Lucas Ribeiro (Brazilian footballer) should not be confused with Lucas Ribeiro (Uruguayan footballer).
| Lucas Ribeiro | |
| Fullname: | Lucas Ribeiro dos Santos |
| Birth Date: | 19 January 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Salvador, Brazil |
| Height: | 1.90 m |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Currentclub: | Goiás |
| Clubnumber: | 14 |
| Youthyears1: | 2015–2018 |
| Youthclubs1: | Vitória |
| Years1: | 2018 |
| Clubs1: | Vitória |
| Caps1: | 16 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2019–2023 |
| Clubs2: | TSG Hoffenheim |
| Caps2: | 2 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs3: | → Internacional (loan) |
| Caps3: | 27 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs4: | → Ceará (loan) |
| Caps4: | 9 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs5: | Ceará |
| Caps5: | 6 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2024– |
| Clubs6: | Goiás |
| Caps6: | 1 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Brazil U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
| Club-Update: | 22 April 2024 |
Lucas Ribeiro dos Santos (born 19 January 1999) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série B club Goiás.
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.[1]
On 23 August, he made his first team debut, playing the whole ninety minutes of a 1–0 defeat against Flamengo.[2] Eight days later, he extended his contract until 2021.[3]
On 28 January 2019, Ribeiro joined German club TSG Hoffenheim and signed a contract until the summer of 2023.[4]
He played only two games for Hoffenheim before joining Internacional on loan.[5] [6]
On 18 January 2022, Ribeiro was loaned to Ceará for 2022 season.[7]
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.
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Vitória | 2018 | Série A | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||||
| TSG Hoffenheim | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Internacional (loan) | 2020 | Série A | 13 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 38 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1 | |||