Lucas Baldin

Lucas Victor Baldin (born June 5, 1991) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Deportivo Lara in the Venezuelan Primera División.

Youth, College and Amateur

Baldin was a member of the Cruz Azul and Toluca youth system before moving to the United States to play college soccer at the University of South Florida.

In his career with the Bulls, Baldin made a total of 69 appearances and tallied 10 goals and nine assists. In his senior season, he was named one of the 16 semifinalists for the Hermann Trophy. Also, he received NSCAA Scholar All-America First Team honors, as well as NSCAA East All-Region First Team, First Team All-American Athletic Conference, and American Athletic Conference All-Tournament Team honors. In 2013/2014, he was also named USF Male Scholar Athlete of the year.

During his time in college, Baldin also played in the Premier Development League for Bradenton Academics, Reading United and Seattle Sounders FC U-23.

Professional

On January 20, 2015, Baldin was selected in the fourth round (75th overall) of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft by Real Salt Lake. Despite excelling in preseason with Real Salt Lake, on March 6, it was announced that Baldin signed a professional contract with Real Monarchs SLC, a USL affiliate club of RSL. He made his professional debut on March 22 in a 0–0 draw against LA Galaxy II.

On January 25, 2016, it was announced that Baldin had been signed by Venezuelan club Deportivo Lara.