5 things you (probably) didn’t know about Liverpool’s Lucas Leiva

Followed in the footsteps of Zico, Robinho and Kaka

The Liverpool star became the youngest man ever to receive Placar magazine’s Bola de Ouro (Golden Ball), an annual honour given to the Campeonato Brasileiro’s (Brazilian top-flight) best player.

Previous winners include the illustrious likes of Zico, Falcão, Careca, Alex, Romário, Robinho, Kaká and Carlos Tevez, meanwhile familiar names such as Neymar (2011), Ronaldinho (2012) and Manchester City’s Gabriel Jesus (2016) have won this gong since.