Lucas Ribeiro (Brazilian footballer)

Lucas Ribeiro dos Santos (born 19 January 1999) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série B club Ceará.

Lucas Ribeiro
Ribeiro during his debut for Vitória in 2018
Personal information
Full name Lucas Ribeiro dos Santos
Date of birth (1999-01-19) 19 January 1999[1]
Place of birth Salvador, Brazil
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Ceará
Number 2
Youth career
2015–2018 Vitória
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Vitória 16 (0)
2019–2023 TSG Hoffenheim 2 (1)
2020–2021Internacional (loan) 27 (1)
2022–2023Ceará (loan) 9 (1)
2023– Ceará 2 (0)
International career
2018–2019 Brazil U20 9 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2023

Club career

Vitória

Born in Salvador, Bahia, Ribeiro graduated from the youth academy of Vitória (after joining at the age of 16) and was promoted to the senior team in 2018.[2]

On 23 August, he made his first team debut, playing the whole ninety minutes of a 1–0 defeat against Flamengo.[3] Eight days later, he extended his contract until 2021.[4]

TSG Hoffenheim

On 28 January 2019, Ribeiro joined German club TSG Hoffenheim and signed a contract until the summer of 2023.[5]

Internacional

He played only two games for Hoffenheim before joining Internacional on loan.[6][7]

Ceará

On 18 January 2022, Ribeiro was loaned to Ceará for 2022 season.[8]

International career

In October 2018, Ribeiro was called up to the Brazil under-20 for friendlies against Chile.[9] On 13 December 2018, he was included in the under-20 team for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship.[10] Ribeiro is regarded as one of the best emerging defenders to come out of Brazil. A bright future at international level is predicted for Ribeiro.

Career statistics

As of 29 November 2021[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vitória 2018 Série A 160160
TSG Hoffenheim 2019–20 Bundesliga 211031
Internacional (loan) 2020 Série A 1300010140
2021 70702030190
Total 200702040330
Career total 38170304000521

    References

    1. "Lucas Ribeiro". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
    2. Guerra, Glauber (24 August 2018). "Lucas Ribeiro agarra chance no Vitória e projeta sequência no time" [Lucas Ribeiro grabs chance in Vitoria and projects sequence in team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Bahia Noticias. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
    3. "Zagueiro do Vitória aparece fazendo sexo em vídeo no Instagram" [Vitoria defender appears to have sex on video on Instagram] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Correio 24 Horas. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
    4. "Após chances como titular, Lucas Ribeiro renova contrato com o Vitória até 2021" [After chances as a starter, Lucas Ribeiro renews contract with Vitória until 2021] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
    5. "TSG Hoffenheim holt Brasilianer Lucas Ribeiro" [TSG Hoffenheim brings Brazilian Lucas Ribeiro] (in German). Stern. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
    6. "Ribeiro auf Leihbasis nach Porto Alegre". tsg-hoffenheim.de (in German). 10 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
    7. "Inter contrata zagueiro Lucas Ribeiro". internacional.com.br (in Portuguese). 10 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
    8. "Contratação: Lucas Ribeiro é o novo zagueiro do Ceará" (Press release) (in Portuguese). Ceará. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
    9. "Após retorno da Seleção, Lucas Ribeiro diz que o foco é o Vitória - Varela Notícias - Conectado aos Baianos" [After returning from the Seleção, Lucas Ribeiro says that the focus is the Vitória] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Valera Notocías. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
    10. "Seleção Brasileira Sub-20 convocada para o Sul-Americano 2019" [Brazilian under-20 squad for 2019 South American Championship] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
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