his Allsvenskan debut on 24 May 2021 against Elfsborg.[5] He got his breakthrough on 3 July, when he scored the winning goal at home against giants Malmö.[6][7] Nonetheless, Lima had to spent the autumn of 2021 on loan at second-tier Östers IF.[8]

The Norwegian second-tier club Fredrikstad FK bought Lima in the summer 2022 transfer window. Lima cited the need for a "change of environment".[9] Fredrikstad struggled against higher-level teams in the 2023 pre-season, but in March 2023, Lima scored in their penultimate friendly match. He thereby ended Fredrikstad's goalless streak of 495 minutes.[10] In the summer, however he was loaned back to Superettan and Helsingborgs IF.

References
  1. "Lucas Lima". Fotbolltransfers (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  2. Hadzic, Erik (4 July 2021). "Lima - från Rio till dubbla knäskador och avgörande mot MFF: "Magiskt"" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  3. National team stats
  4. Hadzic, Erik (3 July 2021). "Norlings hyllning till Pekings 19-åriga hjälte: "Kunde varit i en topp fem-liga nu"" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  5. Lucas Lima at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  6. Frost, Oskar; Aghassi, Martin (3 July 2021). "19-åring sänkte MFF: "Mina föräldrar grät"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  7. Aghassi, Martin. ""Man vill inte vara förrädare för någon"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  8. Pearson, Sebastian (3 April 2022). "Lima vill bjuda till i allsvenskan: "Fotbollen har blivit tråkigare"" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  9. Billengren, Ludwig (3 August 2022). "Officiellt: IFK Norrköping säljer Lucas Lima till Fredrikstad" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  10. Henriksen, Vidar (26 March 2023). "Lucas Lima (20) ble FFKs frelser – endelig scoret rødbuksene mål". Nettavisen (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 October 2023.
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