Lucas Ribeiro

Lucas Ribeiro dos Santos (born 19 January 1999), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Brazilian club Internacional, on loan from Hoffenheim.

Lucas Ribeiro

Ribeiro during his debut for Vitória in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Lucas Ribeiro dos Santos
Date of birth	(1999-01-19) 19 January 1999[1]
Place of birth	Salvador, Brazil
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position(s)	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Internacional (on loan from Hoffenheim)
Youth career
2015–2018	Vitória
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018	Vitória	16	(0)
2019–	Hoffenheim	2	(1)
2020–	→ Internacional (loan)	0	(0)
National team^‡
2018–	Brazil U20	9	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:44, 2 March 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:40, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Ribeiro and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.

Club career

Vitória

Born in Salvador, Bahia, Ribeiro graduated from the youth academy of Vitória (after joining at the age of 16) and was promoted to the senior team in 2018.[2]

On 23 August, he made his first team debut, playing the whole ninety minutes of a 1–0 defeat against Flamengo.[3] Eight days later, he extended his contract until 2021.[4]

Hoffenheim

On 28 January 2019, Ribeiro joined German club Hoffenheim and signed a contract until the summer of 2023.[5]

Internacional

He played only two games for Hoffenheim before joining Internacional on loan.[6][7]

International career

In October 2018, Ribeiro was called up to the Brazil under-20 for friendlies against Chile.[8] On 13 December 2018, he was included in the under-20 team for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship.[9] Ribeiro is regarded as one of the best emerging defenders to come out of Brazil. A bright future at international level is predicted for Ribeiro.

Career statistics

As of match played 2 December 2018

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vitória	2018[1]	Série A	16	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
Career total			16	0	0	0	0	0	16	0

References

1. "Lucas Ribeiro". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
2. Guerra, Glauber (24 August 2018). "Lucas Ribeiro agarra chance no Vitória e projeta sequência no time" [Lucas Ribeiro grabs chance in Vitoria and projects sequence in team] (in Portuguese). Bahia Noticias. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
3. "Zagueiro do Vitória aparece fazendo sexo em vídeo no Instagram" [Vitoria defender appears to have sex on video on Instagram] (in Portuguese). Correio 24 Horas. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
4. "Após chances como titular, Lucas Ribeiro renova contrato com o Vitória até 2021" [After chances as a starter, Lucas Ribeiro renews contract with Vitória until 2021] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
5. "TSG Hoffenheim holt Brasilianer Lucas Ribeiro" [TSG Hoffenheim brings Brazilian Lucas Ribeiro] (in German). Stern. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
6. "Ribeiro auf Leihbasis nach Porto Alegre". tsg-hoffenheim.de (in German). 10 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
7. "Inter contrata zagueiro Lucas Ribeiro". internacional.com.br (in Portuguese). 10 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
8. "Após retorno da Seleção, Lucas Ribeiro diz que o foco é o Vitória - Varela Notícias - Conectado aos Baianos" [After returning from the Seleção, Lucas Ribeiro says that the focus is the Vitória] (in Portuguese). Valera Notocías. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
9. "Seleção Brasileira Sub-20 convocada para o Sul-Americano 2019" [Brazilian under-20 squad for 2019 South American Championship] (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.

External links

• Lucas Ribeiro at Soccerway