Tuta (footballer, born 1999)

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Tuta
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Tuta warming up for Eintracht Frankfurt in 2022
Personal information
Full name Lucas Silva Melo
Date of birth (1999-07-04) 4 July 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Al-Duhail
Number 3
Youth career
–2018 São Paulo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 São Paulo 0 (0)
2019–2025 Eintracht Frankfurt 136 (9)
2019–2020 → Kortrijk (loan) 14 (1)
2025– Al-Duhail 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2025

Lucas Silva Melo (born 4 July 1999), known as Tuta, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Qatari club Al-Duhail. [2]

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He acquired his nickname due to his likeness to former Brazilian footballer Moacir Bastos, who is also known as Tuta.

Career

In January 2019, Tuta joined Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt from São Paulo, signing a four-and-a-half-year contract lasting until 30 June 2023. [3] In August 2019, Tuta joined Belgian club Kortrijk on a season-long loan from Frankfurt. [4] He made his debut for Kortrijk in the Belgian First Division A on 24 November 2019, starting in the away match against Anderlecht, which finished as a 0–0 draw. [5] He made 18 appearances and scored one goal for Kortrijk until April 2020, when the season was ended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

He returned to Frankfurt for the Bundesliga 2020-21 season and made four appearances for the club the first half of the season. After Eintracht team captain David Abraham retired from professional football in January 2021, Tuta became a starting player, playing in the central defense together with Evan Ndicka and Martin Hinteregger. [6] Tuta scored his first goal for Frankfurt and in the Bundesliga on 30 October 2021, when he scored the late equalizer in a 1-1 draw against RB Leipzig. [7]

On 18 May 2022, Tuta won the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League title. He appeared in the starting formation in the final against Rangers. [8]

On 4 August 2025, Tuta signed with Al-Duhail in Qatar. [9]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 May 2025 [10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Eintracht Frankfurt 2020–21 Bundesliga 19010——200
2021–22 26410110—384
2022–23 31250801 [a] 0452
2023–24 301308 [b] 1—412
2024–25 3023010 [c] 0—432
Total13691303711018710
Kortrijk (loan) 2019–20 Belgian Pro League 14140——181
Career total150101703811020511

Honours

Eintracht Frankfurt

References

  1. ↑ "Tuta". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Tuta at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ "Perspektivspieler Tuta kommt aus Sao Paulo an den Main" [Perspective player Tuta comes from Sao Paulo to the Main]. Eintracht Frankfurt (in German). 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Tuta joins KV Kortrijk on loan". Eintracht Frankfurt . 6 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "RSC Anderlecht – KV Kortrijk 0:0 (Eerste klasse A 2019/2020, 16. Round)". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  6. ↑ Philipp Geiger (13 February 2021). "Eintracht Frankfurt: Tuta lässt Abraham fast vergessen". 90min.de (in German). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "Tuta pulls late equaliser out of the bag as Eintracht Frankfurt hold RB Leipzig". bundesliga.com. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Eintracht Frankfurt's unbeaten run to winning the UEFA Europa League". Bundesliga. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "Al Duhail signs Brazilian "Tuta"". Al-Duhail SC. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  10. ↑ Tuta at Soccerway
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