SOCCER PLAYER

Lucas Leiva

1987 - Today

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Lucas Pezzini Leiva (born 9 January 1987), known as Lucas or Lucas Leiva (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈlukɐz ˈlejvɐ]), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for Grêmio, Liverpool, Lazio and the Brazil national team. Lucas began his career as a box-to-box midfielder at Grêmio, where he won the Campeonato Gaúcho in 2006 and 2007. In July 2007 he moved to Liverpool, where he played 347 professional matches over the course of a decade, winning the League Cup in 2012. Between 2010 and 2016, Lucas led the Premier League in tackles per game five times in six seasons. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Lucas Leiva is the 5,587th most popular soccer player (down from 4,238th in 2024), the 849th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 729th in 2019) and the 450th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Lucas Leiva ranks 5,587 out of 21,273. Before him are Hasse Backe, Kevin Gameiro, Ayoub El Kaabi, Johnny Douglas, Sofiane Feghouli, and Zisis Vryzas. After him are José Sosa, Gerónimo Rulli, Satoshi Hashida, Yohan Cabaye, Aleksandr Kerzhakov, and Dionizije Dvornić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Lucas Leiva ranks 152. Before him are Lashana Lynch, Carolina Kostner, Ed Westwick, Antonio Candreva, Kevin Gameiro, and Rob Kardashian. After him are Giuseppe Rossi, Ott Tänak, Kagney Linn Karter, Sergio Llull, Marianne Vos, and Múte Bourup Egede.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Lucas Leiva ranks 849 out of 2,236. Before him are Antônio Silva (1952), Izabel Goulart (1984), Daniela Escobar (1969), Fábio Simplício (1979), Diego Carlos (1993), and Juninho Fonseca (1958). After him are Renato Augusto (1988), Émerson Luiz Firmino (1973), Andre Matos (1971), Cristiana Oliveira (1963), Fábio Júnior (1977), and Ciro Gomes (1957).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Lucas Leiva ranks 450. Before him are Cuca (1963), Everton Nogueira (1959), Antônio Silva (1952), Fábio Simplício (1979), Diego Carlos (1993), and Juninho Fonseca (1958). After him are Renato Augusto (1988), Émerson Luiz Firmino (1973), Fábio Júnior (1977), Gabriel Martinelli (2001), Túlio Maravilha (1969), and Oséas (1971).

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