How old is lucio of brazil

Lucio made his international in for Brazil in the Olympics and impressed everyone with his ice-cool defensive nature. He was awarded the Bola de Prata as one of the two best centre-backs in Brazil.

His club career began in for Internacional, where he was a trusted centre-back who could defend, and score goals from time to time as well. After he earned his call-up for the Brazilian side in the Olympics, Lucio would become a regular starter in the team, along with other greats like Roberto Carlos. Lucio played a crucial role in defence, and made very few mistakes, one of which included an error against England to let Michael Owen score.

In the World Cup, Lucio made a record of playing for consecutive minutes without committing any kind of foul, but was not able to prevent a collapse to France in the quarterfinal.

In the same year, Lucio was made captain of the side by manager Dunga. Lucio then played his third world cup in , and the Copa America, which was his last major tournament for the Selecao.

He is one of the very few players to have more than a caps. A career that began at Internacional, picked up pace and helped him become one of the most decorated Brazilian center-backs. Lucio made 49 appearances for the Portuguese club and scored 6 goals. His performances drew attention from other European clubs, and German club Bayer Leverkusen bought him in Lucio was very impressive for Bayer, where he made 92 appearances and scored 15 goals.

Lucio's was handed his international head for Brazil's Under side at the Sydney Olympics in , where his appetite was whetted for the gold of Brazil despite seeing just 45 minutes of action. It was Emerson Leao that handed Lucio his senior debut in in a World Cup qualifier, but the arrival of Luiz Felipe Scolari saw the player reduced to the bench as 'Big Phil' made no secret of his misgivings. Scolari would, though, eventually be convinced and in the World Cup winning side of Lucio was an ever present, proving an instrumental figure in Brazil's securing of a record fifth title.

Lucio has all the potential to be one of the finals' most outstanding defenders but whether his fellow defenders will allow him opportunity to demonstrate his own skills going forward remains a question yet to be answered.

Search Sky Sports. He was a mainstay in the Brazil national team for years, with appearances at the heart of the defence, scoring four goals in the process. He went on to captain the Selecao from to He also played for Bayer Leverkusen, where he narrowly missed out on the Bundesliga, the German Cup and the Champions League in his debut season.

Sadly, however, the Gaurs missed out on the title to Chennaiyin. Lucio made only five appearances as his side finished the campaign at the bottom of the Hero ISL table, winning four and losing eight of the 14 league games that season.

After a two-year hiatus, he moved back to Brazil to feature for Sociedade Esportiva do Gama before joining Brasiliense in Former FC Goa skipper Lucio retires from professional football.

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