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Top Facts About Lucas Moura, Tottenham Top Scorer

Lucas Moura is a Brazilian professional footballer who currently plays as a winger and forward for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Brazil national team. Moura caught the attention of the football community with his style of play which has turned him into a tough opponent.

Lucas Moura is a hardworking and talented footballer who gone through a tough time in order to be where he is today. If you are interested in knowing all about the path that Lucas Moura has walked through, you’ve come to the right place. In this piece, you will know all about 

Lucas Moura net worth

 and salary and also his personal life. in this piece we will provide all the top facts about Lucas Moura for you.

Lucas Moura’s skills and amazing performance on the pitch have turned him into a superstar over the years. The talented footballer is known for his explosive acceleration, pace, and incredible dribbling skills. You might also be curious about 

Lucas Moura wife

. We have to say that the lucky footballer has a stunning wife and there is an interesting story behind how they got married. Learn more about Lucas Moura personal life in the following.

Interesting Facts You Might Not Know About Lucas Moura

The Brazilian footballer is capable of playing in various positions. He has played as forward, midfielder, or attacking midfielder behind the strikers. No wonder the Red Devils and Inter wanted to get him on board, but instead he found his place in Tottenham Hotspur and his contributions got the team to the top. Stay tuned and find out more top facts about Lucas Moura.

Lucas Moura Childhood and Early Life

Lucas Rodrigues Moura da Silva known as Lucas Moura was born on August 3, 1992, in São Paulo, Brazil, to Maria former athlete who worked as a hairdresser, and Jorge a civil servant. His mother Maria stated in an interview that she always knew Lucas will have a promising future in football because he couldn’t stop kicking her in the womb. Lucas Moura parents made him attend mass in the same church they got married in, and he was raised in a Catholic environment.

Lucas Moura childhood

was filled with kicking the ball in the street and scoring. He was barely five when he showed interest in football.

At the time he was playing at Marcelinho Carioca's football academy. Lucas Moura childhood wasn’t an easy one, at the training center he was surrounded by gangs, crime, drugs, and violence. After six months playing at the football school,

Lucas Moura parents

decided it was in his best interest to move on. Later he started playing indoor football at the Santa Maria Club. He was called by the nickname of Marcelinho because of his resemblance to the best player of Corinthians. The legend scored 206 goals in 420 games from 1994 to 2001. Stay tuned for more top facts about Lucas Moura.

Lucas Moura Caught Every Body’s Attention with His Amazing Performance

The Brazilian footballer showed incredible dribbling skills and caught the attention of coach Dirceu Gabriel Couto who Moura described to be the most important man in his life. In two years he won several trophies, and his performance put him in the spotlight. A year later he joined the club Atletico Juventus. Lucas Moura age was ten and he had to endure a great deal of pressure, because he had to study at school in the morning and spent his afternoon training. His parents’ house was far away from the training center. The boy was exhausted, and his health was at risk.

Lucas Moura parents were concerned about him, so they pulled the little boy out of the club. Later he joined the Sao Paulo football program.

Lucas Moura age

was barely 13 when he left home and went to the training center in Sao Paulo. The Brazilian star stated, "There were many things that went on outside in our streets that were very wrong: drugs, crime. But I was able to enjoy being a kid so much and never got involved with anything like this. I often thank God and my parents for the education I had as well.”

According to Lucas Moura stats, in 2011 the 18-year-old footballer scored nine goals and provided four assists in 28 appearances in the Campeonato Brasileiro and 13 goals and eight assists in all competitions. Lucas Moura revealed, "Without a doubt playing in Sao Paulo was a dream come true, a great honor for me as it’s one of the biggest clubs in Brazil with a lot of history, a lot of tradition. " He added, "Sao Paulo was the club that designed me for football, which allowed me to fulfill my dream of becoming a professional player. So without a doubt, I keep Sao Paulo with a lot of affection in my heart." Learn more top facts about Lucas Moura in the following.

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Lucas Moura Transfer Market Stats and Club Career

Based on the

Lucas Moura transfer market stats

, with such amazing performance, Moura has shown, distinguished clubs including

Manchester United

and Inter Milan showed interest in signing a contract with the Brazilian footballer. Finally, on 8 August 2012

Paris Saint-Germain

won the battle and managed to get Lucas Moura on board. Moura was the most expensive contract in the club. He signed a contract worth £38 million. He wore number 29 shirt which was a remainder of the season. On 13 September 2013 he scored his first goal for the club in a game against Bordeaux which they ended in 2–0 victory.

