Lucas de Lima Tagliapietra (born 5 November 1990), known simply as Lucas, is a Brazilian professional

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player who plays for Portuguese club Penafiel as a defender.

Career

Born in

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, Lucas began his career in the state with Santa Cruz in 2010. He then played for

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, where he was twice Hong Kong league runner-up, and once a domestic cup finalist. After that he moved to Moldova's FC Dacia Chișinău, and in 2013 transferred to another team in their league,

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. He left the club when they were in fifth position. Lucas signed for Scottish club Hamilton Academical on a one-year contract on 30 January 2015. He made his debut in the

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on 22 February, replacing

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for the last seven minutes of a 4–0 defeat away to league leaders

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. On 16 May he scored his first goal for the club, heading in

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's corner to open an eventual 2–1 loss away to Ross County. After breaking into the first-team he extended his contract with the club in May 2015, until the end of the 2015–16 season. Lucas left ''The Accies'' in July 2016, and signed a contract with

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as a free agent. He scored his first goal for the club in the first day of the season, in a 2–0 home win against Arouca on 14 August. On 18 September, his errors led to both goals in a 2–1 loss to

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also at the '' Estádio do Bessa''; the latter was a

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that denied a goal for Platiny and earned a

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. Manager Erwin Sánchez said that the blame for the defeat was shared across the whole team, not just Lucas. In June 2017, Lucas returned to South America when he signed a four-year deal at LDU Quito in Ecuador, who purchased 50% of his economic rights. After a year at Al Batin FC in the Saudi Professional League, Lucas returned to Boavista on a two-year deal in July 2019. He left again after one season and signed a contract of the same length for Portimonense in September 2020. On 27 July 2021 he moved to Penafiel in Liga Portugal 2.

Personal life

Lucas also has an Italian passport, allowing him to play in the United Kingdom without a work permit.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tagliapietra, Lucas 1990 births People from Alegrete Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders Hong Kong Pegasus FC players Hamilton Academical F.C. players FC Dacia Chișinău players FC Milsami Orhei players L.D.U. Quito footballers Al Batin FC players Boavista F.C. players Portimonense S.C. players F.C. Penafiel players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Hong Kong First Division League players Ecuadorian Serie A players Scottish Professional Football League players Saudi Pro League players Moldovan Super Liga players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Footballers from Rio Grande do Sul