Lucas Moura

Lucas Moura
	Lucas training with Paris Saint-Germain in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Lucas Rodrigues Moura da Silva
Date of birth	13 August 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Winger Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Paris Saint-Germain
Number	7
Youth career
1999–2002	Juventus-SP
2002–2005	Corinthians
2005–2010	São Paulo
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2012	São Paulo
2013–	Paris Saint-Germain
International career‡
2011	Brazil U20
2012–	Brazil U23
2011–	Brazil
Medal record
Representing Brazil
Men's Football
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2014; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2013

Lucas Rodrigues Moura da Silva (born 13 August 1992), known as Lucas or Lucas Moura, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a winger for Paris Saint-Germain and the Brazil national football team.

Club career

São Paulo

Lucas joined São Paulo FC in 2005 after playing for the youth teams of Clube Atlético Juventus and Corinthians. Lucas made his debut with the São Paulo first-team in 2010, scoring 4 goals and providing four assists in 25 appearances. In 2011, Lucas scored nine goals and provided four assists in 28 appearances in the Campeonato Brasileiro and 13 goals and eight assists in all competitions.

Paris Saint-Germain

During the summer of 2012, both Manchester United and Internazionale were reported to be interested in signing Lucas.^[2] On 8 August 2012, Paris Saint-Germain won the battle and announced the player would be moving to the club in January 2013. He would be the club's most expensive signing.^[3] The transfer fee was reported to be in the region of €45m (£44.3).^[4] It has also been announced that Lucas will wear the No. 29 shirt for the remainder of the season. On 11 January 2013 Moura made his debut against AC Ajaccio, but the match ended a 0–0 draw. He also played in the UEFA Champions League away at Valencia; PSG won the game 2–1, with Lucas assisting a goal.

For the 2014-15 season, following Jérémy Ménez's transfer to AC Milan, Lucas was handed the No. 7 shirt - same one used by the player when he played for São Paulo.

International career

Lucas was a frequent member of Brazil's Under-20 international side. In February 2011, Lucas was involved for Brazil in the Under-20 South American Championship where he scored a hat-trick in a 6–0 victory over Uruguay in the final. Lucas made his senior international debut for Brazil in friendly match against Scotland on 27 March 2011. On 28 September 2011, Lucas scored his first senior international goal for Brazil against Argentina.

2011 Copa América

Lucas was named in Mano Menezes' squad for the 2011 Copa América in Argentina. Lucas appeared in the group stage matches against Paraguay and Ecuador as a second half substitute on both occasions. Lucas did not feature in Brazil's penalty shoot-out defeat to Paraguay in the quarter-finals which eliminated Brazil from the competition.

2012 Olympics

Lucas was selected to compete for the Brazil Olympic football team in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London along with club teammates Casemiro and Bruno Uvini. He appeared in three matches as a substitute, including the Gold medal match with Mexico, and started in the 3–0 group stage victory over New Zealand. Lucas was left out of the FIFA 2014 Brazilian squad by coach Luiz Felipe Scolari.

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 May 2014.^[5]

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Paulista		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
São Paulo	2010	25	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	4
	2011	28	9	4	0	3	1	8	3	43	13
	2012	21	6	9	2	9	2	21	6	60	16
	Total	74	19	13	2	12	3	29	9	128	33
Paris Saint-Germain	2012–13	10	0	1	0	4	0	—		15	0
	2013–14	36	5	7	0	10	0	—		53	5
	Total	46	5	8	0	14	0	—		68	5
Career totals		120	24	21	2	26	3	29	9	196	38

International

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Brazil	2011	10	1
	2012	12	2
	2013	9	1
Total		31	4

International goals

Scores and results table. Brazil's goal tally first:

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	28 September 2011	Estádio Olímpico do Pará, Belém, Brazil	Argentina	1–0	2–0	2011 Superclásico de las Américas
2.	10 September 2012	Estádio do Arruda, Recife, Brazil	China	3–0	8–0	Friendly
3.	11 October 2012	Swedbank Stadion, Malmö, Sweden	Iraq	6–0	6–0	Friendly
4.	9 June 2013	Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre, Brazil	France	3–0	3–0	Friendly