Lucas Santos da Silva, known as Lucas Santos or Lucas Silva (born 7 March 1999) is a Brazilian soccer player who plays as an

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or a winger for Portuguesa-RJ.

Club career

He made his professional debut in the

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for

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on 24 January 2018 in a game against Cabofriense, replacing

Bruno Paulista Bruno Jacinto da Silva (born 21 August 1995), known as Bruno Paulista, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. He is currently free agent. Club career Bruno Paulista was born in Nova Odessa, São Paulo, and graduated with ...

in the 75th minute. On 2 September 2019, he signed with Russian club

PFC CSKA Moscow Professional Football Club CSKA (russian: link=yes, Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English l ...

on loan until the end of 2019, with CSKA holding an option to buy out his rights at the end of the loan. He made his

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debut for CSKA on 15 September 2019 in a game against

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, replacing

Konstantin Kuchayev Konstantin Vitalyevich Kuchayev (russian: link=no, Константин Витальевич Кучаев; born 18 March 1998) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a right winger or attacking midfielder for Rostov. Club career CSKA ...

in the 79th minute. On 10 January 2020, CSKA Moscow confirmed that Santos had returned to

after his loan had expired.

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* * 1999 births Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Living people Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders CR Vasco da Gama players Grêmio Esportivo Brasil players Tombense Futebol Clube players PFC CSKA Moscow players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Russian Premier League players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Russia {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub