Lúcio Carlos Cajueiro Souza

(2009)

Lúcio Carlos Cajueiro Souza ( born June 20, 1979 in Recife ), known as Lúcio, is a Brazilian footballer.

Career

Lúcio comes from the youth department of UNIBOL, where he played until 1999 before joining the EC São Bento joined. A half- season long he was on loan from there to Gama, before he returned in 2001. In the same year, the player graduated with a strong left foot Esporte Clube XV de Novembro in Piracicaba, where he was a season long on the ball.

For the 2002 season - in Brazil, the seasons will be held in the calendar year - he moved to Ituano FC, ​​where he was able to achieve two goals in 25 games. Between July and December 2002, he played in AD São Caetano, before he returned to Ituano. In June 2003, Lúcio SE Palmeiras followed, where he played until 2005. Subsequently, he was awarded twice; In 2006, he played ten games for São Paulo FC, ​​in the following year, he donned the jersey of Gremio on.

For the season 2007/ 08 Lúcio moved to Hertha BSC in the German Bundesliga. In the Berliners, he received a four-year contract.

On September 22, 2007 Lúcio scored his first Bundesliga goal in the match against Borussia Dortmund.

At eight games in play at FC Schalke 04 Lúcio suffered a cruciate ligament injury, a scar of the patellar tendon, damage to the medial collateral ligament and the meniscus. After his injury, even his career was in jeopardy. His recovery took about 14 months. On 18 December 2008 in the match against Olympiakos Piraeus, the Hertha BSC lost with 0:4, he made his comeback after he was brought on by coach Lucien Favre in the 87th minute. In an interview Lúcio said: " These were the 4 most important minutes of my life ." In August 2009, he was again loaned to the end of the season at Gremio.

On February 13, 2010, he retired in the match against São José Porto Alegre cruciate ligament injury.

After Hertha was relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga, the contract was terminated with Lucio. In October 2010, Lúcio completed a trial at Leicester City in England and a little later one at the Columbus Crew in the U.S., but with two clubs he could not convince. In December, he was brought back from Gremio Porto Alegre and was able to build on his old services again.

Title

  • Winner São Paulo State Championship in 2002 with Ituano
  • Master 2nd Brazilian League with Palmeiras in 2003
  • Brazilian champion in 2006 with São Paulo
  • Winner of Rio Grande do Sul Championship 2007 with Grêmio
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