Lucas
(Lucas Leiva)
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Born
1987 (39 years old)
Dourados, BrazilPosition
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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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.
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 Italian Supercoppa Italiana |  Lazio | 2019 | |
 Italian Coppa Italia | Lazio | 2018-2019 | |
| Italian Supercoppa Italiana | Lazio | 2017 | |
 English Football League Cup |  Liverpool | 2011-2012 | |
 Campeonato Gaúcho |  Gremio | 2007 | |
| Campeonato Gaúcho | Gremio | 2006 |
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| Gremio | 2005-2007 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Liverpool | 2007-2017 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Brazil | 2007-2013 | International | - | - | |
 Brazil U23 | 2008 | International | - | - | |
| Lazio | 2017-2022 | Permanent | - | - | |
| Gremio | 2022-2023 | Permanent | - | - |
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| Lazio | 2017-2022 | - |
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