Lucas Moura
Lucas Moura, 2011
Lucas Rodrigues Moura da Silva (born 13 August 1992 São Paulo), generally known as Lucas, is a Brazilian footballer who currently is under contract with the French first division side Paris Saint- Germain.
In addition to players like Eron, Case Miro, Alan Patrick, Bernardo, Elkeson, Neto Berola and Neymar he is considered one of the great talents of Brazilian football.
Career
Association
Lucas began his career in the youth of Sao Paulo in 2005., Where he won in 2010 with the A- youth the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior. In the same year moved to the offensive player in the squad of the first team of the FCSP. There, Lucas quickly won a starting berth and played in the foreground.
On August 8, 2012, the French first division side Paris Saint- Germain announced the signing of Lucas on January 1, 2013. He signed a contract for four and a half years until 30 June 2017.
National
Lucas was junior national team of Brazil. With the U -20 in the country, the midfielder took part in the South American Championship 2011. In the new possible roles of the first group phase and the final season, Lucas was the only player besides Alex Sandro and Oscar to operations in every encounter, which stood in eight games in the starting lineup. The Brazilian youth team completed this championship from the winner. Behind team-mate Neymar Lucas was also second best scorer with four goals of his team.
After the Brazilian national team disappointing running World Cup in South Africa, Lucas came under new coach Mano Menezes, who brought about a radical change, 27 March 2011 to his first appearance of the team. In the friendly match against Scotland joined him Menezes in the 72nd minute for a Jádson. Since then, the midfielder is appointed regularly to the squad. In the summer of 2011, he was nominated for the Copa America in Argentina. There he was in the kick-off meeting on July 3, 2011 in a 0-0 draw against Venezuela Copa his debut.
In 2012 he took part with the Olympic Team at the Olympic Games in London, in which Brazil wanted to win for the first time the gold medal. In the final, Brazil but was defeated with 1:2 of the Mexican team. Lucas came in four of six games for use, including in the final.
Achievements
National
- U20 South American Championship: 2011
- Olympic football tournament: Silver Medal 2012
- FIFA Confederations Cup: 2013
Association
- Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior: 2010 Sao Paulo
- French Champion: 2012/13 with Paris SG