Lucas Ribeiro Costa

Following his move to Cultural Leonesa, Costa's current-season form is down 42% on last season (Season 36→21), while his Rating held around 47. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 36).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Cultural Leonesa · 21st	27	5	2	7.03	47	21
2024/25	Mamelodi Sundowns	26	14	3	7.35	—	—
2023/24	Mamelodi Sundowns	18	12	3	7.41	—	—
2022/23	SK Beveren · 2nd	31	11	0	—	47	36
2021/22	SK Beveren	10	2	0	—	—	—
2021/22	Royal Excel MouscronLoan · 7th	15	5	0	—	42	21

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 3 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthWinger

Lucas Ribeiro Costa is a 28-year-old winger at Cultural Leonesa, rated 42 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 108th of 194 on scout potential in the Segunda División. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (38% of available minutes). He brings 0.44 goal contributions per 90 (0.31 goals, 0.13 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Costa.

Judged on this season alone, Costa graded 21 — a solid campaign that ranks top 34% of the 12 wingers in the Segunda División, on 5 goals and 2 assists in 27 appearances (0.438 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 36 → 21). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 42, 5th of 12 of the 12 wingers in the Segunda División. At 28 Costa is in his prime years, and a market index of 10.7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

Read the full career report →

Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2022/23Holding levelBreakout: 2021/224 clubs

Current potential5th of 12 wingers · Segunda División Current seasonTop 34% wingers · Segunda División 4th-best winger in the Segunda División 108th in the Segunda División · potential 5th-highest potential winger in the Segunda División

Ratingi

5th of 12 wingers

20.5

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

38%

Minutes

rotation minutes

0.44

Goal contrib / 90

productive for the role

Output in context · Cultural Leonesa finished 21st of 22 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.19

Goals / app

5 goals in 27 appearances (0.19 per game), a meaningful share of the load for a relegation-threatened side. Add 2 assists for 7 goal contributions in all.

Strengths

Final-third output. 0.44 goal contributions per 90 (0.31 goals, 0.13 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 38% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 42, Costa carries the 5th-highest potential of the wingers in the Segunda División of 12, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Cultural Leonesa finished 21st of 22) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.44 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %38%

Available fixtures42 of 42

Goals / 900.313

Assists / 900.125

Goal contribution / 900.438

Defensive actions / 901.439

Player flow

Goal involvements7

Shot conversion %29.4

Shot accuracy %53.1

Pass accuracy %81

Dribble success %60.2

Cards / 900.626

Foul involvement / 903.38

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~18), then tapers with age. At 28, Costa sits on 10.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Costa's projected Rating — 42 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among wingers in the Segunda División with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals5

Shots on target17

Shots32

Passing

Assists2

Chances created39

Passes534

Pass accuracy81%

Possession

Successful dribbles65

Dribble success60.2%

Duels won129

Duels won %52%

Fouls won36

Penalties won1—

Defending

Tackles20

Interceptions3

Fouls committed18

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards9

Red cards1

Transfer history

Mamelodi SundownsJul 2023 – now

WWaasland-beverenFeb 2022 – Jul 2023

Charleroi(back from loan)Jan 2022 – Feb 2022

RRoyal Excel Mouscron(on loan)Aug 2021 – Jan 2022

Charleroi(back from loan)Jul 2021 – Aug 2021

RWDM(on loan)Feb 2021 – Jul 2021

CharleroiJul 2020 – Feb 2021

ExcelsiorAug 2019 – Jul 2020Free

Valenciennesuntil Aug 2019

About Lucas Ribeiro Costa

Lucas Ribeiro Costa is a 27-year-old winger who plays for Cultural Leonesa, born on October 9, 1998 in Santa Helena, standing 181 cm tall. He is from Brazil.

This season

In the current season, Lucas Ribeiro Costa has made 27 appearances with 5 goals and 2 assists across 1,438 minutes, with 9 yellow cards.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Lucas Ribeiro Costa at 42 with a Season form score of 20.5, ranking 108th of 194 wingers in the Segunda División. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 2 career titles — among them the PSL and the African Football League. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 8 recorded seasons, Lucas Ribeiro Costa has totalled 155 club appearances with 54 goals and 10 assists for 8 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 31 appearances for SK Beveren.

Lucas Ribeiro Costa's career has also included time at Mamelodi Sundowns, WWaasland-beveren, Charleroi, RRoyal Excel Mouscron, RWDM, Excelsior and Valenciennes.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Cultural Leonesa finished 21st of 22 · a relegation-threatened side

Strengths

Watch points