In 2014-15 season after Jérémy Ménez was transferred to A.C. Milan, Moura wore the No. 7 shirt. It was the same number he wore while he was playing for São Paulo. In October 2016 the Brazilian footballer scored PSG’s first goal in a game against AS Nancy with a curling free-kick from the left which nobody got a touch to. That was his fifth goal for the club during the 2016–17 League 1 season. In the 2017-18 season, he appeared six times as a substitute, and later in January 2018 he officially left the club. According to

Lucas Moura stats

, he scored 46 goals during the six years he played in the club.

Lucas Moura Joins the Spurs

Lucas Moura transfer market stats

indicate that on 31 January 2018 he reached an agreement with

Tottenham Hotspur

and signed a contract worth £25 million. The contract is until 2023. He first appeared in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League games against Juventus on 13 February 2018. The game ended in a 2–2 draw. His first goal for the club was on 18 February 2018 in the FA Cup tie against

Rochdale

which also ended in a 2-2 draw.

The Brazilian footballer’s first Premier League goal took place on 18 August 2018 in a game against Fulham which was 3–1 victory for the Spurs. On 27 August 2018 in a game against the Red Devils, the Brazilian footballer scored a brace, and the Spurs won 3-0 in Old Trafford. He also scored his first goal in the Champions League for Tottenham in a game against PSV in the group round match. More

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is in the way.

Lucas Moura Legendary Hat-Tricks

On 13 April 2019, in a game against

Huddersfield Town

Lucas Moura replaced the injured striker

Harry Kane

. Lucas Moura scored two goals just in two minutes. By scoring the third goal Moura scored his first hat trick for the club which was also the first hat trick at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. For the celebration Moura brought his one-year-old boy to the field, and the audience cheered the football star and his son.

On 8 May 2019 in a game against Ajax at the Johan Cruyff Arena in their Champions League semi-finals once again Lucas Moura stunned everyone with his three consecutive goals. In the 96th minute, Moura scored his third goal and sent the Spurs into a Champions League final for the first time in their history. After the game, the football star cried while watching the footage of his goal scoring. His amazing performance got the L'Équipe which is a French nationwide daily newspaper devoted to sport to award him a perfect 10 rating this made him be the tenth ever player to be awarded a 10 rating by them. On 9 August 2019, Tottenham extended the contract until 2024. More

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are in the way.

​Lucas Moura Tactics Took the Spurs to Another Level 

When Lucas Moura first got on board with Tottenham Hotspurs the team lacked an attacking player with such qualities. Moura’s creativity and speed along with his incredible dribbling skills were exactly what Tottenham needed. Moura is capable of playing in various positions including forward, midfield, or attacking midfielder. Pochettino, the Tottenham coach was aware of Lucas Moura's features. The Brazilian footballer was placed in with Harry Kane. They were a two-man strike force. According to the results and performance of the players on the pitch, Lucas Moura was a more advanced player than Kane. This didn’t happen very often because Harry Kane has proved his key role for the team since 2014.

Pochettino admired Moura for such an amazing performance and later stated, “He is showing his quality. I am so happy, he’s a great guy and he brought the team different skills, different alternatives, and the most important thing is to find a different place to how he was found in Paris last year. I think it’s [up to us] to find the best place to help him to perform in the way that we want.” Moura is very popular among the fans and he gives his all on the field and he scores some incredible goals.

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Lucas Moura Dating History

Luca Moura is very discreet about his private life, and he doesn’t share much from his past. Although we managed to get some information from

Lucas Moura personal life

and his ex-girlfriends. The Brazilian footballer was in a relationship with gorgeous Bruna Unzueta. They met in 2011, and they dated for a year. They ended the relationship in 2012 and there was no further information about why they split out.

The top facts about Lucas Moura show that he also dated the stunning Margarita Gauchet. She is a French model and also known as Margarita Ross. Moura met the French beauty in 2013, and they dated for two years. There is no information about the reason why the couple broke up. The French model is currently in a relationship with Leonardo DiCaprio who is a famous American actor. Apparently, Leo and Margarita’s relationship is going well and there is a possibility of marriage.

Lucas Moura Wife

Now let’s get into the details of Lucas Moura current love life. The Tottenham star is a married man. Lucas Moura wife is the Brazilian beauty, Larissa Saad. The two were friends for a long time before starting to date, and they had a mutual friend who first set them up. The couple dated for a year. At the time Moura was playing for Paris Saint-Germain, he was living in Pairs.

