Pablo de Lucas

Pablo de Lucas Torres (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaβlo ðe ˈlukas ˈtores]; born 20 September 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Romanian club FC Voluntari mainly as a defensive midfielder.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is De Lucas and the second or maternal family name is Torres.
Pablo de Lucas
De Lucas playing for Beitar Jerusalem in 2015
Personal information
Full name Pablo de Lucas Torres
Date of birth (1986-09-20) 20 September 1986
Place of birth Elche, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Voluntari
Number 21
Youth career
Kelme
Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Sporting Gijón B
2005–2009 Sporting Gijón 36 (1)
2009 → Alavés (loan) 10 (0)
2009–2010 Villajoyosa 17 (1)
2010 San Roque 12 (0)
2010–2011 Rayo Vallecano B 34 (7)
2011–2013 Salamanca 63 (6)
2013–2015 Petrolul Ploiești 52 (2)
2015–2016 Beitar Jerusalem 9 (0)
2016 Viitorul 13 (2)
2016–2020 Xanthi 69 (2)
2020– Voluntari 17 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 July 2020

Club career

De Lucas was born in Elche, Province of Alicante. He was a product of Sporting de Gijón's prolific youth system, Mareo,[1] and made his first-team debut on 4 September 2005, playing three minutes in a 4–0 away win against Gimnàstic de Tarragona; the club was then in the second division.[2]

De Lucas' first goal would come during the 2007–08 season, in a 2–1 away win against Albacete Balompié.[3] He contributed with 12 games as the Asturians returned to La Liga after a ten-year absence.

In early January 2009, de Lucas moved on loan to Deportivo Alavés,[4] not being able to help prevent the Basque side's relegation to the third level. He moved to the same tier in September, signing with lowly Villajoyosa CF.[5]

De Lucas spent the following years of his career in division three, in representation of several teams.[6][7] In the summer of 2013, he moved abroad for the first time, joining FC Petrolul Ploiești in Romania.[8]

On 7 August 2014, de Lucas scored his team's third goal against FC Viktoria Plzeň, contributing to 4–1 away win in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League (5–2 on aggregate).[9] In the following years he continued abroad, representing in quick succession Beitar Jerusalem FC,[10] FC Viitorul Constanța,[11] Xanthi F.C.[12] and FC Voluntari.[13]

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References
  1. Rivera, Víctor (30 November 2008). "De campeones juveniles a futbolistas de Primera" [From youth champions to footballers in Primera]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  2. "Gimnàstic 0–4 Sporting". ABC (in Spanish). 5 September 2005. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  3. "La derrota con el Sporting hunde al Albacete y a su técnico" [Defeat with Sporting sink Albacete and their coach]. Marca (in Spanish). 23 February 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  4. "De Lucas: "Quería jugar asiduamente y aquí creo que puedo hacerlo"" [De Lucas: "I wanted to play regularly and i think i can do it here"]. Marca (in Spanish). 8 January 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  5. "Villajoyosa: llegaron De Lucas y Limones" [Villajoyosa: De Lucas and Limones arrive.] (in Spanish). esFutbol. 1 September 2009. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  6. Cortés, F. (28 January 2010). "Pablo de Lucas, un nuevo refuerzo para el San Roque" [Pablo de Lucas, new addition to San Roque] (in Spanish). Huelva Información. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  7. "Pablo de Lucas deja el Rayo y jugará en la UD Salamanca" [Pablo de Lucas leaves Rayo and will play in UD Salamanca] (in Spanish). Rayo Herald. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  8. "Pablo De Lucas se va al Petrolul Ploiesti" [Pablo De Lucas goes to Petrolul Ploiesti]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 7 July 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  9. "Petrolul and Hajduk heroics stun Europe". UEFA. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  10. "Încă un jucător din Liga 1 în Israel. Pablo de Lucas a semnat cu Beitar Ierusalim" [Another Liga 1 player in Israel. Pablo de Lucas signed with Beitar Jerusalem] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  11. "OFICIAL Viitorul a mai perfectat un transfer! A semnat şi Pablo de Lucas" [OFFICIAL Viitorul have completed another transfer! Pablo de Lucas also signed] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  12. Tsibogiannis, Achilleas; Vasilis, Theodoros (8 June 2017). "Ανακοίνωσε Ντε Λούκας η Ξάνθη" [De Lucas announced at Xanthi] (in Greek). Gazzetta. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  13. "Pablo de Lucas, va juca la FC Voluntari!" [Pablo de Lucas, will play for FC Voluntari!] (in Romanian). FC Voluntari. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
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