brazilian affiliation football player

Rodrigues and the second or paternal family name is Moura da Silva. In this portuguese name, the first or enate family list isand the second or parental family name is Lucas Rodrigues Moura da Silva ( behave 13 August 1992 ), known as Lucas Moura ( brazilian portuguese : [ ˈlukas ˈmowɾɐ ] ), [ 4 ] is a brazilian professional football player who plays as a winger and forward for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Brazil national team.

Moura started his professional career at São Paulo where he became one of the best players in the Campeonato Paulista. His tempo and dribbling skills garnered attention from numerous european clubs, finally earning him a transplant to french side Paris Saint-Germain. After winning multiple domestic trophies over a five-year span at the clubhouse, Moura was then signed by English side Tottenham Hotspur. He was involved in the english reaching their first always UEFA Champions League final examination, scoring a historic hat-trick in the second stage of the semi-final of the contest to help Spurs advance. Moura made his aged international debut for Brazil in 2011 and has since earned over 30 caps, representing the nation at two editions of the Copa América, the 2012 Olympics ( where he won a flatware decoration ), and the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, winning the latter title .

Club career [edit ]

São Paulo [edit ]

Moura joined São Paulo FC in 2005 after playing for the youth teams of Clube Atlético Juventus and Corinthians and was known as Marcelinho since he played for a Marcelinho Carioca football school as a child and besides had forcible resemblance with the early football player. [ 5 ] Having had prominence at young level, he was promoted to play professionally by Milton Cruz. Moura made his debut with the São Paulo first-team in 2010, scoring 4 goals and providing four assists in 25 appearances. In the like year, he stated his desire to be known for his given name rather of a nickname to “ make his own history in football without comparisons ”. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In 2011, Moura scored nine goals and provided four assists in 28 appearances in the Campeonato Brasileiro and 13 goals and eight assists in all competitions. [ citation needed ]

Paris Saint-Germain [edit ]

During the summer of 2012, both Manchester United and Inter Milan were reported to be matter to in signing Moura. [ 8 ] On 8 August 2012, Paris Saint-Germain won the struggle and announced the player would be moving to the baseball club in January 2013. He would be the club ‘s most expensive sign. [ 9 ] The transfer fee was reported to be in the region of €45 million ( £38 million ). [ 10 ] It was announced that Moura would wear the No. 29 shirt for the end of the season. [ citation needed ] On 11 January 2013, Moura made his debut against AC Ajaccio, in a match that ended as a 0–0 trace. He besides played in the Champions League away victory over Valencia on 12 February, assisting a goal in the process. [ 11 ] On 13 September 2013, he scored his first finish for PSG in a 2–0 league victory over Bordeaux. [ 12 ] For the 2014–15 season, following Jérémy Ménez ‘s transfer to A.C. Milan, Moura was handed the No. 7 shirt – the same issue he wore while playing for São Paulo. [ 13 ] He made his season debut for PSG in their 2–0 Trophée des Champions victory over Coupe de France winners EA Guingamp on 2 August 2014 at the Workers Stadium in Beijing. [ 14 ] He scored his first goal of the 2014–15 Ligue 1 crusade on 16 August, volleying in a Gregory van five hundred Wiel cross as PSG defeated Bastia 2–0. [ 15 ] On 5 October, Moura scored the open goal in a catch that finished 1–1 against title rivals Monaco. [ 16 ] With his two goals in PSG ‘s 3–0 victory over Bordeaux on 25 October, he equalled his league match from the former season. [ 17 ] On 7 August 2015, Moura scored the first goal of the 2015–16 Ligue 1 season in PSG ‘s 1–0 get the better of of Lille OSC at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy. [ 18 ] On 15 October 2016, Moura scored PSG ‘s first goal in the 13th minute in a 2–1 off win against AS Nancy in a Ligue 1 match with a curling free-kick from the left field which cipher got a tint to ; that was his one-fifth league goal of the 2016–17 Ligue 1 temper. [ 19 ] For the 2017–18 Ligue 1 season, he appeared only as substitute six times for the club, and left in January 2018. [ 20 ]

Tottenham Hotspur [edit ]

On 31 January 2018, Moura signed a sign with Tottenham Hotspur until 2023 for a transfer tip of around £25 million. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] He made his debut for Tottenham in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League match against Juventus on 13 February 2018, coming on as a former utility in the meet that ended in a 2–2 attract. [ 22 ] He made his beginning start a well as scoring his beginning goal for the club in the FA Cup tie against Rochdale on 18 February 2018 that besides finished 2–2. [ 23 ] In the 2018–19 season, Moura scored his first Premier League goal on 18 August 2018 in Spurs ‘ 3–1 win over Fulham. [ 24 ] In the follow match on 27 August 2018, he scored a stimulate against Manchester United as Tottenham won 3–0 in lone their third gear off win at Old Trafford in 27 games. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] He scored his first Champions League goal for Spurs in the group round match against PSV. [ 27 ] In the away peer against Barcelona at Camp Nou, Moura scored a belated counterweight after Barcelona took an early lead in the game. The game ended 1–1, which sent Tottenham through into the knockout stage together with Barcelona. [ 28 ] On 13 April 2019, he scored a hat-trick in the 4–0 gain over Huddersfield Town. This was his first hat-trick in Europe and the beginning ever hat-trick scored at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. [ 29 ] On 8 May 2019, Moura scored a second half hat-trick in Tottenham ‘s 3–2 victory over Ajax at the Johan Cruyff Arena in the second branch of their Champions League semi-finals. Spurs came back from 2–0 down on the night, and 3–0 down on sum to win on away goals. His third goal, in the 96th minute, sent his team into a Champions League final examination for the first base prison term in their history. [ 30 ] This performance moderate L’Équipe to award him a perfect 10 rating, making him the tenth ever player to be awarded a 10 rat by them. [ 31 ] On 9 August 2019, Moura signed a raw contract with Tottenham until 2024. [ 32 ] He scored his first finish of the 2019–20 season on 17 August 2019, equalising against Manchester City within nineteen seconds of being introduced as a alternate. [ 33 ]

