Lucas Ventura
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lucas de Souza Ventura | ||
Date of birth | 19 May 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Portimonense | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
2013–2016 | Cruzeiro | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2022 | Cruzeiro | 24 | (0) |
2018 | → Sport Recife (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Boa Esporte (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2022 | → Avaí (loan) | 21 | (0) |
2023– | Portimonense | 13 | (0) |
International career | |||
2014 | Brazil U17 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 June 2023 |
Lucas de Souza Ventura (born 19 May 1998), known as Lucas Ventura or sometimes as Nonoca, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Portimonense.
Professional career
Lucas Ventura was recruited by Cruzeiro Youth Team in 2014, while playing a tournament in his native city. In 2017, Cruzeiro's coach Mano Menezes promoted him to the senior squad. On April 9, 2017, Nonoca made his professional debut in the match against Democrata-GV at Campeonato Mineiro.
When Lucas Ventura was promoted to Cruzeiro's First Team, he was convinced by his staff and family to use the name Lucas Ventura, but decided to change back to his nickname in June 2017, defending he was always known as Nonoca by Cruzeiro's colleagues and staff, since he was a kid growing up on the junior team. Nonoca participated well in several games in 2017, getting regular call-ups and being regularly used as a sub for Cruzeiro's defensive midfielders.[1][2]
International career
Lucas Ventura was called for Brazil U17 in 2014.[3]
References
- ^ Guimarães, Guilherme. "Apelido do pai: Nonoca, o volante que deixou o 'time do bairro' para jogar no Cruzeiro". Hoje em Dia. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Leopoldinense Lucas Ventura 'Nonoca' é promovido ao elenco principal do Cruzeiro". Leopoldinense. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Lucas Nonoca, de Leopoldina, é convocado para a Seleção Brasileira de Futebol Sub-17". Leopoldinense. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
External links
- Cruzeiro profile (in Portuguese)
- Lucas Ventura at Soccerway
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players
- Primeira Liga players
- Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players
- Sport Club do Recife players
- Boa Esporte Clube players
- Avaí FC players
- Portimonense S.C. players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- People from Leopoldina, Minas Gerais
- Footballers from Minas Gerais