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Lucas Leiva

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This is a Portuguese name; the first family name is Pezzini and the second is Leiva.
Lucas Leiva
Lucas lining up for Lazio in 2018
Personal information
Full name Lucas Pezzini Leiva[1]
Date of birth (1987-01-09) 9 January 1987 (age 38)[2]
Place of birth Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil[3]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[3]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2001–2003 Amparo
2004–2005 Grêmio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Grêmio 66 (9)
2007–2017 Liverpool 247 (1)
2017–2022 Lazio 155 (2)
2022–2023 Grêmio 18 (3)
Total 486 (15)
International career
2007 Brazil U20 9 (4)
2008 Brazil U23 7 (0)
2007–2013 Brazil 24 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Men's football
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2008 BeijingTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lucas Pezzini Leiva or Lucas Leiva[4] (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈlukɐz ˈlejvɐ]) (born 9 January 1987) is a Brazilian former professional footballer.

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5]
Club Season League State League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grêmio 2005 Série B 500000———50
2006 Série A 32417[a]341———538
2007 309[a]200—8[b]1—203
Total 40426541—81—7811
Liverpool 2007–08[6] Premier League 180—41307[c]0—321
2008–09[7] 251—202110[c]1—393
2009–10[8] 350—200013[d]1—501
2010–11[9] 330—101012[e]1—471
2011–12[10] 120—0030——150
2012–13[11] 260—10004[e]0—310
2013–14[12] 270—1010——290
2014–15[13] 200—30504[c]0—320
2015–16[14] 260—10507[e]0—400
2016–17[15] 240—4130——311
Total 2471—182241573—3467
Lazio 2017–18[16] Serie A 362—40—9[e]21[f]0504
2018–19[17] 270—50—4[e]0—360
2019–20[18] 250—10—3[e]01[f]0300
2020–21[19] 320—00—5[c]0—370
2021–22[20] 350—20—8[e]0—450
Total 1552—120—292201984
Grêmio 2022 Série B 183—————183
2023 Série A 000000———00
Total 1830000———183
Career total 460102653432419462064025
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Campeonato Gaúcho
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  3. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  6. 1 2 Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana

International

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Source:[21]

Brazil
YearAppsGoals
200710
200820
200910
201040
2011120
201340
Total240
At the end of the 2016–2017 season, Lucas received a commemorative trophy to mark 10 years at Liverpool.

Grêmio[5]

Liverpool’'

Lazio

International

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Brazil Olympic football team

Individual

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References

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  1. ↑ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
  2. ↑ "Lucas Leiva: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Lucas Leiva". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Volante brasileiro Lucas Leiva é apresentado com reforço da Lazio". Globoesporte.
  5. 1 2 Lucas Leiva at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Games played by Lucas Leiva in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Games played by Lucas Leiva in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Games played by Lucas Leiva in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Lucas Leiva in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Lucas Leiva in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Lucas Leiva in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Lucas Leiva in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Lucas Leiva in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Lucas Leiva in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Lucas Leiva in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Lucas Leiva in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Lucas Leiva in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Lucas Leiva in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Lucas Leiva in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Lucas Leiva in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  21. ↑ Leiva, Lucas at National-Football-Teams.com
  22. ↑ Hunter, Andy (26 January 2015). "Liverpool's Lucas Leiva wants past put right in Capital One Cup" – via www.theguardian.com.
  23. ↑ McNulty, Phil (28 February 2016). "Liverpool 1–1 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  24. ↑ McNulty, Phil (18 May 2016). "Liverpool 1–3 Sevilla". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  25. ↑ McNulty, Phil (15 May 2019). "Atalanta 0-2 Lazio". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  26. ↑ "Supercoppa: Fixtures and Results: Season 2017–18: Juventus 2–3 Lazio". Lega Serie A. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  27. ↑ Pearce, James (19 November 2016). "fitting tribute to Lucas Leiva's decade of service". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  28. ↑ "Lucas recebe a Bola de Ouro da revista Placar". clicRBS (in Portuguese). 5 December 2006. Retrieved 29 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
  29. ↑ "Campeão, São Paulo domina a seleção do Brasileiro" (in Portuguese). Terra. 4 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 September 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  30. ↑ Carroll, James (24 May 2011). "Lucas scoops 2010–11 award". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 24 November 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  31. ↑ "Liverpool FC midfielder Lucas named MBNA North West Player of the Year". Liverpool Echo. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  32. ↑ "Lucas Leiva named Lazio's player of the year – with a little help from mischievous Liverpool fans". Liverpool Echo. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  33. ↑ "Lucas Leiva to be named Lazio player of the year thanks to Liverpool fans". CalcioMercato. 15 June 2019. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2019.


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