Lucas Sasha

Lucas Sasha
Personal information
Full nameLucas Pacheco Affini
Date of birth1 March 1990
Place of birthSão Paulo, Brazil
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Playing positionDefensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Number10
Youth career
Corinthians Paulista
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2010Grêmio Barueri13(0)
2011Pinheiros?(?)
2011Catanzaro1(0)
2012São José0(0)
2012–2013CSKA Sofia29(2)
2013–Hapoel Tel Aviv46(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:59, 27 December 2013 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Lucas Pacheco Affini (born 1 March 1990 in São Paulo), commonly known as Lucas Sasha, is a Brazilian-Italian defensive midfielder who currently plays for Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Career

He began his youth career in Corinthians Paulista. He was part of the side that won the youth cup – Copa São Paulo de Juniores in 2009.[1] In the same year he moved to Grêmio Prudente.

In 2010 he made his professional debut for Grêmio and played in 16 matches through the season. He compete in only 3 matches for the club during Campeonato Paulista (from January to May). In the second part of the season, he participated in 13 matches in Série A. The team finished 20th in the league and was relegated.

In January 2011, he went on trial to West Ham United.[2] Later he moved to the Italian Catanzaro 1929.

In early 2012 he joined São José and played in Campeonato Paulista Série A2. He played in 10 matches for the club. During the summer of 2012, Sasha passed trial in CSKA Sofia and signed as a free agent with the club.[3][4][5] Lucas debuts for CSKA in the Second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League, coming as substitute for Kosta Yanev in match against Mura 05.[6] He scored his first goal as a CSKA player in A Group against Slavia Sofia.[7] On 31 October he made assist for the equalizing goal and scored the second against Ludogorets Razgrad in a 2–1 win at Ludogorets Arena for the Bulgarian Cup.[8][9][10] On 6 April 2013 Sasha netted the winning goal for CSKA against Botev Vratsa as the match finished 4–3 at Hristo Botev Stadium.[11][12] During the summer of 2013 CSKA experienced management and financial crisis, due to it Lucas started to look for a new club.

On 4 July 2013 Sasha signed a two-year contract with Hapoel Tel Aviv after a short trial.[13][14] On 18 July, he marked his debut by scoring a goal and prodiving an assist in the 4:1 away win over Beroe in the first leg of a UEFA Europa League preliminary round match.[15]

Career statistics

(Correct as of 15 August 2013)
Club Season Domestic League State League Domestic Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Grêmio Barueri 2009 ----------
2010 1303000--160
São José 2012 0010000--100
CSKA Sofia 2012–13 292--4120353
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2013–14 334001142387
2014–15 22300002152

Total

4611304162694

Honours

Brazil Corinthians Paulista

References

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