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Lucas Leiva

Brazilian association football player

This is a Portuguese name; the first family name is Pezzini and the second is Leiva.

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

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 37)[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)
National team
2007 Brazil U20 9 (4)
2008 Brazil U23 7 (0)
2007–2013 Brazil 24 (0)
Honours
Representing  Brazil
Men's football
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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Club

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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
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Grêmio 2005 Série B 5 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 5 0
2006 Série A 32 4 17[a] 3 4 1 — — — 53 8
2007 3 0 9[a] 2 0 0 — 8[b] 1 — 20 3
Total 40 4 26 5 4 1 — 8 1 — 78 11
Liverpool 2007–08[6] Premier League 18 0 — 4 1 3 0 7[c] 0 — 32 1
2008–09[7] 25 1 — 2 0 2 1 10[c] 1 — 39 3
2009–10[8] 35 0 — 2 0 0 0 13[d] 1 — 50 1
2010–11[9] 33 0 — 1 0 1 0 12[e] 1 — 47 1
2011–12[10] 12 0 — 0 0 3 0 — — 15 0
2012–13[11] 26 0 — 1 0 0 0 4[e] 0 — 31 0
2013–14[12] 27 0 — 1 0 1 0 — — 29 0
2014–15[13] 20 0 — 3 0 5 0 4[c] 0 — 32 0
2015–16[14] 26 0 — 1 0 5 0 7[e] 0 — 40 0
2016–17[15] 24 0 — 4 1 3 0 — — 31 1
Total 247 1 — 18 2 24 1 57 3 — 346 7
Lazio 2017–18[16] Serie A 36 2 — 4 0 — 9[e] 2 1[f] 0 50 4
2018–19[17] 27 0 — 5 0 — 4[e] 0 — 36 0
2019–20[18] 25 0 — 1 0 — 3[e] 0 1[f] 0 30 0
2020–21[19] 32 0 — 0 0 — 5[c] 0 — 37 0
2021–22[20] 35 0 — 2 0 — 8[e] 0 — 45 0
Total 155 2 — 12 0 — 29 2 2 0 198 4
Grêmio 2022 Série B 18 3 — — — — — 18 3
2023 Série A 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0
Total 18 3 0 0 0 0 — — — 18 3
Career total 460 10 26 5 34 3 24 1 94 6 2 0 640 25
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appearance(s) in Campeonato Gaúcho
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana

International

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Source:[21]

Brazil
Year Apps Goals
2007 1 0
2008 2 0
2009 1 0
2010 4 0
2011 12 0
2013 4 0
Total 24 0

Honours

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Club

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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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "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. ↑ 5.0 5.1 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. 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. Retrieved 14 July 2019.


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