Luciano da Rocha Neves (born 18 May 1993), simply known as Luciano, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a forward for

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club

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Club career

Luciano was born in Anápolis, Goiás, and joined Atlético Goianiense's youth setup from hometown club

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. He made his debut for the former on 8 March 2012, coming on as a second-half substitute for

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in a 1–0 away win against Gurupi, for the year's

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. Luciano made his Série A debut on 13 October 2012, coming from the bench and scoring the last in a 3–1 home win against Internacional. He contributed with five league appearances during the campaign, suffering team relegation. In 2013 Luciano moved to Avaí in the Série B. He again made his debut with a goal, netting his team's only in a 3–1 loss at Chapecoense. On 13 February 2014, Luciano signed a three-year contract with Corinthians in the top level. He made his debut for the club nine days later, replacing Romarinho in a 3–2

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home win against Rio Claro. Luciano subsequently scored two braces for ''Timão'', in a 3–0 home win against Comercial and in a 4–0 away routing of Linense. On 22 August 2014 he scored a

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in a 5–2 home success over

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. On 19 August 2015, in a match against Santos for the national cup, Luciano suffered a serious

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injury. He was sidelined for seven months, returning to action in February of the following year. On 24 August 2016, Luciano was loaned to

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side CD Leganés for one year, with a buyout clause.

Panathinaikos, Fluminense and Grêmio

On 17 July 2017, Luciano joined Greek Superleague club Panathinaikos on loan until the end of the year. On 20 September 2017, Luciano suffered a serious cruciate rupture injury during

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's clash against AEL in Leoforos. He was expected to return to action in March 2018. In the end of 2018 he went to Fluminense. In 2019, he moved to Grêmio.

São Paulo

On 18 August 2020, Luciano signed until December 2022 with

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. He came to Tricolor after Éverton signed with Grêmio, and going to Luciano's opposite side.

International career

Luciano was called for the Brazil U23 team representing the country at the

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, Canada. He was the tournament's top goalscorer with five goals in only four matches, and won a Bronze medal.

Career statistics

Honours

;Corinthians *

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;Grêmio *Taça Francisco Novelletto:

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;São Paulo *

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;Individual *

top scorer: 5 goals * 2019 Copa do Brasil top scorer: 5 goals * 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A top scorer: 18 goals

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Luciano 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Anápolis Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Avaí FC players Atlético Clube Goianiense players La Liga players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players CD Leganés players São Paulo FC players Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Brazil men's youth international footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Pan American Games bronze medalists in football Super League Greece players Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Footballers from Goiás 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen