Lucas Ventura

Lucas Ventura
Personal information
Full name	Lucas de Souza Ventura
Date of birth	19 May 1998 (age 25)
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
2017–2022	Cruzeiro
2018	→ Sport Recife (loan)
2019–2020	→ Boa Esporte (loan)
2022	→ Avaí (loan)
2023–	Portimonense
International career
2014	Brazil U17
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 June 2023

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.

Professional career[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ Guimarães, Guilherme. "Apelido do pai: Nonoca, o volante que deixou o 'time do bairro' para jogar no Cruzeiro". Hoje em Dia. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
^ "Leopoldinense Lucas Ventura 'Nonoca' é promovido ao elenco principal do Cruzeiro". Leopoldinense. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
^ "Lucas Nonoca, de Leopoldina, é convocado para a Seleção Brasileira de Futebol Sub-17". Leopoldinense. Archived from the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

External links[edit]

Cruzeiro profile (in Portuguese)
Lucas Ventura at Soccerway

[1] Guimarães, Guilherme. "Apelido do pai: Nonoca, o volante que deixou o 'time do bairro' para jogar no Cruzeiro". Hoje em Dia. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

[2] "Leopoldinense Lucas Ventura 'Nonoca' é promovido ao elenco principal do Cruzeiro". Leopoldinense. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

[3] "Lucas Nonoca, de Leopoldina, é convocado para a Seleção Brasileira de Futebol Sub-17". Leopoldinense. Archived from the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

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