Jonatan Lucca (born 2 June 1994) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Pakhtakor.

Career

A.S. Roma

Lucca was signed by Italian team

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from Brazilian side Internacional in July 2012 under Czech manager Zdenek Zeman. While he never appeared during the season in the league, he was a fairly regular substitute for the Italian side during the

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, being named on the bench during 13 Serie A games. Failing to gain any game time, he was loaned out to Brazilian side Athletico Paranaense during 2014.

Athletico Paranaense

Lucca made his senior debut in the

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state league in the

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in 2014, where he made four appearances before he was signed on a permanent basis by Athletico Paranaense in July 2015. He continued to play in Paraná in 2015 where he made five appearances. He was one of thirteen of Athletico's players loaned out to Brazilian third-division side

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in the

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, where he finally made his senior professional league debut, and went on to make three appearances.

Asia

Lucca was loaned out to

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club

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under Zico for the

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. He was seen at

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and later was confirmed to be

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new signing. On 2 June, his contract was terminated by Kelantan and the announcement was made by KAFA president after head coach

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does not have plans for the duo Jonatan Lucca and Dramane Traore in the second half of the season. On 24 August 2017, Lucca returned to

with

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after a brief stint with Israeli club

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. On 23 November, he made his debut, starting in a 2–3 defeat against

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. One month later, he scored his first goal in a 2-0 victory against

. On 11 March, he scored a free kick goal against

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but his side lost 3-1 on aggregate.

Portugal

On 6 June 2018, Lucca moved to Portuguese club

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on a three-year contract. In January 2020 he moved on to Farense, contesting the

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Norway

After some months without a club, Lucca signed for Norwegian

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club Stabæk.

Return to Portugal

On 30 August 2023, recently founded

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club AVS SAD announced the signing of Lucca on a season-long contract. 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

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Pakhtakor

On 12 January 2025, Lucca signed a one-year contract with

club Pakhtakor.

Personal life

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

Honours

Roma *

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runner-up:

Goa *

runner-up:

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