Lucas Fonseca

Lucas Fonseca
Personal information
Full name	Lucas Silva Fonseca
Date of birth	2 August 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Pedralva, Brazil
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008	Brasilis
2009	Lemense
2010–2011	União São João
2011	→ Guarani (loan)
2012–2013	Mogi Mirim
2012	→ Bahia (loan)
2013–2014	Bahia
2015	Tianjin Teda
2016–2021	Bahia
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:48, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Lucas Silva Fonseca (born 2 August 1985) is a Brazilian footballer as a central defender.

Club career

On 18 January 2015, Lucas Fonseca had his contract with Bahia terminated by mutual consent.^[1] On 19 January, he transferred to Chinese Super League side Tianjin Teda.^[2]

Fonseca was widely ridiculed after a match between Bahia and Flamengo when the center back's blatant simulation earned him a second yellow card in the thirtieth minute. Afterwards many internet memes and videos sprang up poking fun of Fonseca's dive.^[3]^[4]

Career statistics

As of 25 October 2021^[5]

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brasilis	2008	Paulista 2ª Divisão	—		0	0	—		—		—		0	0
Lemense	2009	Paulista 2ª Divisão	—		22	0	—		—		—		22	0
União São João	2010	Paulista A2	—		13	0	—		—		—		13	0
	2011	Paulista A2	—		6	0	—		—		—		6	0
	Total		—		19	0	—		—		—		19	0
Guarani	2011	Série B	6	0	—		—		—		—		6	0
Mogi Mirim	2012	Série D	0	0	22	0	—		—		—		22	0
	2013	Série C	0	0	19	0	—		—		—		19	0
	Total		0	0	41	0	—		—		—		41	0
Bahia (loan)	2012	Série A	10	0	—		—		—		—		10	0
Bahia	2013	Série A	29	0	—		—		—		—		29	0
	2014	Série A	22	0	6	0	1	0	3^[a]	1	6^[b]	0	38	1
	Total		61	0	6	0	1	0	3	1	6	0	77	1
Tianjin Teda	2015	Chinese Super League	25	0	—		1	0	—		—		26	0
Bahia	2016	Série B	17	0	3	0	1	0	—		4^[b]	0	25	0
	2017	Série A	26	0	14	1	1	0	—		6^[b]	0	47	1
	2018		33	1	9	0	4	0	5^[a]	0	10^[b]	0	61	1
	2019		35	0	7	0	9	0	2^[a]	0	7^[b]	0	60	0
	2020		19	0	1	0	1	0	4^[a]	0	10^[b]	0	35	0
	2021		3	0	0	0	1	0	1^[a]	0	7^[b]	0	12	0
	Total		133	1	34	1	17	0	12	0	44	0	240	2
Career total			225	1	122	1	19	1	15	1	50	0	431	3

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste

Honours

Bahia

Copa do Nordeste: 2017, 2021
Campeonato Baiano: 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020

References

^ Lucas Fonseca não permanece no Bahia
^ 【公告】泰达签2015赛季新援巴西球员披4号战袍 Archived 2015-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
^ "QUE FEIO: Simulação de Lucas Fonseca ganha repercussão internacional e internet explode em memes" (in Portuguese). 26 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
^ "Bahia's Lucas Fonseca performs hilarious dive". FourFourTwo. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
^ Lucas Fonseca at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

External links

Lucas Fonseca at Sambafoot (archive)

[COS-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana

[CDN-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste

[1] Lucas Fonseca não permanece no Bahia

[2] 【公告】泰达签2015赛季新援巴西球员披4号战袍 Archived 2015-01-20 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "QUE FEIO: Simulação de Lucas Fonseca ganha repercussão internacional e internet explode em memes" (in Portuguese). 26 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

[4] "Bahia's Lucas Fonseca performs hilarious dive". FourFourTwo. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

[5] Lucas Fonseca at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

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