Lucas Ferreira

Lucas dos Santos Ferreira (born 28 April 2006), better known as Ferreira or Lucas Ferreira, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk.

Youth career Ferreira started in the Americano children's categories at the age of six. In 2017 he arrived at Flamengo where he played for three seasons, but ended up being released. After this spell, he played for Boavista SC for a few months and in 2021, arrived at São Paulo, where he gained prominence and was scouted by European clubs like Bayer Leverkusen. Ferreira even defended the Brazil under-17 team in some matches in 2023, and in March of the same year, he signed his first professional contract. In September 2024 renewed with a termination fine of R$ 440 millions. In January 2025, Ferreira became champion of the 2025 Copa São Paulo. Ferreira played for São Paulo for 23 matches, scoring one goal in the victory against Libertad, on April 23, valid for the 2025 Copa Libertadores.

Shakhtar Donetsk On 16 August 2025, Ferreira joined Ukrainian Premier League side Shakhtar Donetsk for a reported fee of €10 million, signing a five-year contract.

Career statistics

Honours São Paulo U20 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Jr.: 2025 Copa do Brasil Sub-20: 2024 Dallas Cup U19: 2024