International career [edit ]

Youth career and early elder career [edit ]

Moura in 2011 Moura was a patronize member of Brazil ‘s Under-20 international side. In February 2011, he was involved for Brazil in the Under-20 South american Championship where he scored a hat-trick in a 6–0 victory over Uruguay in the final. Moura made his aged external debut for Brazil in friendly match against Scotland on 27 March 2011. On 28 September 2011, Moura scored his first elder international goal for Brazil against Argentina. [ citation needed ]

2011 Copa América [edit ]

Moura was named in Mano Menezes ‘ squad for the 2011 Copa América in Argentina. Moura appeared in the group stagecoach matches against Paraguay, Ecuador and Venezuela as a second-half ersatz on all occasions. He once again featured as a alternate in Brazil ‘s penalty shoot-out kill to Paraguay in the quarter-finals which eliminated Brazil from the rival. [ citation needed ]

2012 Olympics [edit ]

Moura was selected to compete for the Brazil Olympic football team in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London along with club teammates Casemiro and Bruno Uvini. He appeared in three matches as a substitute, including the Gold decoration meet with Mexico, and started in the 3–0 group stage victory over New Zealand. [ citation needed ]

2013 Confederations Cup [edit ]

Moura was selected by Luiz Felipe Scolari for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup on base dirt. [ 34 ]

Copa América Centenario [edit ]

In 2016, Moura was named in Dunga ‘s 23-man police squad for the Copa América Centenario in the United States. [ 35 ]

style of play [edit ]

He is credited as a quick and mobile winger, who is besides knock-down, creative, and technically gifted, [ 36 ] Moura is besides known for his explosive acceleration, agility, jump, and pace – both on and off the ball –, a well as his campaign, and his excellent drivel skills, in detail his use of trickery and feints, which make him a dangerous offensive threat. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] [ 39 ] [ 40 ] [ 41 ] A versatile actor, he is besides able of playing in several positions, and has besides been deployed as a forward, [ 42 ] in midfield, [ 43 ] as a patronize striker, [ 44 ] or tied as an attacking midfielder behind the strikers. [ 45 ] however, he has been accused of being inconsistent in the media, in particular in his youth, [ 44 ] while his vision and decision–making have besides been cited as weaknesses to his game. [ 46 ]

career statistics [edit ]

baseball club [edit ]

As of match played 22 December 2021[47]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
São Paulo 2010 Série A 25 4 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 25 4
2011 Série A 28 9 4 0 — 3 1 8[a] 3 43 13
2012 Série A 21 6 9 2 — 9 2 21[a] 6 60 16
Total 74 19 13 2 — 12 3 29 9 128 33
Paris Saint-Germain 2012–13 Ligue 1 10 0 1 0 0 0 4[b] 0 — 15 0
2013–14 Ligue 1 36 5 2 0 4 0 10[b] 0 1[c] 0 53 5
2014–15 Ligue 1 29 7 4 1 4 0 8[b] 0 1[c] 0 46 8
2015–16 Ligue 1 36 9 6 1 4 1 9[b] 2 1[c] 0 56 13
2016–17 Ligue 1 37 12 5 3 3 2 7[b] 1 1[c] 1 53 19
2017–18 Ligue 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
Total 153 34 18 5 16 3 38 3 4 1 229 46
Tottenham Hotspur 2017–18 Premier League 6 0 4 1 — 1[b] 0 — 11 1
2018–19 Premier League 32 10 2 0 3 0 12[b] 5 — 49 15
2019–20 Premier League 35 4 5 2 1 0 6[b] 1 — 47 7
2020–21 Premier League 30 3 3 1 4 0 13[d] 5 — 50 9
2021–22 Premier League 15 2 0 0 2 2 5[e] 1 — 22 5
Total 117 19 14 4 9 1 37 12 — 177 36
Career total 344 72 45 11 25 4 87 18 33 10 534 115

International [edit ]

As of match played 12 October 2018[48]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Brazil 2011 10 1
2012 12 2
2013 9 1
2015 2 0
2016 1 0
2018 1 0
Total 35 4
Scores and results tables list Brazil’s goal tally first.

Honours [edit ]

São Paulo
Paris Saint-Germain
Tottenham Hotspur
Brazil U20
Brazil U23
Brazil
Individual

References [edit ]