Lucas Dias
Personal information
Full name Lucas Filipe Silva Dias
Date of birth (2003-01-18) January 18, 2003
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sporting CP B
Number 89
Youth career
2011–2014 Sporting Academy Toronto
2014– Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Sporting CP B 16 (1)
International career‡
2018 Portugal U16 1 (0)
2021– Canada U23 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 30, 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 29, 2021

Lucas Filipe da Silva Dias (born January 18, 2003) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Portuguese club Sporting CP B.

Early life

Born in Toronto, Dias is of Portuguese descent through both sets of grandparents.[1] He began playing house league soccer at age four in Woodbridge.[2] In 2011, he joined the new Sporting Academy Toronto, which was affiliated with Portuguese club Sporting CP, playing two years up.[1] He attracted the attention of the Portuguese club, being invited for brief training stint's with the club's academy when he was nine,[1] later joining the academy permanently at age 11,[3] becoming the first player to move from the Toronto academy to the Portuguese academy.[4][5] He signed a professional contract with the club at age 16.[6]

Club career

After signing his initial pro contract at age 16, he made his senior debut with Sporting B in a league match against Oriental Dragon in the third tier on May 29, 2021.[7] In June 2021, he extended his contract with Sporting for an additional five years.[8][9] He split the 2021–22 season between Sporting B in Liga 3 and Sporting U19, where he played in the UEFA Youth League. He scored his first goal for Sporting B on August 22, 2021, in a 1–0 victory against Caldas, earning man of the match honours.[10][11]

He made his debut for the first team on October 8, 2021, in a friendly against Torreense.[12] He spent the 2022–23 season with the Sporting U23 in the national U23 league and was called up for a training session with the first team in April 2023.[13]

International career

Dias is eligible to represent both Canada and Portugal.

He made his debut for the Portugal U16 team on November 29, 2018, against Denmark U16.[14][15]

In 2021, Dias was named to the Canada U23 team for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship at age 18.[16] On March 19, 2021, he made his U23 debut against El Salvador U23.[17] He made four appearances, as Canada failed to qualify after being defeated by Mexico U23 in the semi-finals.[18] In May 2022, Dias was named to the 60-man preliminary squad for the Canada U20 for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[19]

Career statistics

As of April 30, 2022[20]
Club Season League Domestic Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting CP B 2020–21 Campeonato de Portugal 10–––10
2021–22 Liga 3 151–––151
Career total 161000000161

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lucas Dias enjoying first taste of Canadian men's soccer program". Sportsnet. March 28, 2021.
  2. ↑ Lucas Dias at the Canadian Soccer Association
  3. ↑ "Lucas Dias". Sporting FC Toronto.
  4. ↑ Vignoli, Leandro (September 11, 2014). "Acclaimed Sporting CP academy in Toronto fosters dreams". Toronto Observer.
  5. ↑ Jacques, John (March 6, 2021). "Nogueira And Dias Make Canada U-23 Squad For Olympic Qualifiers". Northern Tribune.
  6. ↑ Davidson, Neil (March 28, 2021). "Youngest member of Olympic team enjoying first taste of Canada program". TSN.
  7. ↑ "Lucas Dias renova contrato com o Sporting e revela-se fã de Pote: "É um exemplo"" [Lucas Dias renews his contract with Sporting and reveals himself as a fan of Pote: «It's an example»]. Record (in Portuguese). June 8, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Lucas Dias Renova Ligação ao Sporting CP" [Lucas Dias Renews Connection to Sporting CP]. Sporting CP (in Portuguese). June 8, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Lucas Dias, Mais Cinco Anos" [Lucas Dias, Five More Years]. Record (in Portuguese). June 9, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Lucas Dias Premiado" [Lucas Dias Awarded]. Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese). August 22, 2021.
  11. ↑ Gomes, Rui (August 23, 2021). "Lucas Dias em destaque" [Lucas Dias highlighted]. Camarto Leonino.
  12. ↑ "Sporting bateu Torreense no regresso de Pedro Gonçalves" [Sporting beat Torreense on Pedro Gonçalves' return]. Mais Futbol. October 8, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Três jogadores dos sub-23 chamados ao treino do Sporting" [Three under-23 players called up to Sporting training]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). April 28, 2023.
  14. ↑ da Cunha, Pedro Jorge; Alvarenga, Victor Hugo (October 8, 2021). "Aposta de Ruben Amorim: Lucas Dias, o menino que não vê os pais na bancada" [Ruben Amorim's bet: Lucas Dias, the boy who doesn't see his parents on the bench]. Mais Futbol (in Portuguese).
  15. ↑ Marinaro, Tony [@tonymarinaro] (November 30, 2018). "Congrats to 15 yr old Lucas Dias from Toronto, Ontario" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. ↑ Tierney, Mitchell (March 10, 2021). "A dive into Canada's Olympic Qualifying roster". Waking the Red.
  17. ↑ Molinaro, John (March 19, 2021). "Canadian men's team off to a winning start at Concacaf Olympic qualifiers". Canadian Premier League.
  18. ↑ "Juventus atenta a Lucas Dias" [Juventus attentive to Lucas Dias]. Record (in Portuguese). March 31, 2021.
  19. ↑ "Canada Soccer's provisional list for the CONCACAF Men's Under-20 Championship". Canadian Soccer Association. May 19, 2022. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  20. ↑ Lucas Dias at Soccerway
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