Ayrton

Ayrton Lucas Dantas de Medeiros (born 19 June 1997), known as Ayrton, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow as a left back.

Club Career

Fluminense

Born in Carnauba dos Dantas, Ayrton started his youth career with the academy of ABC Futebol Clube and joined the academy of Fluminense in October 2014. On 8 August 2015, he was promoted to the senior team. However, he soon lost his position to Leo Pele and Giovanni and was subsequently loaned out to Madureira on 23 February 2016 for the Campeonato Carioca. In April, he returned to his parent club.

On 4 January 2017, Ayrton was loaned out to Londrina. Twenty-five days later, he made his first team debut in a 1–1 draw against Prudentopolis. On 13 April, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 victory against Rio Branco. Londrina went on to win the Primeira Liga, with Ayrton Lucas finding the net during the penalty shoot-out in the final against Atletico Mineiro.

After returning from loan, Ayrton was included in the Fluminense squad for the 2018 Florida Cup. He was issued the number 6 jersey for the Serie A season.

Spartak Moscow

On 17 December 2018, Ayrton signed a long-term contract with Russian club Spartak Moscow. He scored his first goal for Spartak against FC Tambov on 26 September 2020. He followed up with his second in the same match and led the team to a 2–0 win.

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