Lucas Gomes (footballer, born 1990)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Gomes and the second or paternal family name is da Silva.

Lucas Gomes

Personal information
Full name	Lucas Gomes da Silva
Date of birth	(1990-05-29)29 May 1990
Place of birth	Bragança, Brazil
Date of death	28 November 2016(2016-11-28) (aged 26)
Place of death	La Unión, Colombia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Bragantino-PA
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010	Bragantino-PA	14	(2)
2011	São Raimundo-PA	9	(0)
2011	Trem	11	(1)
2012	Castanhal	23	(10)
2012	Ananindeua	8	(3)
2013	Tuna Luso	12	(5)
2013–2016	Londrina	25	(3)
2013	→ Sampaio Corrêa (loan)	10	(3)
2014	→ Icasa (loan)	22	(6)
2015	→ Fluminense (loan)	27	(2)
2016	→ Chapecoense (loan)	44	(6)
Total		205	(41)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lucas Gomes da Silva (29 May 1990 – 28 November 2016), known as Lucas Gomes, was a Brazilian footballer who played for Chapecoense as a forward.

Lucas Gomes was one of the victims when LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crashed on 28 November 2016.

Club career

Born in Bragança, Pará, Lucas Gomes made his senior debut with Bragantino Clube do Pará in 2010. After representing clubs mainly in his native state, he signed for Londrina on 4 May 2013.[1]

On 18 September 2013 Lucas Gomes was loaned to Sampaio Corrêa in Série C,[2] achieving promotion with the club. He returned to Londrina in December,[3] appearing with the side in Campeonato Paranaense, and moved to Icasa on 11 July 2014, also in a temporary deal.[4]

Lucas Gomes made his professional debut on 8 August 2014, coming on as a second-half substitute for Vanger in a 2–0 home win against América-MG for the Série B championship.[5] He scored his first goal in the competition on 12 September, netting the first in a 1–1 home draw against Joinville,[6] and finished the year with 22 appearances and six goals.

On 23 December 2014 Lucas Gomes was loaned to Fluminense for a year.[7] He made his Série A debut the following 17 May, replacing Vinícius in a 1–4 away loss against Atlético Mineiro.

Lucas Gomes' first goal in the top tier occurred on 2 July 2015, the winner in a 2–1 home success over Santos. He featured in 15 league matches during the year, but all as a substitute. On 4 January 2016 he moved to fellow league team Chapecoense, after agreeing to a one-year loan deal.[8]

Death

On 28 November 2016, whilst at the service of Chapecoense, Lucas Gomes was among the fatalities of the LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 accident in the Colombian village of Cerro Gordo, La Unión, Antioquia.[9]

Career statistics

As of 27 November 2016[10]

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bragantino-PA	2010	Paraense	—		14	2	—		—		—		14	2
São Raimundo-PA	2011	Paraense	—		9	0	—		—		—		9	0
Trem	2011	Série D	11	1	—		—		—		—		11	1
Castanhal	2012	Paraense	—		23	10	—		—		—		23	10
Ananindeua	2012	Paraense	—		8	3	—		—		—		8	3
Tuna Luso	2013	Paraense	—		12	5	—		—		—		12	5
Londrina	2013	Série D	8	3	—		—		—		—		8	3
	2014		0	0	17	0	3	0	—		—		20	0
	Subtotal		8	3	17	0	3	0	—		—		28	3
Sampaio Corrêa (loan)	2013	Série C	10	3	—		—		—		—		10	3
Icasa (loan)	2014	Série B	22	6	—		—		—		5[a]	4	29	10
Fluminense (loan)	2015	Série A	15	1	12	1	1	0	—		—		28	2
Chapecoense (loan)	2016	Série A	26	3	18	3	5	1	6[b]	1	—		55	8
Career total			92	17	113	24	9	1	6	1	5	4	225	47

1. Appearance(s) in Copa Fares Lopes
2. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Icasa

• Copa Fares Lopes: 2014

Chapecoense

• Campeonato Catarinense: 2016
• Copa Sudamericana: 2016 (posthumously)[11]

References

1. Lucas, ex-Tuna, acerta com o Londrina para a Série D do Brasileiro (Lucas, former Tuna player, signs with Londrina for the Série D of Brasileiro); Globo Esporte, 4 May 2013 (in Portuguese)
2. Por indicação do treinador, Sampaio Corrêa acerta com meia-atacante Lucas (By manager indication, Sampaio Corrêa signs with attacking midfielder Lucas); EBC, 18 September 2013 (in Portuguese)
3. Lucas é mais um reforço integrado ao elenco do Londrina (Lucas is another addition added to Londrina's squad); Futebol Paranaense, 12 December 2013 (in Portuguese)
4. Novos reforços do Icasa, Lucas Gomes e Madson são apresentados (New additions of Icasa, Lucas Gomes and Madson are presented); Gazeta Esportiva, 11 July 2014 (in Portuguese)
5. Henry Kanu marca duas vezes e Icasa derrota América-MG em casa (Henry Kanu scores twice and Icasa defeats América-MG at home); Globo Esporte, 8 August 2014 (in Portuguese)
6. Icasa e Joinville empatam por 1 a 1, e liderança catarinense fica ameaçada (Icasa and Joinville draw by 1–1, and catarinense leadership is threatened); Globo Esporte, 12 September 2014 (in Portuguese)
7. O quarto: Fluminense anuncia a contratação do atacante Lucas Gomes (The fourth: Fluminense announces the signing of forward Lucas Gomes); Globo Esporte, 23 December 2014 (in Portuguese)
8. Chapecoense anuncia a contratação do atacante Lucas Gomes, ex-Flu (Chapecoense announce the signing of forward Lucas Gomes, formerly of Flu); Globo Esporte, 4 January 2016 (in Portuguese)
9. "Família de Lucas Gomes lamenta a falta de informações" [Lucas Gomes' family lament the lack of information] (in Portuguese). G1. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
10. Lucas Gomes at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
11. "CONMEBOL otorga el título de campeón de la Sudamericana 2016 a Chapecoense y reconoce a Atlético Nacional con el premio del centenario de la CONMEBOL al Fair Play" [CONMEBOL awards 2016 Sudamericana champion title to Chapecoense and bestows Atlético Nacional with CONMEBOL century Fair Play award] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 December 2016. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

External links

• Lucas Gomes at Soccerway