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Lucas Vinicius Gonçalves Silva (born 14 September 1991), commonly known as Lucão, is Brazilian footballer who plays for Goiás as a forward.
Club career
Born in Brasília, Federal District, Lucão started playing in Italy at the age of 15, but returned to Brazil after injuring his ankle. He subsequently finished his formation with Porto Alegre FC before joining Shonan Bellmare on 23 December 2010.
Lucão made his senior debut on 29 June 2011, coming on as a second-half substitute for Daisuke Kikuchi in a 2–0 away loss against JEF United Chiba for the J2 League championship. His first goal came on 22 October, as he scored his team's seventh in a 7–1 home routing of FC Gifu.
On 25 February 2012, Lucão was transferred to Segunda Liga side Portimonense. He contributed with 12 goalless appearances before playing in the 2012 U-20 Copa Libertadores on trial at Atlético Madrid.
Lucão joined Sergipe ahead of the 2013 season, and finished the ensuing Campeonato Sergipano as the top goalscorer with ten goals as his side lifted the trophy. He subsequently represented Mogi Mirim, Caxias, another two stints at Sergipe, Resende and São Bento before moving abroad to FC Zimbru Chișinău in Moldova.
On 8 December 2016, eight days after being announced at CSE, Lucão joined Cruzeiro-RS. The following 8 May, he was presented at América de Natal in the Série D.
On 15 June 2017, Lucão signed for Série B side Criciúma. He finished the season as the club's top goalscorer with ten goals.
On 20 December 2016, Lucão agreed to a contract with fellow second division side Goiás, as his contract with Criciúma was due to expire.
In January 2019, Lucão moved to Kuwait and signed with Kuwait SC for two years.
Career statistics
- As of 21 August 2018
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shonan Bellmare | 2011 | J2 League | 15 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 2 | |||
| Portimonense | 2011–12 | Segunda Liga | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Sergipe | 2013 | Série D | 10 | 3 | 20 | 7 | — | — | — | 30 | 10 | |||
| Mogi Mirim | 2013 | Série C | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Caxias | 2014 | Série C | 9 | 1 | 12 | 2 | — | — | — | 21 | 3 | |||
| Sergipe | 2015 | Sergipano | — | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||||
| Resende | 2015 | Série D | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||||
| São Bento | 2015 | Paulista | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Sergipe | 2016 | Série D | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | 7 | 2 | |||
| Zimbru Chișinău | 2016–17 | Moldovan National Division | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Cruzeiro-RS | 2017 | Gaúcho | — | 12 | 2 | — | — | — | 12 | 2 | ||||
| América-RN | 2017 | Série D | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Criciúma | 2017 | Série B | 27 | 10 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 10 | ||||
| Goiás | 2018 | Série B | 16 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 15 | ||
| Career total | 27 | 9 | 33 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 65 | 25 | ||
Honours
Sergipe
- Campeonato Sergipano: 2013, 2016