Lucas Sasha

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Lucas Sasha
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Personal information
Full name Lucas Pacheco Affini
Date of birth (1990-03-01) 1 March 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
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Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Ludogorets Razgrad
Number 8
Youth career
Corinthians
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Grêmio Barueri 13 (0)
2011 Catanzaro 1 (0)
2012 São José 0 (0)
2012–2013 CSKA Sofia 29 (2)
2013–2015 Hapoel Tel Aviv 59 (7)
2015– Ludogorets Razgrad II 4 (3)
2015– Ludogorets Razgrad 22 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:13, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Lucas Pacheco Affini (born 1 March 1990 in São Paulo), commonly known as Lucas Sasha, is a Brazilian defensive midfielder who currently plays for Ludogorets Razgrad in the Bulgarian A Football Group.

Career

Lucas Sasha began his youth career with Corinthians. 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 Barueri.

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] He returned to Bulgaria, joining reigning champions Ludogorets Razgrad in the summer of 2015.

Career statistics

(Correct as of 12 May 2016)
Club Season Domestic League State League Domestic Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Grêmio Barueri 2009 - - - - - - - - - -
2010 13 0 3 0 0 0 - - 16 0
Catanzaro 2011–12 1 0 - - 0 0 - - 1 0
São José 2012 0 0 10 0 0 0 - - 10 0
CSKA Sofia 2012–13 29 2 - - 4 1 2 0 35 3
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2013–14 34 4 - - 1 1 4 2 39 7
2014–15 25 3 - - 5 0 2 1 32 4
Ludogorets Razgrad 2015–16 22 1 - - 1 1 1 0 24 2

Total

124 10 13 0 11 3 9 3 157 16

Honours

Brazil Corinthians Paulista
Bulgaria Ludogorets

References

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