| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lucas de Deus Santos | ||
| Date of birth | October 9, 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | União Leiria | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999 | Atlético Mineiro | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2004 | Atlético Mineiro | 9 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Sport (loan) | ? | (?) |
| 2003–2004 | → Duisburg (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2005 | CRB | 15 | (1) |
| 2006–2009 | Aalborg | 64 | (14) |
| 2009–2011 | Odense | 35 | (3) |
| 2011– | União Leiria | 16 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1999 | Brazil U17 | 6 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Lucas de Deus Santos (born 9 October 1982 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais), aka Cacá, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for U.D. Leiria in Portugal, as a midfielder.
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Cacá started his career with hometown's Clube Atlético Mineiro. During his spell with the Galo, he was also loaned twice: in 2003–04, he played with MSV Duisburg in the German second division, being sparingly used as the club finished in seventh position.
In early 2006, Cacá signed with AaB Fodbold from Clube de Regatas Brasil. He only appeared in two Danish Superliga games in his third season due to injury, as the Aalborg outfit won the national championship after a nine-year wait. Back to full fitness in 2008–09, he helped the club reach the final in the Danish Cup; additionally, on 25 November 2008, he scored the 1–1 equalizer in a UEFA Champions League group stage contest against Celtic, in an eventual 2–1 win which saw the hosts leafrog the Scots for the third place in Group E, with the subsequent UEFA Cup qualification.[1]
On 5 July 2009, Cacá moved teams but stayed in Denmark, signing a three-year contract with Odense BK, for around 4 million Danish kroner. In his only full season with the team, he contributed with 17 starts and three goals to an eventual second position, which qualified to the Europa League.
Cacá and Odense mutually terminated the player's contract on 14 January 2011. In the last day of the winter transfer window, he signed with U.D. Leiria in Portugal, joining a host of compatriots at the top division side.
Cacá played all the games for Brazil at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand, scoring in the quarterfinals against Paraguay (4–1 win) as the national team won the tournament.
Cacá's older brothers, Dedê and Leandro, are also footballers. Both shared teams at Atlético Mineiro and Borussia Dortmund, with very different individual fates however.[2]
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