Lucas Ribeiro dos Santos (born 19 January 1999), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for German club Hoffenheim as a centre back.<\/P>
Born in Salvador, Bahia, Ribeiro graduated from the youth academy of Vitoria (after joining at the age of 16) and was promoted to the senior team in 2018.<\/P>
On 23 August, he made his first team debut, playing the whole ninety minutes of a 1–0 defeat against Flamengo. Eight days later, he extended his contract until 2021.<\/P>
On 28 January 2019, Ribeiro joined German club Hoffenheim and signed a contract until the summer of 2023.<\/P>
In October 2018, Ribeiro was called up to the Brazil under-20 for friendlies against Chile. On 13 December 2018, he was included in the under-20 team for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship. Ribeiro is regarded as one of the best emerging defenders to come out of Brazil. A bright future at international level is predicted for Ribeiro.<\/P>","A494ABC507986833":"Lucas Ribeiro","90579B4DEA63C3E4":"Lucas Ribeiro","D1BA8203CB065367D63301112214EF98":"0","75B83B44A2FCDD1B4FF631FCD2E3CC16":"14","D1BA8203CB0653674BC0BB939FB9C9015E7A5DD213AB87AF":"1","147403B66C8CB5C7":"1226","3B9127F7BC829326":"1","7F6018B84729B122B8EE7594158DA382":"Ceara,Hoffenheim,Ceara[on loan],SC Internacional[on loan],Esporte Clube Vitoria","078F3C827B475FC4":"1960577","3F6EEC72E60D52B53E2E6377341938DB":"2","F52748F924D1E675":"80kg","8084EC95B881D770":"Goias","e_index":2};