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Name
Lucas
(Lucas Leiva)

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Born
1987 (37 years old)

Birth Place

Dourados, Brazil

Position
Defensive Midfield

Status
Retired

Ethnicity
White

Team Number
15

Height
1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)

Weight
73 kg (161 lb)

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Right

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Free

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Sport

Soccer

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League
_No League Soccer

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Lucas Pezzini Leiva (born 9 January 1987), known as Lucas or Lucas Leiva (Brazilian Portuguese: ), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Grêmio.

Lucas began his career as a box-to-box midfielder at Grêmio where he won the Campeonato Gaúcho in 2006 and 2007. In July 2007 he moved to Liverpool, where he played 347 professional matches over the course of a decade, winning the League Cup in 2012. Between 2010 and 2016 Lucas led the Premier League in tackles per game five times in six seasons. He has the second most tackles in Premier League history, and remains the Brazilian with the 3rd most Premier League appearances. He joined Lazio in 2017.

A full international since 2007, he has earned 24 caps and represented Brazil at the 2008 Olympics and 2011 Copa América, winning a bronze medal at the former. He also captained the under-20 team to victory in the 2007 South American Youth Championship.

Career Honours

Italian Supercoppa Italiana 2019 Lazio	Italian Coppa Italia 2018-2019 Lazio	Italian Supercoppa Italiana 2017 Lazio	English Football League Cup 2011-2012 Liverpool
Campeonato Gaúcho 2007 Gremio	Campeonato Gaúcho 2006 Gremio