Luciano (footballer, born 1993)

Luciano da Rocha Neves (born 18 May 1993), simply known as Luciano, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club São Paulo.

Luciano

Luciano with São Paulo in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Luciano da Rocha Neves
Date of birth	(1993-05-18) 18 May 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Anápolis, Brazil
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	São Paulo
Number	10
Youth career
2003–2010	Anápolis
2010–2012	Atlético Goianiense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2013	Atlético Goianiense	5	(1)
2013–2014	Avaí	28	(7)
2014–2017	Corinthians	76	(17)
2016–2017	→ Leganés (loan)	25	(4)
2017	→ Panathinaikos (loan)	4	(0)
2018	Panathinaikos	5	(2)
2018–2019	Fluminense	37	(11)
2019–2020	Grêmio	34	(8)
2020–	São Paulo	177	(58)
International career‡
2015	Brazil U23	6	(5)
Medal record Representing  Brazil Men's Football Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Team Competition
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 March 2016

Club career

Luciano was born in Anápolis, Goiás, and joined Atlético Goianiense's youth setup from hometown club Anápolis.^[1] He made his debut for the former on 8 March 2012, coming on as a second-half substitute for William in a 1–0 away win against Gurupi, for the year's Copa do Brasil.^[2]

Luciano made his Série A debut on 13 October 2012, coming from the bench and scoring the last in a 3–1 home win against Internacional.^[3] He contributed with five league appearances during the campaign, suffering team relegation.

In 2013 Luciano moved to Avaí in the Série B. He again made his debut with a goal, netting his team's only in a 3–1 loss at Chapecoense.

On 13 February 2014, Luciano signed a three-year contract with Corinthians in the top level.^[4] He made his debut for the club nine days later, replacing Romarinho in a 3–2 Campeonato Paulista home win against Rio Claro.

Luciano subsequently scored two braces for Timão, in a 3–0 home win against Comercial and in a 4–0 away routing of Linense. On 22 August 2014 he scored a hat-trick in a 5–2 home success over Goiás.

On 19 August 2015, in a match against Santos for the national cup, Luciano suffered a serious knee injury.^[5] He was sidelined for seven months, returning to action in February of the following year.^[6]

On 24 August 2016, Luciano was loaned to La Liga side CD Leganés for one year, with a buyout clause.^[7]

Panathinaikos, Fluminense and Grêmio

On 17 July 2017, Luciano joined Greek Superleague club Panathinaikos on loan until the end of the year.^[8] On 20 September 2017, Luciano suffered a serious cruciate rupture injury during Greek Cup's clash against AEL in Leoforos. He was expected to return to action in March 2018.

In the end of 2018 he went to Fluminense.

In 2019, he moved to Grêmio.

São Paulo

On 18 August 2020, Luciano signed until December 2022 with São Paulo FC. He came to Tricolor after Éverton signed with Grêmio, and going to Luciano's opposite side.^[9]

International career

Luciano was called for the Brazil U23 team representing the country at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.^[10] He was the tournament's top goalscorer with five goals in only four matches, and won a Bronze medal.^[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 December 2024^[12]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			State league[a]		National cup[b]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Atlético Goianiense	2012	Série A	5	1	—		1	0	—		—		6	1
	2013	Série B	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
Avaí	2013	Série B	23	5	—		0	0	—		—		23	5
	2014		0	0	5	2	0	0	—		—		5	2
	Total		23	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	7
Corinthians	2014	Série A	33	6	6	4	8	3	—		—		47	13
	2015		6	5	9	1	1	0	2[c]	0	—		18	6
	2016		15	1	7	0	—		2[c]	0	—		24	1
	Total		54	12	22	5	9	3	4	0	0	0	89	20
Leganés	2016–17	La Liga	25	4	—		2	0	—		—		27	4
Panathinaikos	2017–18	Super League Greece	9	2	—		1	0	4[d]	0	—		14	2
Fluminense	2018	Série A	18	3	0	0	0	0	6[e]	2	—		24	5
	2019		6	2	13	6	8	5	4[e]	2	—		31	15
	Total		24	5	13	6	8	5	10	4	0	0	55	20
Grêmio	2019	Série A	19	5	0	0	0	0	1[c]	0	—		20	5
	2020		1	0	14	3	0	0	1[c]	0	—		16	3
	Total		20	5	14	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	36	8
São Paulo	2020	Série A	31	18	0	0	5	3	2[e]	0	—		38	21
	2021		22	4	10	4	3	2	4[c]	0	—		39	10
	2022		31	11	7	1	9	4	12[e]	5	—		59	21
	2023		34	9	12	2	9	2	10[e]	2	—		65	15
	2024		31	11	13	3	5	1	10[c]	3	1[f]	0	60	18
	Total		144	50	33	8	31	12	33	9	1	0	261	85
Career total			305	84	88	24	52	20	54	13	1	0	500	141

1. Includes Campeonato Goiano, Campeonato Catarinense, Campeonato Paulista, Campeonato Gaúcho
2. Includes Copa do Brasil, Copa del Rey, Greek Football Cup
3. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
5. Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
6. Appearance in Supercopa do Brasil

Honours

Corinthians

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2015

Grêmio

• Taça Francisco Novelletto: 2020
• Campeonato Gaúcho: 2020

São Paulo

• Copa do Brasil: 2023
• Supercopa do Brasil: 2024
• Campeonato Paulista: 2021

Individual

• 2015 Pan American Games top scorer: 5 goals
• 2019 Copa do Brasil top scorer: 5 goals
• 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A top scorer: 18 goals