Luizão (footballer, born 1987)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luiz Carlos Nascimento Júnior[1] | ||
| Date of birth | January 3, 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Vargem Alta (ES), Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre Back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Portuguesa | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Cruzeiro | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2012 | Cruzeiro | 32 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | → Vasco da Gama (loan) | 26 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | → Bunyodkor (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Bahia (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Nacional-MG (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2012 | Ceará | 23 | (2) |
| 2012 | Grimsby Town | 1 | (1) |
| 2013 | Nacional-MG | 17 | (0) |
| 2014 | Cabofriense | 15 | (1) |
| 2015 | ABC | 16 | (0) |
| 2016 | Novorizontino | 8 | (0) |
| 2017 | Água Santa | 34 | (1) |
| 2018 | São Bento | 32 | (3) |
| 2019 | Água Santa | 23 | (0) |
| 2020 | Santo André | 10 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Ponte Preta | 35 | (3) |
| 2021 | Mirassol | 9 | (2) |
| 2021 | Brusque | 4 | (2) |
| 2022– | Portuguesa | 11 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2007 | Brazil U20 | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 January 2016 | |||
Luiz Carlos Nascimento Júnior or simply Luizão (born January 3, 1987 in Vargem Alta, Espírito Santo, Brazil), is an association footballer. He plays as a defender, either as a centre back for Portuguesa.
Club career
Luizão was brought up from the Cruzeiro youth squad and made his professional debut for them against Grêmio in a 3–1 home win in the Campeonato Brasileiro on April 23, 2006.[2]
He scored his first professional goal for Cruzeiro against Figueirense in a 2–0 away win in the Campeonato Brasileiro on April 30, 2006.[3]
In July 2007, Luizão was transferred to FC Locarno. Two weeks after he was transferred, not even playing a single game for FC Locarno, Luizão was sent back to Brazil, on loan at Vasco da Gama.[4][5] He signed for Grimsby Town in 2012 and made 1 appearance for them scoring 1 before getting released.
International career
Luizão played in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He played in all four matches that Brazil were involved in. Unfortunately Brazil were eliminated in the quarter final, where Luizão managed to receive his only yellow card of the tournament, in the 116th minute.
Honours
- Campeonato Mineiro : 2006
External links
- (in English) Guardian Stats Centre
- (in English) [1]
- (in Portuguese) CBF
- (in Portuguese) placar
- (in Portuguese) zerozero.pt
- (in Portuguese) netvasco.com
- (in Portuguese) crvascodagama
- (in English) LUIZÃO at Soccerway
References
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 July 2007. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013.
- ^ (in English) Cruzeiro vs Gremio Archived 2012-08-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Figueirense vs Cruzeiro Archived 2012-08-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Portuguese) Problemas na Zaga? Luizão é Solução
- ^ (in Portuguese) Vasco Ccontrata Zagueiro Luizão, Volante Xavier e Meia-Atacante Leandro Bonfim Archived 2007-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Espírito Santo
- Brazilian footballers
- Brazil youth international footballers
- Brazil under-20 international footballers
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Uzbekistan
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players
- Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players
- CR Vasco da Gama players
- Esporte Clube Bahia players
- Nacional Esporte Clube (MG) players
- Ceará Sporting Club players
- Associação Desportiva Cabofriense players
- ABC Futebol Clube players
- Grêmio Novorizontino players
- Esporte Clube Água Santa players
- Esporte Clube São Bento players
- Associação Ferroviária de Esportes players
- Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players
- Mirassol Futebol Clube players
- Brusque Futebol Clube players
- Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players
- FC Locarno players
- FC Bunyodkor players
- Association football defenders
- Boca Raton FC players