Pedro Lucas (footballer, born 2002)

Pedro Lucas Tápias Obermüller (born 26 July 2002), known as Pedro Lucas, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Operário.

Pedro Lucas
Personal information
Full name Pedro Lucas Tápias Obermüller
Date of birth (2002-07-26) 26 July 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Baixo Guandu, Brazil
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Operário
Youth career
2014–2022 Grêmio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2024 Grêmio 17 (1)
2023Ceará (loan) 6 (0)
2024– Operário 0 (0)
International career
2019 Brazil U17 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:19, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Club career edit

Early career edit

Born in Baixo Guandu, Espírito Santo, Pedro Lucas impressed Ronaldo at the age of nine, after his father uploaded videos of him playing and posted on social media. He also spent a week on trial at Real Madrid, after being sponsored by Ronaldo.[1]

Grêmio edit

In February 2014, aged 12, Pedro Lucas and his staff agreed to join the youth setup of Grêmio, starting from March.[2] On 31 August 2018, he signed his first professional contract with the club, agreeing to a three-year deal and having a 40 million release clause.[3][4]

On 28 November 2020, Pedro Lucas renewed his contract with the Tricolor until 2024.[5] He made his first team debut on 3 March of the following year, coming on as a second-half substitute for Thaciano in a 4–1 Campeonato Gaúcho home routing of Brasil de Pelotas.[6]

Pedro Lucas scored his first professional goal on 22 March 2021, netting the equalizer in a 1–1 away draw against São José-RS.[7] After six matches in the 2021 Campeonato Gaúcho, he moved down to the under-23 team for the remainder of the year.

Pedro Lucas returned to the first team of Grêmio during the 2022 season, being mainly a backup option as they achieved promotion from the Série B.

Loan to Ceará edit

On 13 February 2023, Pedro Lucas was announced at second division side Ceará on loan for the remainder of the year.[8] After making his debut for the club in a Copa do Nordeste match under head coach Gustavo Morínigo, he only made one appearance under Guto Ferreira before playing the last five matches of the season, now under Vagner Mancini.[9]

International career edit

In October 2019, after previously featuring in friendlies with the side during the year, Pedro Lucas was called up to the Brazil national under-17 team in the place of Reinier for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[10] After starting the tournament as a backup, he featured in all the four remaining matches as Brazil lifted the trophy for the fourth time.[11]

Career statistics edit

As of 23 March 2021.[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State league National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Grêmio 2021 Série A 0 0 6[a] 1 0 0 2[b] 0 8 1
2022 Série B 9 0 2[a] 0 0 0 11 0
2023 Série A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 9 0 8 1 0 0 2 0 19 1
Ceará (loan) 2023 Série B 6 0 1[c] 0 7 0
Career total 15 0 8 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 26 1
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Campeonato Gaúcho.
  2. ^ One appearance in Copa Libertadores, one appearance in Copa Sudamericana.
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste.

Honours edit

Brazil U17

Grêmio

Ceará

References edit

  1. ^ "Apadrinhado por Ronaldo, capixaba de 9 anos é alvo do Real Madrid" [Sponsored by Ronaldo, 9-year-old capixaba is a target of Real Madrid] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Grêmio acolhe 'fenômeno' de 12 anos que teve bênção de Ronaldo no Real" [Grêmio receive 12-year-old 'phenomenom' who had the blessings of Ronaldo at Real] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Grêmio põe multa de R$ 195 mi em jovem meia que passou pelo Real Madrid" [Grêmio set R$ 195 mi release clause in young midfielder who had a stint at Real Madrid] (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Capixaba Pedrinho assina primeiro contrato profissional com o Grêmio: "Emoção inexplicável"" [Capixaba Pedrinho signs his first professional contract with Grêmio: "Unexplainable emotion"] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Grêmio renova com campeão mundial sub-17 até 2024 e estipula multa de R$ 319 milhões" [Grêmio renew with U17 world champion until 2024 and set release clause of R$ 319 million] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Pedro Lucas estreia no profissional do Grêmio e diz: 'Sonho realizado'" [Pedro Lucas debuts in the first team of Grêmio and says: 'Dream fulfilled'] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Lance!. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Pedro Lucas realiza "sonho" após marcar 1º gol pelo Grêmio em empate: "Muito especial"" [Pedro Lucas fulfills "dream" after scoring 1st goal for Grêmio in draw: "Very special"] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Ceará anuncia meia Pedro Lucas como novo reforço para a temporada 2023" [Ceará announce midfielder Pedro Lucas as new addition for the 2023 season] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Pedro Lucas ganha espaço no Ceará e recebe elogios de Vagner Mancini" [Pedro Lucas wins space at Ceará and receives praise from Vagner Mancini] (in Brazilian Portuguese). O Povo. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Pupilo de Ronaldo, substituto de Reinier já participou do Encontro com Fátima e treinou no Real" [Pupil of Ronaldo, Reinier's substitute already went to Encontro com Fátima and trained at Real] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Gremistas conquistam o título Mundial Sub-17 com a Seleção Brasileira" [Gremistas win the U-17 World Cup title with the Brazil national team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Grêmio FBPA. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  12. ^ Pedro Lucas at Soccerway

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