Lucas Poletto Costa (born 29 March 1995) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Criciúma.
![]() Poletto during an interview | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lucas Poletto Costa[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1995-03-29) 29 March 1995 (age 27)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Belo Horizonte, Brazil[1] | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward[1] | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Criciúma | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2012 | Internacional | ||
2012–2013 | Milan | ||
2013–2015 | Figueirense | ||
2016–2017 | Santos | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | Grêmio | 3 | (1) |
2018–2019 | Apollon Larissa | 24 | (3) |
2019–2020 | Xanthi | 1 | (0) |
2020 | → Levadiakos (loan) | 9 | (2) |
2020–2022 | Levadiakos | 57 | (14) |
2022 | Criciúma | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2022 |
Born in Belo Horizonte, Poletto represented Internacional, Figueirense and Italian club Milan as a youth before moving to Santos B in early 2016.[2] Although he was registered for the Copa Paulista tournament, he did not get any playing time.[3]
On 13 April 2017, Poletto signed with Grêmio.[3] He made his first team debut on 19 November, replacing Dionathã in a 1–0 defeat against Santos FC in Série A.[4] 7 days later, he scored the equaliser in a 1–1 draw against Atlético Goianiense from a Rafael Thyere.[5] On 5 January 2018, Poletto's contract was extended till June.[6] On 12 July, he was released by the club.[7]
On 15 September 2018, Poletto moved abroad and joined Greek Football League club Apollon Larissa.[8] On 22 November 2018, he scored his first goal for the club in an astonishing 4-3 away win against Iraklis. [9] Three days later he scored with a beautiful finesse shot in a 2-0 home win against Aittitos Spata, which cemented his team's position on top of the league table. [10] On 19 January 2019, he scored the equalizer in a 1-1 home draw against Volos. [11]
On 12 June 2019, he signed a contract with top tier club Xanthi.[12]
Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Grêmio | 2017[13] | Série A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
2018[13] | Série A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
Apollon Larissa | 2018–19[13] | Football League | 24 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | |
Career total | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 |
Levadiakos F.C. – current squad | |
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