Lucas dos Santos

Lucas dos Santos Parize (born 8 May 1995) is a former Peruvian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Early and personal life
Born in Lima, Peru, dos Santos is the son of former Brazilian footballer Marquinho, during his father's time with Alianza Lima. Following his retirement as a player, dos Santos helped his father set up a YouTube channel, named "Tiro Libre" (Free Kick).

Club career
dos Santos began his career in the academies of Brazilian sides São Paulo and Ponte Preta. In 2013, he emigrated to Germany, joining the academy of Waldhof Mannheim, where he spent a season and a half. After a brief spell with Fortuna Köln in early 2014, a collapsed move to SV Pullach saw him train instead with SC Pfullendorf, representing the club in friendly games.

In 2015 he dropped down to the tenth division of German football, signing for Latino Munich. After nine games, in which he scored thirteen goals, he moved to Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Süd side Anadolu Bayern.

He later returned to Peru, joining Segunda División side Sport Victoria in 2018. However, he only managed four appearances for the club before joining fellow Segunda División side Los Caimanes in 2019. However, he failed to make an appearance for Los Caimanes, and ended his career having left the club at the end of the season.

International career
dos Santos was eligible to represent both Brazil and Peru at international level. While training in Germany, he expressed his desire to be called up to then-manager of the Peru under-20 side, Víctor Rivera.

He represented Brazil at the 2019 Summer Universiade, scoring once in a 3–0 win over South Africa, as Brazil finished the tournament as runners-up to Japan.

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