Lucas Poletto (footballer, born 1995)

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Lucas Poletto
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Poletto during an interview
Personal information
Full name Lucas Poletto Costa [1]
Date of birth (1995-03-29) 29 March 1995 (age 30) [1]
Place of birth Belo Horizonte, Brazil [1]
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward [1]
Team information
Current team
A.E. Kifisia
Number 23
Youth career
2009–2012 Internacional
2012–2013 Milan
2013–2015 Figueirense
2016–2017 Santos
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 Grêmio 3 (1)
2018–2019 Apollon Larissa 24 (3)
2019–2020 Xanthi 1 (0)
2020Levadiakos (loan) 9 (2)
2020–2022 Levadiakos 57 (14)
2022 Criciúma 7 (0)
2023 Brusque 26 (0)
2023–2024 Levadiakos 22 (3)
2024–2025 Panachaiki 10 (2)
2025– A.E. Kifisia 9 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:00, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

Lucas Poletto Costa (born 29 March 1995) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek Super League club A.E. Kifisia.

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Career

Born in Belo Horizonte, Poletto represented Internacional, Figueirense and Italian club Milan as a youth before moving to Santos B in early 2016. [2] Although he was registered for the Copa Paulista tournament, he did not get any playing time. [3]

On 13 April 2017, Poletto signed with Grêmio. [3] He made his first team debut on 19 November, replacing Dionathã in a 1–0 defeat against Santos FC in Série A. [4] 7 days later, he scored the equaliser in a 1–1 draw against Atlético Goianiense from a Rafael Thyere. [5] On 5 January 2018, Poletto's contract was extended till June. [6] On 12 July, he was released by the club. [7]

On 15 September 2018, Poletto moved abroad and joined Greek Football League club Apollon Larissa. [8] On 22 November 2018, he scored his first goal for the club in an astonishing 4–3 away win against Iraklis. [9] Three days later he scored with a beautiful finesse shot in a 2–0 home win against Aittitos Spata, which cemented his team's position on top of the league table. [10] On 19 January 2019, he scored the equalizer in a 1–1 home draw against Volos. [11]

On 12 June 2019, he signed a contract with top tier club Xanthi. [12]

Career statistics

As of match played on 12 June 2019
ClubSeasonLeagueState LeagueCupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grêmio 2017 [13] Série A 31000031
2018 [13] Série A00100010
Total31100041
Apollon Larissa 2018–19 [13] Football League 24300243
Career total2741000284

    Honours

    Levadiakos

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "Lucas Poletto". Grêmio. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
    2. "Santos B tem atacante com passagem pela equipe sub-20 do Milan" [Santos B has an attacker with passing through the U-20 team of Milan] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
    3. 1 2 "Grêmio contrata ex-atacante do Santos e do Milan para equipe de transição" [Grêmio hires former Santos striker and Milan to transition team]. Globo Esporte. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
    4. "Santos vence e fica a 1 ponto dos grupos da Libertadores" [Santos wins and is one point behind the Libertadores] (in Portuguese). Terra. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
    5. "Grêmio empata com o Atlético-GO na despedida da Arena e pode perder vice-liderança" [Grêmio draws Atlético-GO in the farewell of the Arena and may lose vice-leadership] (in Portuguese). ESPN. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
    6. "Grêmio renova contrato com atacante Lucas Poletto até junho... -" [Grêmio renews contract with striker Lucas Poletto until June] (in Portuguese). UOL. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
    7. "Grêmio decide não exercer opção e libera atacante Lucas Poletto" [Grêmio decides not to exercise option and releases striker Lucas Poletto]. UOL Esporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
    8. "Στον Απόλλωνα οι Λούκας Πολέτο και Άγγελος Καρατάσιος" [In Apollon, Lucas Poletto and Angelos Karatassios] (in Greek). Sport Larissa. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
    9. "Ηρακλής - Απόλλων Λάρισας 3-4" (in Greek). Retrieved 22 November 2018.
    10. "Ο Πλατανιάς... πάγωσε το Ηράκλειο, μόνος πρώτος ο Απόλλων Λάρισας! (pics)" (in Greek). Retrieved 26 November 2018.
    11. "Απόλλων Λάρισας - Βόλος 1-1 (vids)" (in Greek). Retrieved 19 January 2019.
    12. "Ξάνθη: Επίσημα στους Ακρίτες ο Λούκας Πολέτο Κόστα". www.sport24.gr. 12 June 2019.
    13. 1 2 3 "Lucas Poletto". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 February 2018.