Luizão (footballer, born 1987)

Luizão
Personal information
Full name Luiz Carlos Nascimento Júnior[1]
Date of birth (1987-01-03) 3 January 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Vargem Alta, Brazil
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
2004–2005 Cruzeiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Cruzeiro 30 (2)
2007–2011 Locarno 0 (0)
2007–2008 → Vasco da Gama (loan) 23 (2)
2008–2009 → Bunyodkor (loan) 5 (0)
2009–2010 → Cruzeiro (loan) 0 (0)
2010–2011 → Bahia (loan) 14 (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 16 (1)
2018 São Bento 32 (3)
2019 Água Santa 15 (0)
2020 Santo André 8 (0)
2020–2021 Ponte Preta 33 (3)
2021 Mirassol 9 (2)
2021 Brusque 4 (2)
2022–2023 Portuguesa 11 (0)
2023 → Noroeste (loan) 14 (0)
International career
2007 Brazil U20 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:26, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Luiz Carlos Nascimento Júnior (born 3 January 1987), commonly known as Luizão, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender.

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

Cruzeiro

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ (in English) Cruzeiro vs Gremio Archived 2012-08-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ (in English) Figueirense vs Cruzeiro Archived 2012-08-03 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ (in Portuguese) Problemas na Zaga? Luizão é Solução
  5. ^ (in Portuguese) Vasco Ccontrata Zagueiro Luizão, Volante Xavier e Meia-Atacante Leandro Bonfim Archived 2007-07-20 at the Wayback Machine