Lucas Paquetá

Lucas Paquetá
Lucas with Brazil U20 in 2017
Personal information
Full name Lucas Tolentino Coelho de Lima
Date of birth (1997-08-27) 27 August 1997
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Flamengo
Number 11
Youth career
2007–2016 Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Flamengo 42 (10)
National team‡
2016–2017 Brazil U20 8 (1)
2018– Brazil 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 September 2018

Lucas Tolentino Coelho de Lima (born 27 August 1997), also known as Lucas Paquetá, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Brazilian Série A club Flamengo. He is also a member of Brazilian national team.

Club career

Early career

Lucas Paquetá arrived at Flamengo in 2007 at the age of 10. At the age of 15, he was very technically skilled but did not have the physicality of other players his age (he was only 5 ft tall). By age 18, however, he had grown 27 cm (10.6 inches). With the Flamengo youth team he won the 2016 Copa São Paulo de Júniores title, the most important youth tournament in Brazil. Alongside other standout players Léo Duarte, Felipe Vizeu and Ronaldo, Lucas was promoted the club's professional team right after the competition.[1]

Flamengo

In March 2016 Paquetá got promoted to Flamengo's professional team and signed a contract extension until 2020.[2] On 5 March 2016 Lucas debuted as a starter in a 3–1 win over Bangu in a 2016 Rio de Janeiro State League match.[3] Paquetá scored his first professional goal on 19 February 2017 in a 4–0 victory against Madureira at the Estádio Raulino de Oliveira in Volta Redonda.

Paquetá scored in both the 2017 Copa do Brasil final in a 1–1 draw against Cruzeiro at the Maracanã Stadium and in the 2017 Copa Sudamericana final against Independiente, also a 1–1 draw in the Maracanã. In both matches, Flamengo were defeated and were runners-up to their opponents in the competitions. In the Copa Sudamericana final, he was named the best Flamengo player in the match. He finished 2017 being considered by fans to be, alongside Juan, the highlight of Flamengo.

In the 2018 Campeonato Carioca, Lucas Paquetá was chosen as the best left-winger of the tournament and was the only Flamengo player selected to the team of the tournament.

AC Milan

On 10 October 2018 news agencies across Brazil and Italy reported that a deal had been agreed between A.C. Milan and Flamengo for the transfer of player after beating stiff opposition from the French club Paris Saint-Germain. Milan executive Leonardo would be instrumental in this deal having previously helped Milan sign players such as Kaká, Alexandre Pato and Thiago Silva. The medicals were held on the same day in Brazil with the assistance of some officials from Milan. The player would be joining the Serie A club in the January transfer window.[4]

International career

Under-20

Lucas playing for Brazil U20 in 2017

On 1 April 2016 Paquetá was called up for the first time to represent Brazil U20 in two friendly matches in Europe.[5] He scored his first goal in his debut in a 2–1 win against England U20 on September 4th.

In October 2016, he was called up for the Quadrangular de Seleções tournament, a friendly round-robin against the U20 squads of Ecuador, Uruguay, and Chile.

Under-23

When he was 18, Paquetá was called to practice with the Brazil U23 team in preparation for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Coach Rogério Micale called some younger players born in 1997 and 1998, including Lucas, to participate in group training in hopes of them eventually competing in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[6]

Senior team

In 2018, he was selected to be one of the twelve alternatives for the Brazilian national team by coach Tite for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Of the 35 players on the 23-man roster and provisional roster, Lucas was the youngest.[7]

On 17 August 2018 Tite called-up Lucas for first time to the Brazilian national team to play in friendly matches against United States and El Salvador in September.[8]

Career statistics

As of 14 October 2018.
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Flamengo 2016 Série A 0000--2[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]020
2017 171319[lower-alpha 3]28[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]2376
2018 259607[lower-alpha 4]011[lower-alpha 1]24911
Total 4210911622148817
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca.
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Primeira Liga of Brazil.
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana.
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores.

Honours

Flamengo

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Flamengo é tricampeão da Copa São Paulo de Futebol Jr". flamengo.com.br. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Destaque no título da Copinha, Lucas Paquetá renova com o Flamengo". Gazeta Esportiva. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Base decide, Muralha pega pênalti, e Fla vence Bangu de virada por 3 a 1". globoesporte.com. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Lucas Paquetá realiza exames médicos para assinar com o Milan". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  5. ↑ "Felipe Vizeu e Lucas Paquetá são convocados para Seleção sub-20". flamengo.com.br. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Lucas Paquetá é um dos sparrings da Seleção Olímpica". flamengo.com.br. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Lista de 35 de Tite para a Copa tem três novatos: Dedé, Maicon e Paquetá". globoesporte.com. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Tite convoca Seleção com Paquetá, Pedro, Dedé e Everton para amistosos". globoesporte.com. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Ferj divulga seleção do Campeonato Carioca: Fluminense e Vasco dominam indicações". UOL. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Ferj divulga seleção do carioca com cinco jogadores do Flu e dois do Bota". Globoesporte.com. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
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