36 Facts About Lucas Covolan

Lucas Covolan Cavagnari was born on 6 June 1991 and is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for National League South club Worthing.

Lucas Covolan later had spells with Atletico Paranaense, Esportivo, Toledo and Rio Branco, winning a Campeonato Acreano title with Rio Branco in 2014.

Lucas Covolan then spent two years in Spain with Atletico Rafal and Alaro before joining the English club Whitehawk in 2016.

Lucas Covolan had a loan spell with Lewes and spent two seasons with Worthing before earning a move to Torquay United in May 2019.

Lucas Covolan scored a goal in the 2021 National League play-off final, which Torquay lost, before signing with English Football League club Port Vale in June 2021.

Lucas Covolan helped the club to win promotion out of League Two via the play-offs in 2022.

Lucas Covolan returned to the National League on a season-long loan with Chesterfield in July 2022.

Lucas Covolan signed with Maidstone United in August 2023 and was an unused substitute in their 2024 Kent Senior Cup final victory.

Lucas Covolan spent his early career with Trieste in his native Brazil.

Lucas Covolan acted as the practice goalkeeper for Juninho Pernambucano's free kick training sessions, later recalling that such was the player's ability that "I was basically just a cone".

Lucas Covolan returned from Rio de Janeiro after three years to sign with boyhood club Atletico Paranaense.

Lucas Covolan later recalled that Atletico had eight goalkeepers on their books and that he realised halfway into his three-year contract that he would never play a first-team game for the club.

Lucas Covolan tried to gain experience in senior football by leaving on loan but was injured in a warm-up exercise and sidelined for four months.

Lucas Covolan went on to feature in four match day squads as an unused substitute for Esportivo Bento Goncalves, before joining Toledo in December 2013 and then Rio Branco in March 2014.

Lucas Covolan helped Rio Branco to win the Campeonato Acreano in 2014 following a penalty shoot-out victory over Atletico Acreano, but was one of the three players released by the club on 7 May 2014.

Lucas Covolan moved to Spain later in 2014 and joined Tercera Division team Atletico Rafal.

Lucas Covolan switched to fellow Mallorcan side Alaro the next year, making 35 appearances.

Lucas Covolan left the club following the death of head coach Julian Ronda.

Lucas Covolan spent three months on trial at Mallorca but was deemed to be too old at the age of 24.

Lucas Covolan made 23 league appearances for Whitehawk, and spent a month on loan with Lewes, before signing for Isthmian League Premier Division side Worthing after a pre-season trial.

Lucas Covolan broke his arm during a win at Moneyfields in the FA Cup on 6 October 2018.

Lucas Covolan moved to Torquay United in May 2019 after impressing manager Gary Johnson on trial.

Lucas Covolan's goal earned him comparisons to compatriot Alisson, a goalkeeper who had scored a headed goal for Liverpool earlier in the year; the pair had actually played against each other some years earlier in a tournament for under-23 players when Atletico Paranaense came up against Internacional.

Lucas Covolan returned after a serving a one match suspension and kept four clean sheets in his next seven games, saying that "you learn from every mistake and that is what makes you stronger".

Lucas Covolan, who was suspended for four games for the incident, was supported by captain Tom Conlon, who said "he's one of us, he is a big part of the squad, the boys love him to bits".

Lucas Covolan was an unused substitute as Vale secured promotion out of the play-offs with victory over Mansfield Town in the final at Wembley Stadium.

On 5 July 2022, Lucas Covolan returned to the National League to join Chesterfield on a season-long loan deal.

Manager Paul Cook had stern words for Covolan after the match, saying that "it is something that Lucas will learn from quickly [and] if he doesn't learn quickly he won't be at the club, it is that simple".

Lucas Covolan was not named in the 2023 National League play-off final matchday squad for the defeat to Notts County.

Manager George Elokobi said that Lucas Covolan was the best goalkeeper in the National League South.

Lucas Covolan was an unused substitute in the 2024 Kent Senior Cup final victory over Ebbsfleet United.

Lucas Covolan's teammates voted him as Players' Player of the Year.

Lucas Covolan was offered a new contract in May 2024.

On 21 February 2025, just one week after joining Ebbsfleet United, Lucas Covolan returned to National League South side Worthing.

Lucas Covolan spent time with the Brazil under-20 national team, winning two caps in 2010.

Lucas Covolan has been described as an aggressive goalkeeper who helps the team defend with a high line, though tends to be caught in possession.