His girlfriend Larissa moved to Paris too, so she can be with him. Larissa revealed she was jealous that Lucas’s fans were making harassments, but she stated she understands and she can control herself. Larissa Saad is also Brazilian, and you might find it interesting to know that she is part Lebanese. The stunning Brazilian- Lebanese come from a wealthy family in Brazil. More facts about the couple's relationship are on the way.

Lucas Moura Wedding Ceremony

The couple had a great bonding and relationship. They dated for a year, then Lucas asked the Brazilian beauty to marry him and she said yes. Their wedding ceremony was on Friday, December 23, 2016. More than 600 guests attended the wedding including their family and friends. Larissa looked very stunning in the white dress.

Their wedding was on a beach, and the couple said their vows, and they were pronounced husband and wife among their family and friends. Moura later stated about his marriage, “it’s different emotion from everything I’ve ever felt, a whirlwind of emotions. I’ll never go through so much in my life, nor in game final. I have not been sleeping. I have been restless and anxious for a week.”

Lucas Moura children

Now let’s get into the details of

Lucas Moura children

. Moura was looking forward to starting a family with Larissa. One year after their marriage, in November 2018, their firstborn child Miguel was born. Lucas Moura age was 26 when he first become a father and he was happy about the birth of his child. The Brazilian footballer Instantly shared a post with the fans while he had the newborn son in his arms.

He stated in the caption, "Pleasure, Miguel! May the Lord Jesus be praised forever!" Blessed with their first son the couple decided to bring a brother or a sister for their boy. In September 2019 their second child was born and this time it was a baby boy too. They named the baby boy Pedro. Now Lucas Moura children are two beautiful boys and their family is completed.

Lucas Moura Wants to Be Remembered as A Man of God

According to the

top facts about Luca Moura

, he is a very religious man. He has a strong Christian faith in Jesus and also very open about it. The religious footballer believes that his skill in football is a talent that god gifted to him. He stated in an interview with xtheline.co.uk. website, “Not only do I believe that it is a great gift from God and I believe that if he gave me this talent, this gift it is because he wants to use me in this environment, in the midst of football, He wants to fulfil some purpose of him through football”

In addition to the importance of the performance that a footballer gives on the pitch, his believes and quotes are the things that people will remember him by. Moura further stated that “No doubt, every player wants to be remembered for everything he did in the field, for the performances, for the titles, I also want this. However, I also want to be remembered mainly by my example as a person, I want to be remembered as a man of God, a person with a good attitude, I believe that is what matters most, the character, the good example of a person who helps people to find God. I want to be remembered for that”.

How Much Is Lucas Moura Salary and Net Worth?

Now let’s get all the details about

Lucas Moura Salary

and net worth. For a famous footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur, Lucas Moura Salary must be sky-high. As we mentioned before the Brazilian footballer signed a contract worth approximately 25 million pounds. This contract earned him an annual salary of 4 million pounds. This means that the Brazilian star earns 10k pounds per day. The Brazilian star also reached an agreement with sportswear giant, Adidas. According to the deal he only wears Adidas footwear fora the professional football games. Moura also Adidas footwear via social media activities.

According to Lucas Moura personal life he has a good taste in cars too. He currently owns a Mercedes, Audi Range, and a Rover Jeep Grand Cherokee. He also owns a beautiful house back in Brazil. As for Lucas Moura net worth, according to the

top facts about Lucas Moura

the talented footballer worked really hard over the years and currently his net worth is 22 million pounds.

Lucas Moura Social Media Accounts

Now let’s get into

Lucas Moura social media accounts

and which social media does the Brazilian star use. If you search Lucas Moura’s name on Instagram, you will find him by the username of

@lucasmoura7

. He is very popular on this platform and more than 4 million people follow him and keep up with Moura’s everyday life. He has posted more than 900 posts so far, and he has 566 people on his following list. You can follow him and get more updates. You can also follow his wife's Instagram account which is available by the username of

@lariisaad

.

On Twitter, his account is available by the username of

@LucasMoura7

 and the footballer’s fans are less than 3 million followers and he follows approximately 300 people. As for other Lucas Moura social media accounts, he has an account on Facebook which he has signed up by the username of

@lucasmoura

. The Brazilian footballer background on Facebook is a picture of him wearing the Spurs Jerseys. On Facebook, his fan base is larger, and More than 5 million people follow him.


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