| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lucas Filipe Silva Dias | ||
| Date of birth | January 18, 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting CP B | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2014 | Sporting Academy Toronto | ||
| 2014– | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | Sporting CP B | 16 | (1) |
| 2024 | → Cavalry FC (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → 1º Dezembro (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Portugal U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021– | Canada U23 | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 10, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 29, 2021 | |||
Lucas Filipe da Silva Dias (born January 18, 2003) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Portuguese Liga 3 club Sporting CP B.
Born in Toronto, Dias is of Portuguese descent through both sets of grandparents. [1] He began playing house league soccer at age four in Woodbridge. [2] In 2011, he joined the new Sporting Academy Toronto, which was affiliated with Portuguese club Sporting CP, playing two years up. [1] He attracted the attention of the Portuguese club, being invited for brief training stint's with the club's academy when he was nine, [1] later joining the academy permanently at age 11, [3] [4] becoming the first player to move from the Toronto academy to the Portuguese academy. [5] [6] He signed a professional contract with the club at age 16. [7]
After signing his initial pro contract at age 16, he made his senior debut with Sporting B in a league match against Oriental Dragon in the third tier on May 29, 2021. [8] In June 2021, he extended his contract with Sporting for an additional five years. [9] [10] He split the 2021–22 season between Sporting B in Liga 3 and Sporting U19, where he played in the UEFA Youth League. He scored his first goal for Sporting B on August 22, 2021, in a 1–0 victory against Caldas, earning man of the match honours. [11] [12] He made his debut for the Sporting first team on October 8, 2021, in a friendly against Torreense. [13] He spent the 2022–23 season with the Sporting U23 in the national U23 league and was called up for a training session with the first team in April 2023. [14]
In February 2024, he joined Canadian Premier League club Cavalry FC on loan for the 2024 season. [15] [16] He made his debut for Cavalry on February 27, in a CONCACAF Champions Cup match against Orlando City SC. [17] He departed the club at the end of June, upon the expiry of his loan, having made 15 appearances across all competitions, recording two assists. [18] In September 2024, he was loaned to Liga 3 club 1º Dezembro for the 2024-25 season. [19] [20]
Dias is eligible to represent both Canada and Portugal. [21]
He made his debut for the Portugal U16 team on November 29, 2018, against Denmark U16. [22] [23]
In 2021, Dias was named to the Canada U23 team for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship at age 18. [24] On March 19, 2021, he made his U23 debut against El Salvador U23. [25] He made four appearances, as Canada failed to qualify after being defeated by Mexico U23 in the semi-finals. [26] In May 2022, Dias was named to the 60-man preliminary squad for the Canada U20 for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. [27]
| Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sporting CP B | 2020–21 | Campeonato de Portugal | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Liga 3 | 15 | 1 | – | – | – | 15 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||||
| Cavalry FC (loan) | 2024 | Canadian Premier League | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |
| 1º Dezembro (loan) | 2024–25 | Liga 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 32 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2 | ||