Lucão (footballer, born 1995)
Brazilian footballer
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Lucas Marcos Meireles (born 22 September 1995), commonly known as Lucão (ルカオ), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Japanese club Fagiano Okayama.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lucas Marcos Meireles[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 September 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Dores do Turvo, Brazil[1] | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fagiano Okayama | ||
| Number | 99 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016 | Arsenal-MG | 7 | (0) |
| 2017 | Makedonija GjP | 11 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Renova | 18 | (3) |
| 2018 | Gjilani | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Apollon Larissa | 24 | (8) |
| 2019–2020 | Kagoshima United | 16 | (3) |
| 2020 | → Zweigen Kanazawa (loan) | 24 | (10) |
| 2021–2022 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 25 | (4) |
| 2023– | Fagiano Okayama | 90 | (10) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 September 2025 | |||
Career
On 5 July 2018, Lucão joined Albanian-based Kosovan side Gjilani.[2] However, later in the same month, he moved to Greece to join Apollon Larissa.[3]
He moved to Kagoshima United the following season.[4] After one season with Kagoshima United, he was loaned to Zweigen Kanazawa.[5] This loan spell was very successful, with Lucão scoring numerous goals for Zweigen Kanazawa, finishing with ten league goals for the season.[6][7][8]
At the expiration of his loan deal with Zweigen Kanazawa, it was announced that he would join Matsumoto Yamaga for the 2021 season.[9] He signed a contract extension with Matsumoto Yamaga for the 2022 season.[10] He left at the end of the 2022 season.[11]
In February 2023, he signed for Fagiano Okayama, following his departure from Matsumoto Yamaga.[12] On 7 January 2025, he signed a new contract with the club.[13]
Career statistics
- As of 22 July 2019[14]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Arsenal-MG | 2016 | – | 0 | 0 | 7[a] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Makedonija GjP | 2016–17 | Macedonian First Football League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Renova | 2017–18 | Macedonian First Football League | 18 | 3 | 1[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 |
| Gjilani | 2018–19 | Superleague of Kosovo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apollon Larissa | 2018–19 | Football League | 24 | 8 | 3[c] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11 |
| Career total | 53 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 64 | 14 | ||
- Notes
- Appearances in the Campeonato Mineiro Módulo II
- Appearances in the Macedonian Cup
