Lucas Silva (footballer, born 1990)

Lucas Espindola da Silva is a Brazilian professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Hong Kong Premier League club Tai Po.

Lucas Silva
Personal information
Full name Lucas Espindola da Silva
Date of birth (1990-05-06) 6 May 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth São Leopoldo, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Tai Po
Number 11
Youth career
Aimoré
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Paços de Ferreira 2 (0)
2011Freamunde (loan) 14 (1)
2011 Veranópolis
2012 Ypiranga 9 (0)
2013 Santa Cruz 15 (2)
2013–2014 Caxias 8 (0)
2014–2015 Aimoré 11 (4)
2015 South China 4 (1)
2016 Aimoré 3 (0)
2016 São Paulo (RS) 3 (2)
2016–2017 Tai Po 16 (11)
2017–2019 Kitchee 33 (28)
2020–2021 Eastern 19 (8)
2021–2022 Aimoré 18 (14)
2022 Brusque 12 (0)
2022 Penang 11 (6)
2023 Sri Pahang 5 (0)
2024– Tai Po 3 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 February 2024

Club career

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On 23 August 2016, Lucas was announced to have signed with Hong Kong Premier League club Tai Po.[1]

On 23 May 2017, Lucas was poached by fellow Hong Kong Club Kitchee.[2] After two and a half seasons at the club, on 20 December 2019, Lucas has left Kitchee due to personal issue.[3]

 
Lucas playing for Eastern in May 2021

On 1 January 2020, Eastern announced that they had signed Lucas with a contract that expires on 30 June 2021.[4]

In early 2022, Lucas Joined Brusque.

On 27 June 2022, Lucas joined Penang.[5]

On 6 January 2023, Lucas signed for another Malaysia Super League side Sri Pahang.[6]

On 5 January 2024, Lucas rejoined Tai Po after 7 years.[7] He made an instant impact to the club by scoring 6 goals in his first 3 matches, including 4 goals in the Sapling Cup and 2 goals in the Hong Kong Premier League.

Honours

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Eastern

Kitchee

Tai Po

Career Statistics

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Club

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Updated on 19 May 2021[15]

Club Season Division League Senior Shield League Cup FA Cup AFC Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
South China 2015–16 Hong Kong Premier League 3 1 2 0 2 1 - - 7 2
Wofoo Taipo 2016–17 14 11 2 0 - 1 1 - 17 12
Kitchee 2017–18 13 15 2 1 - 1 0 - 16 16
2018–19 15 12 3 2 - 1 1 1 0 20 15
2019–20 2 1 1 0 - 4 2 - 7 3
Eastern 5 3 - - - - 5 3
2020–21 11 5 - - - - 11 5
Total 63 48 10 3 2 1 7 4 1 0 83 56

References

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  1. ^ "2016-17 WOFOO TAIPO SQUAD LIST". Tai Po. Facebook. Retrieved 23 August 2016. (in Chinese)
  2. ^ "熱刺星鑽陣容玩轉香港". on.cc. Retrieved 23 May 2017. (in Chinese)
  3. ^ Gao, Si Kei. "傑志宣布盧卡斯私人原因離隊 疑與紀律問題有關". HK01. Retrieved 20 December 2019. (in Chinese)
  4. ^ 【港超聯】元旦添新兵 東方公佈簽辛祖、盧卡斯 Archived 2020-01-01 at the Wayback Machine Apple Daily 1 January 2020 (in Chinese)
  5. ^ Penang Terbangkan Lucas Silva, Si ‘Kaki Emas’ Hong Kong Sebagai Pengganti Casagrande. Semuanya Bola. at Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 August 2022. (in Malay)
  6. ^ "Glassock dan Lucas Espindola Sertai Sri Pahang". makanbola.com. 6 January 2023.
  7. ^ 港超聯 巴西射手盧卡斯重返大埔 on.cc 5 January 2024
  8. ^ "FA Cup 2019/20 :: Final Phase:: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Lucas Silva :: Lucas Espíndola da Silva :: Eastern". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  10. ^ "FA Cup 2017/18 :: Final Phase:: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  11. ^ "FA Cup 2018/19 :: Final Phase:: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Summary - Community Cup - Hong Kong - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Summary - Community Cup - Hong Kong - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Lucas Silva :: Lucas Espíndola da Silva :: Eastern". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Brazil - Lucas - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
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