Ayrton Lucas Dantas de Medeiros (born 19 June 1997), known as Ayrton Lucas, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a

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for

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club

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; ), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea. It was founded and named after the Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo n ...

Club career

Fluminense

Born in

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, Ayrton Lucas started his youth career with the academy of

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and joined the academy of

Fluminense Fluminense Football Club () is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras, in Rio de Janeiro, being the oldest football club in the state since its foundation in 1902. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, th ...

in October 2014. On 8 August 2015, he was promoted to the senior team. However, he soon lost his position to

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and

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and was subsequently loaned out to Madureira on 23 February 2016 for the

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. In April, he returned to his parent club. On 4 January 2017, Ayrton Lucas was loaned out to

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. Twenty-five days later, he made his first team debut in a 1–1 draw against

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. On 13 April, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 victory against Rio Branco. Londrina went on to win the

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, with Ayrton Lucas finding the net during the penalty shoot-out in the final against

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. After returning from loan, Ayrton Lucas was included in the Fluminense squad for the

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. He was issued the number 6 jersey for the Série A season.

Spartak Moscow

On 17 December 2018, Ayrton Lucas signed a long-term contract with Russian club

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. He scored his first goal for Spartak against

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on 26 September 2020. He followed up with his second in the same match and led the team to a 2–0 win. On 19 January 2022, he extended his contract with Spartak until May 2026.

Flamengo

On 31 March 2022, Ayrton Lucas joined

on loan until the end of 2022, with a conditional obligation to buy. In 2022 Ayrton Lucas had the best season of his career winning

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and

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with a total of six assists and two goals in 41 appearances for Flamengo. On 16 December 2022, Flamengo announced the permanent transfer of Ayrton Lucas with a

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7m transfer fee, he signed a contract with the club until December 2027.

International career

In April 2016, Ayrton Lucas was called to the under-20 national team for the Suwon JS Cup.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Londrina *

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Spartak Moscow * Russian Cup: 2021–22 Flamengo *

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References

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