Lucas Poletto
Poletto during an interview
Personal information
Full name Lucas Poletto Costa[1]
Date of birth (1995-03-29) 29 March 1995 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth Belo Horizonte, Brazil[1]
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward[1]
Team information
Current team
 Levadiakos
Number 70
Youth career
2009–2012 Internacional
2012–2013 Milan
2013–2015 Figueirense
2016–2017 Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Grêmio 3 (1)
2018–2019 Apollon Larissa 24 (3)
2019–2020 Xanthi 1 (0)
2020 → Levadiakos (loan) 9 (2)
2020–2022 Levadiakos 57 (14)
2022 Criciúma 7 (0)
2023 Brusque 26 (0)
2023– Levadiakos 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:49, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Lucas Poletto Costa (born 29 March 1995) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek Super League 2 club Levadiakos.

Career

Born in Belo Horizonte, Poletto represented Internacional, Figueirense and Italian club Milan as a youth before moving to Santos B in early 2016.[2] Although he was registered for the Copa Paulista tournament, he did not get any playing time.[3]

On 13 April 2017, Poletto signed with Grêmio.[3] He made his first team debut on 19 November, replacing Dionathã in a 1–0 defeat against Santos FC in Série A.[4] 7 days later, he scored the equaliser in a 1–1 draw against Atlético Goianiense from a Rafael Thyere.[5] On 5 January 2018, Poletto's contract was extended till June.[6] On 12 July, he was released by the club.[7]

On 15 September 2018, Poletto moved abroad and joined Greek Football League club Apollon Larissa.[8] On 22 November 2018, he scored his first goal for the club in an astonishing 4-3 away win against Iraklis. [9] Three days later he scored with a beautiful finesse shot in a 2-0 home win against Aittitos Spata, which cemented his team's position on top of the league table. [10] On 19 January 2019, he scored the equalizer in a 1-1 home draw against Volos. [11]

On 12 June 2019, he signed a contract with top tier club Xanthi.[12]

Career statistics

As of match played on 12 June 2019
Club Season League State League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Grêmio 2017[13] Série A 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
2018[13] Série A 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 1
Apollon Larissa 2018–19[13] Football League 24 3 — 0 0 24 3
Career total 27 4 1 0 0 0 28 4

Honours

Levadiakos

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Lucas Poletto". Grêmio. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Santos B tem atacante com passagem pela equipe sub-20 do Milan" [Santos B has an attacker with passing through the U-20 team of Milan] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Grêmio contrata ex-atacante do Santos e do Milan para equipe de transição" [Grêmio hires former Santos striker and Milan to transition team]. Globo Esporte. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Santos vence e fica a 1 ponto dos grupos da Libertadores" [Santos wins and is one point behind the Libertadores] (in Portuguese). Terra. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Grêmio empata com o Atlético-GO na despedida da Arena e pode perder vice-liderança" [Grêmio draws Atlético-GO in the farewell of the Arena and may lose vice-leadership] (in Portuguese). ESPN. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Grêmio renova contrato com atacante Lucas Poletto até junho... -" [Grêmio renews contract with striker Lucas Poletto until June] (in Portuguese). UOL. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Grêmio decide não exercer opção e libera atacante Lucas Poletto" [Grêmio decides not to exercise option and releases striker Lucas Poletto]. UOL Esporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Στον Απόλλωνα οι Λούκας Πολέτο και Άγγελος Καρατάσιος" [In Apollon, Lucas Poletto and Angelos Karatassios] (in Greek). Sport Larissa. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Ηρακλής - Απόλλων Λάρισας 3-4" (in Greek). Retrieved 2018-11-22.
  10. ^ "Ο Πλατανιάς... πάγωσε το Ηράκλειο, μόνος πρώτος ο Απόλλων Λάρισας! (pics)" (in Greek). Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  11. ^ "Απόλλων Λάρισας - Βόλος 1-1 (vids)" (in Greek). Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  12. ^ "Ξάνθη: Επίσημα στους Ακρίτες ο Λούκας Πολέτο Κόστα". www.sport24.gr. 12 June 2019.
  13. ^ a b c "Lucas Poletto". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

External links

Levadiakos F.C. – current squad
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