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Full name | Lucas Domingues Piazon | ||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 20 January 1994 | ||||||||||||||
Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
Playing position | Forward / Winger | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Fulham (on loan from Chelsea) |
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Number | 20 | ||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||
2001–2006 | Coritiba | ||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Atlético Paranaense | ||||||||||||||
2008–2011 | São Paulo | ||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Chelsea | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
2012– | Chelsea | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||
2013 | → Málaga (loan) | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||
2013–2014 | → Vitesse (loan) | 29 | (11) | ||||||||||||
2014–2015 | → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) | 22 | (2) | ||||||||||||
2015–2016 | → Reading (loan) | 23 | (3) | ||||||||||||
2016– | → Fulham (loan) | 26 | (5) | ||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Brazil U15 | 7 | (10) | ||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Brazil U17 | 15 | (9) | ||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Brazil U20 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||
2015– | Brazil U23 | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:33, 23 February 2017 (UTC) |
Lucas Domingues Piazon (born 20 January 1994) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Fulham on loan from Chelsea. He is primarily a forward, although he has also been deployed as a left winger, as an attacking midfielder or in the hole behind the striker.
Piazon was born in São Paulo, to António Carlos Piazon, a commercial representative, and Marizabel Domingues, a lawyer. He had a financially secure upbringing that allowed him to focus on both school and football at the same time. Both of Piazon's parents took an active role in his career. He grew up with his sister Juliana, who is three years younger than him and was a Chelsea supporter from an early age, aspiring to play for them some day.
When he was young, Piazon's family moved to Paraná. Piazon's football skills began to blossom at age eight. He developed an interest in futsal (indoor football) like other Brazilian footballers (such as Zico and Ronaldinho). He began playing for Coritiba. At the age of 11, Piazon made the switch from indoor to the field.
Piazon began his professional career with Coritiba. He made an impression with them becoming top scorer in every youth tournament he appeared in. In 2007, he moved to neighbouring club, Atlético Paranaense. He again turned out, as Atlético reached the finals of the U-15 Copa do Brasil in 2008, which they eventually lost to São Paulo. São Paulo became very impressed with his performance and made an offer. At the age of 14, Piazon left his family behind in Curitiba and joined São Paulo. In May, he began to attract the attention of international scouts when he helped guide São Paulo through the Brazilian qualifiers for the Premier Cup (Nike Cup). It was around this time that he was also called up by Brazil's U-15s. In August, São Paulo travelled to Manchester for the Premier Cup finals. In the Group stage, Piazon scored in the 3–0 win versus Manchester United. São Paulo then went on to beat Werder Bremen in the final match.