LUCAS





Full name: Lucas Pezzini Leiva
Date of birth: January 09, 1987
Birthplace: Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Nationality: Brazilian
2nd nationality: Italian
EU passport: Yes
Height: 179 cms
Weight: 75 kgs

Club: Liverpool
Position: Defensive Midfielder [C]
Squad Number: 21
Previous clubs: Grêmio > (€7.5m) Liverpool

International debut:
International Caps: 3
International Goals: 0
World Cups: none

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (2005)



SeasonClubCountryLevelGPGS
2008-09 Liverpool ENG A 25 1
2007-08 Liverpool ENG A 18 0
2006-06 Grêmio BRA A 30 4
2005-05 Grêmio BRA B 3 0
Career Totals:765



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1987
Born January 9 in Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul.
2005
October 22: Made his Gremio full team debut in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1-0 victory over Nautico.
2006
September 21: Lucas received his first Brazil call up for next month's friendly internationals against Kuwait and Ecuador.
2007
January: Part of the Brazil side that won the South American Under-20 Championship.
May 14: Set to join Liverpool in July, once his participation in the Libertadores Cup with Gremio comes to an end. "I really didn't expect to leave Brazil so soon but what I have been offered and the team which it came from made it impossible to say no," Leiva was quoted as saying on Liverpool's website.
2008
August 22: Member of the Brazilian team that won the Bronze Medal at the Beijing Olympic Games.

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