Lucas Lima (footballer, born 2002)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Dias and the second or paternal family name is de Lima.

Lucas Urbano Dias de Lima (born 2 April 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Francs Borains.

Lucas Lima

Personal information
Full name	Lucas Urbano Dias de Lima
Date of birth	(2002-04-02) 2 April 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Francs Borains
Youth career
0000–2020	IFK Norrköping
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2022	IFK Norrköping	17	(1)
2018	→ IF Sylvia (loan)	3	(0)
2021	→ Östers IF (loan)	13	(1)
2022–2025	Fredrikstad FK	28	(3)
2023	→ Helsingborgs IF (loan)	12	(3)
2024	→ Utsikten (loan)	28	(7)
2025–	Francs Borains	0	(0)
International career‡
2017	Sweden U15	4	(3)
2018	Sweden U16	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 October 2023

Career

Lima was born in Rio de Janeiro to two Brazilian parents who emigrated to Sweden. Lima quickly adapted to his new country, and became a youth international footballer for Sweden. He attended the academy of IFK Norrköping.^[2][3] He played briefly for Norrköping's cooperation team IF Sylvia in 2018.^[1] However, in 2018 he suffered a cruciate ligament injury, which was followed by another.^[2] Norrköping manager Rikard Norling stated that Lima would have played in a Big Five league had it not been for the two injuries, or at least "a considerably higher level" than the Swedish league.^[4]

Lima made his Allsvenskan debut on 24 May 2021 against Elfsborg.^[5] He got his breakthrough on 3 July, when he scored the winning goal at home against giants Malmö.^[6][7] Nonetheless, Lima had to spend the autumn of 2021 on loan at second-tier Östers IF.^[8]

The Norwegian second-tier club Fredrikstad FK bought Lima in the summer 2022 transfer window. Lima cited the need for a "change of environment".^[9] Fredrikstad struggled against higher-level teams in the 2023 pre-season, but in March 2023, Lima scored in their penultimate friendly match. He thereby ended Fredrikstad's goalless streak of 495 minutes.^[10] In the summer, however he was loaned back to Superettan and Helsingborgs IF.

On 21 January 2025, Lima joined Challenger Pro League side Francs Borains on a two-and-a-half year deal.^[11]

References

1. "Lucas Lima". Fotbolltransfers (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 October 2023.
2. Hadzic, Erik (4 July 2021). "Lima - från Rio till dubbla knäskador och avgörande mot MFF: "Magiskt"" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
3. National team stats
4. Hadzic, Erik (3 July 2021). "Norlings hyllning till Pekings 19-åriga hjälte: "Kunde varit i en topp fem-liga nu"" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
5. Lucas Lima at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
6. Frost, Oskar; Aghassi, Martin (3 July 2021). "19-åring sänkte MFF: "Mina föräldrar grät"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 October 2023.
7. Aghassi, Martin. ""Man vill inte vara förrädare för någon"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 October 2023.
8. Pearson, Sebastian (3 April 2022). "Lima vill bjuda till i allsvenskan: "Fotbollen har blivit tråkigare"" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
9. Billengren, Ludwig (3 August 2022). "Officiellt: IFK Norrköping säljer Lucas Lima till Fredrikstad" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
10. Henriksen, Vidar (26 March 2023). "Lucas Lima (20) ble FFKs frelser – endelig scoret rødbuksene mål". Nettavisen (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 October 2023.
11. "Lucas Lima rejoint le RFB !" (in French). Francs Borains. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.