Lucas Ventura

Lucas de Souza Ventura (born 19 May 1998), known as Lucas Ventura or sometimes as Nonoca, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Portimonense.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Souza and the second or paternal family name is Ventura.
Lucas Ventura
Personal information
Full name Lucas de Souza Ventura
Date of birth (1998-05-19) 19 May 1998
Place of birth Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Portimonense
Number 25
Youth career
2013–2016 Cruzeiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2022 Cruzeiro 24 (0)
2018 → Sport Recife (loan) 4 (0)
2019–2020 → Boa Esporte (loan) 14 (0)
2022 → Avaí (loan) 21 (0)
2023– Portimonense 13 (0)
International career
2014 Brazil U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 June 2023

Professional career

Lucas Ventura was recruited by Cruzeiro Youth Team in 2014, while playing a tournament in his native city. In 2017, Cruzeiro's coach Mano Menezes promoted him to the senior squad. On April 9, 2017, Nonoca made his professional debut in the match against Democrata-GV at Campeonato Mineiro.

When Lucas Ventura was promoted to Cruzeiro's First Team, he was convinced by his staff and family to use the name Lucas Ventura, but decided to change back to his nickname in June 2017, defending he was always known as Nonoca by Cruzeiro's colleagues and staff, since he was a kid growing up on the junior team. Nonoca participated well in several games in 2017, getting regular call-ups and being regularly used as a sub for Cruzeiro's defensive midfielders.[1][2]

International career

Lucas Ventura was called for Brazil U17 in 2014.[3]

References
  1. Guimarães, Guilherme. "Apelido do pai: Nonoca, o volante que deixou o 'time do bairro' para jogar no Cruzeiro". Hoje em Dia. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  2. "Leopoldinense Lucas Ventura 'Nonoca' é promovido ao elenco principal do Cruzeiro". Leopoldinense. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  3. "Lucas Nonoca, de Leopoldina, é convocado para a Seleção Brasileira de Futebol Sub-17". Leopoldinense. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
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