Lucas Gabriel Ribeiro Firmo (born 29 May 2000), known as Lucão, is a Brazilian
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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for
Farense
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Club career
Born in
Patos de Minas
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Geography
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,
Minas Gerais
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, Lucão played for the youth categories of hometown sides
América Mineiro
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in 2017. He moved to Trindade in the following year, and played for their under-20 side before making his first team debut on 29 September 2018 by coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–1
Campeonato Goiano
The Campeonato Goiano is the football league of the state of Goiás, Brazil.
Format
First Division
First stage
*Teams are divided in two groups of six teams.
*Double round-robin, in which all teams home-and-away games against the team fro ...
Segunda Divisão home loss against
CRAC
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Lucão signed for Grêmio Anápolis for the 2019 season, and played in two Campeonato Goiano matches before returning to Trindade to play for their under-20 side. In the middle of the year, he moved abroad and joined Portuguese side
S.C. Braga
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, but only appeared for their under-23 team.
Lucão returned to Grêmio Anápolis in December 2019, but only featured sparingly before being loaned to
Goianésia
Goianésia () is a municipality in the state of Goiás, Brazil. It is a large producer of sugarcane for production of alcohol used as a source of fuel.
Location
Goianésia is located almost due north of Anápolis (150 km), 54 km from th ...
for the 2020 Série D. He returned to his parent club in January 2021, and scored five goals in the 2021 Goiano as his club won their first ever title.
On 26 May 2021, Lucão agreed to a loan deal with Série A side
Atlético Goianiense
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until the end of the year, with a buyout clause. He made his debut in the category four days later, replacing
Zé Roberto
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late into a 1–0 away win against
Corinthians
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Career statistics
Honours
Grêmio Anápolis
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Campeonato Goiano
The Campeonato Goiano is the football league of the state of Goiás, Brazil.
Format
First Division
First stage
*Teams are divided in two groups of six teams.
*Double round-robin, in which all teams home-and-away games against the team fro ...