Lucas Da Cunha (born 9 June 2001) is a French professional

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who plays as an

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for

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club

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Club career

Da Cunha is a youth product of

Rennes Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of F ...

. In the final of the 2018–19

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, he scored a hat-trick to help his team lift the trophy. In December 2017, Da Cunha signed his first professional contract with Rennes. He made his professional debut in a 3–2

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loss to

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on 18 December 2019. On 30 September 2020, Da Cunha signed a contract with

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million Lausanne-Sport Football Club Lausanne-Sport is a Swiss football club based in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud. Founded in 1896, Lausanne Sport compete in the top-tier Swiss Super League after being promoted in the 2022–23 Swiss Challenge League Season. The ...

on a season-long loan. On 17 January 2022, Da Cunha joined Clermont on a loan deal until the end of the season. On 16 January 2023, Da Cunha was sold by Nice to

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club

for a fee of €500,000. He signed a contract until the end of June 2026.

International career

Born in France, Da Cunha holds French and Portuguese nationalities. He is a youth international for France.

Career statistics

Honours

Rennes U19 *

: 2018–19 Nice *

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runner-up: 2021–22

References

External links

Profile
at the Como 1907 website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Da Cunha, Lucas 2001 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Sportspeople from Roanne Footballers from Loire (department) French men's footballers French sportspeople of Portuguese descent Men's association football midfielders France men's youth international footballers Ligue 1 players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Swiss Super League players Serie A players Serie B players Stade Rennais FC players OGC Nice players FC Lausanne-Sport players Clermont Foot players Como 1907 players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland French expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy 21st-century French sportsmen 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen