Lucas Poletto (footballer, born 1995)

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Lucas Poletto

Poletto during an interview
Personal information
Full name	Lucas Poletto Costa [1]
Date of birth	(1995-03-29) 29 March 1995 (age 29) [1]
Place of birth	Belo Horizonte, Brazil [1]
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward [1]
Team information
Current team	Levadiakos
Number	70
Youth career
2009–2012	Internacional
2012–2013	Milan
2013–2015	Figueirense
2016–2017	Santos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2018	Grêmio	3	(1)
2018–2019	Apollon Larissa	24	(3)
2019–2020	Xanthi	1	(0)
2020	→ Levadiakos (loan)	9	(2)
2020–2022	Levadiakos	57	(14)
2022	Criciúma	7	(0)
2023	Brusque	26	(0)
2023–	Levadiakos	22	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:00, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Polettoand the second or paternal family name is Costa.

Lucas Poletto Costa (born 29 March 1995) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek Super League 2 club Levadiakos.

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

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Grêmio	2017 [13]	Série A	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
	2018 [13]	Série A	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		3	1	1	0	0	0	4	1
Apollon Larissa	2018–19 [13]	Football League	24	3	—		0	0	24	3
Career total			27	4	1	0	0	0	28	4

Honours

Levadiakos

• Super League 2: 2021–22

References

1. "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. "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 2018-11-22.
10. "Ο Πλατανιάς... πάγωσε το Ηράκλειο, μόνος πρώτος ο Απόλλων Λάρισας! (pics)" (in Greek). Retrieved 2018-11-26.
11. "Απόλλων Λάρισας - Βόλος 1-1 (vids)" (in Greek). Retrieved 2019-01-19.
12. "Ξάνθη: Επίσημα στους Ακρίτες ο Λούκας Πολέτο Κόστα". www.sport24.gr. 12 June 2019.
13. "Lucas Poletto". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

External links

• Lucas Poletto at Soccerway