Lucas Pacheco Affini (born 1 March 1990), commonly known as Lucas Sasha, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Lucas Sasha began his youth career with

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. He was part of the side that won the youth cup –

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in 2009. In the same year he moved to Grêmio Barueri. In 2010, he made his professional debut for Grêmio and played in 16 matches through the season. He competed in only 3 matches for the club during

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(from January to May). In the second part of the season, he participated in 13 matches in Série A. The team finished 20th in the league and was relegated. In January 2011, he went on trial to

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. Later he moved to the Italian Catanzaro 1929. In early 2012 he joined São José and played in

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. He played in 10 matches for the club. During the summer of 2012, Sasha passed trial in

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and signed as a free agent with the club. Lucas debuted for CSKA in the second qualifying round of

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, coming on as substitute for Kosta Yanev in a match against Mura 05. He scored his first goal as a CSKA player in A Group against

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. On 31 October he made assist for the equalizing goal and scored the second against

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in a 2–1 win at Ludogorets Arena for the

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. On 6 April 2013 Sasha netted the winning goal for CSKA against

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as the match finished 4–3 at Hristo Botev Stadium. During the summer of 2013 CSKA experienced a management and financial crisis, causing Lucas to start looking for a new club. On 4 July 2013 Sasha signed a two-year contract with

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after a short trial. On 18 July, he marked his debut by scoring a goal and providing an assist in the 4–1 away win over Beroe in the first leg of a

preliminary round match. He returned to Bulgaria, joining reigning champions Ludogorets Razgrad in the summer of 2015. On 10 July 2019, he moved to the

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, signing a two-year contract with

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. On 24 August 2019, he scored his first goal for the club, in a 1–1 home draw against OFI. On 10 November 2019, he scored with a beautiful header helping to a 2–1 home win against

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. On 4 January 2020, he scored with a perfect shot, after an assist from Giannis Fetfatzidis, to seal a triumphant 4–2 home win against

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, at the

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. Ten days later, he helped with a goal to a 2–1 home win against

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, as his team qualified for the quarter-finals of the

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. In June 2020, Sasha is likely to extend his contract, as everyone in the team has been impressed by his consistency and professionalism. His first goal for the 2020–21 season came in a 2–2 away draw against

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, on 5 December 2020. In the first game of 2021, Sasha opened the score in a 2–0 home win against

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. On 22 March 2021, Sasha signed a new three-year contract, which will keep at the

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, until the summer of 2024.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

;Corinthians Paulista *

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;Ludogorets *

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: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 *

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

;Fortaleza *

Campeonato Cearense The Campeonato Cearense is the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Ceará. It is run by the Ceará Football Federation (FCF). In over a hundred years of competition, only 11 clubs have won the title. List of champio ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

Copa do Nordeste Copa do Nordeste (English: ''Cup of the North-East''), also known as Campeonato do Nordeste (''English: Championship of the North-East'') or Copa Nordeste (English: ''Northeastern Cup'') is a Brazilian football competition among Northeastern re ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

References

External links

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Lucas Sasha at ogol.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sasha, Lucas 1990 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Grêmio Barueri Futebol players US Catanzaro 1929 players São José Esporte Clube players Fortaleza Esporte Clube players PFC CSKA Sofia players Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad II players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Israeli Premier League players Super League Greece players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Footballers from São Paulo Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy