Jonatan Lucca

Jonatan Lucca

Lucca with Roma in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Jonatan Lucca
Date of birth	(1994-06-02) 2 June 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Santa Maria (RS), Brazil
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Pakhtakor
Youth career
	Santo Ângelo
2012	Internacional
2012–2015	Roma
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2015	Roma	0	(0)
2014	→ Athletico Paranaense (loan)	14	(3)
2015–2016	Athletico Paranaense	11	(0)
2015	→ Guaratinguetá (loan)	13	(2)
2015	→ FC Goa (loan)	16	(3)
2016	Kelantan	8	(0)
2016	Pune City	14	(0)
2017	Bnei Sakhnin	0	(0)
2017–2018	Pune City	20	(2)
2018–2020	B-SAD	34	(3)
2020–2022	Farense	55	(1)
2023	Stabæk	17	(0)
2023–2025	AVS	32	(3)
2025–	Pakhtakor	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 January 2025

Jonatan Lucca (born 2 June 1994) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Uzbekistan Super League club Pakhtakor.

Career

A.S. Roma

Lucca was signed by Italian giants Roma from Brazilian side Internacional in July 2012 under Czech manager Zdenek Zeman.[1] While he never appeared during the season in the league, he was a fairly regular substitute for the Italian side during the 2012–13, being named on the bench during 13 Serie A games.[2] failing to gain any game time, he was loaned out to Brazilian side Athletico Paranaense during 2014.[3]

Athletico Paranaense

Lucca made his senior debut in the Parana state league in the Campeonato Paranaense in 2014 where he made 4 appearances, before he was signed on a permanent basis by Athletico Paranaense in July 2015. He continued to play in the Parana in 2015 where he made 5 appearances.[4] He was one of thirteen of Athletico's players loaned out to Brazilian third-division side Guaratinguetá in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C,[5] where he finally made his senior professional league debut, and going on to make 3 appearances.[6]

Asia

Lucca was loaned out to Indian Super League club FC Goa under Zico for the 2015 Indian Super League season.[7]

He was seen at Kuala Lumpur International Airport and later was confirmed to be Kelantan new signing.[8] On 2 June, his contract was terminated by Kelantan and the announcement was made by KAFA president after head coach Velizar Popov does not have plans for the duo Jonatan Lucca and Dramane Traore in the second half of the season.[8]

On 24 August 2017, Lucca returned to Indian Super League with FC Pune City after a brief stint with Israeli club Bnei Sakhnin.[9] On 23 November, he made his debut, starting in a 2–3 defeat against Delhi Dynamos FC.[10] One month later, he scored his first goal in a 2-0 victory against FC Goa.[11] On 11 March, he scored a free kick goal against Bengaluru FC but his side lost 3-1 on aggregate.

Portugal

On 6 June 2018, Lucca moved to Portuguese club B-SAD on a three-year contract.[12] In January 2020 he moved on to Farense, contesting the 2020–21 Primeira Liga.[2]

Norway

After some months without a club, Lucca signed for Norwegian Eliteserien club Stabæk.[13]

Return to Portugal

On 30 August 2023, recently-founded Liga Portugal 2 club AVS SAD announced the signing of Lucca on a season-long contract.[14] He made his debut three days later, coming off the bench for Ricardo Dias in the 68th minute of a 2–1 away win at União de Leiria.[15]

Pakhtakor

On 12 January 2025, Lucca signed a one-year contract with Uzbekistan Super League club Pakhtakor[16]

Personal life

Lucca's brother, Cristian Lucca, is also a professional footballer.[17]

Honours

Club

A.S. Roma

• Coppa Italia runner-up: 2012–13

FC Goa

• Indian Super League runner-up: 2015[18][19]

References

1. "Official: Roma sign Jonatan Lucca from Internacional - Goal.com". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
2. Jonatan Lucca at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
3. "Jonatan Lucca, ex-Roma, reforça o sub-23 do Atlético-PR no estadual" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 27 January 2014.
4. "Atlético-PR usa cinco técnicos e 49 jogadores diferentes no Paranaense" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 5 April 2015.
5. "Atlético empresta 13 jogadores para o Guaratinguetá" (in Portuguese). Parana-online. 27 July 2015.
6. "Brazil - Jonatan Lucca - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
7. "FC Goa ropes in two more Brazilian players". The Hindu. 24 July 2015.
8. "Paulo Rangel to be 'demoted' to JDT II or loaned out". Archived from the original on 2 August 2017.
9. "Jonatan Lucca comes back to FC Pune City". Indiax Express. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
10. "ISL highlights, FC Pune City vs Delhi Dynamos: Delhi edge past Pune 3-2 in thriller". Hindustan Times. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
11. "ISL 2017: FC Pune City Storm into Top Four, Beat FC Goa 2-0". News18. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
12. "OFICIAL: Jonatan Lucca reforça Belenenses [OFFICIAL: Jonatan Lucca reinforces Belenenses]" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
13. "Jonatan Lucca (28) har signert" (in Norwegian). Stabæk Fotball. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
14. "Jonatan Lucca reforça AVS SAD" [Jonatan Lucca reinforces AVS SAD] (in European Portuguese). Record. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
15. "AVS vence em Leiria e mantém-se no topo da II Liga" [AVS wins at Leiria and remains top of the II League table] (in European Portuguese). RTP. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
16. "Jonatan Luka "Paxtakor"ning navbatdagi legioneri". pakhtakor.uz (in Uzbek). Pakhtakor FC Instagram. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
17. "Dupla de irmãos se enfrentará pela primeira vez no Estadual do Paraná" (in Portuguese). Lance!. 28 January 2015. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015.
18. "ISL Final: Chennaiyin FC snatch victory from the jaws of defeat to beat Goa 3-2 in thriller". Firstpost. 20 December 2015. Archived from the original on 21 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
19. "Chennai beat Goa in a 3-2 thriller to become Hero ISL 2015 champions". ISL. 20 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.