
Lukaz De Paula
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- Title:
- Assistant Coach
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- Email:
- lucas.fagotti@lindsey.edu
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- Year:
- 1
Bio
Lukaz De Paula enters his first season as an assistant coach with the Lindsey Wilson men's soccer program in 2023.
At the high school level, De Paula was named Winter State All-Star, Second Team All-American, and All-Florida North Region honoree at Montverde Academy. He led his team to a perfect 21-0 season and a No.1 ranking in the Winter NSCCA National Poll.
At the club level, De Paula played for Colorado Rapids U23 in the summer of 2018. He registered one goal and one assist in the 13 regular-season games with the club and mon the Mountain Division hit the Rapids and headed to USL National Tournament.
De Paula played and started in 21 games for Union in 2019 season, where he registered four assists. The São Paula, Brazil, defender helped the Bulldogs to a 12-8-2 overall record, and the 2019 Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) Tournament title. The Bulldogs then advanced to the NAIA National Championship Tournament.
After história College career, De Paula headed to Spain in 2020 where he played for FC Málaga and helped the club to win the League and get the promotion to Division de Honor.
Due to his great performances in Spain, De Paula received an invitation to trial for Swedish Side Vasalunds, where he signed and played the end of the Superettan 2021 season.
In 2022, De Paula played his last season as a professional for Desportivo Brasil before accepting the invitation to come to Lindsey Wilson.
Besides playing soccer, De Paula also created a Big following on social media due his Strength and Conditioning contents and vlogs about his soccer Journey to net to the professional Level. He has more than 100k followers on Instagram and more than 200k subscribers on Youtube.