Luiz Carlos Nascimento Júnior

Luizão
Personal information
Full name Luiz Carlos Nascimento Júnior
Date of birth (1987-01-03) January 3, 1987
Place of birth Vargem Alta (ES), Brazil
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre Back / Full Back
Club information
Current team
 Boca Raton Football Club
Youth career
2004–2005 Cruzeiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Cruzeiro 21 (2)
2007–2009 Locarno 0 (0)
2007–2008 → Vasco da Gama (loan) 16 (1)
2008–2009 → Bunyodkor (loan) 5 (0)
2009–2010 Cruzeiro 0 (0)
2010 → Bahia (loan) 9 (0)
2011 Bahia 0 (0)
2012 Nacional-MG
2012 Ceará 23 (2)
2012 Grimsby Town 1 (1)
2013–2014 Nacional-MG 17
2014–2015 Cabofriense 5 (1)
2015–2016 ABC 14 (0)
2016–2016 Novorizontino 0 (0)
2016– Boca Raton ? (?)
National team
2007 Brazil U20 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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 or as a full back for Novorizontino.

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.[1]

He scored his first professional goal for Cruzeiro against Figueirense in a 2–0 away win in the Campeonato Brasileiro on April 30, 2006.[2]

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.[3][4] 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

References

  1. ↑ (English) Cruzeiro vs Gremio
  2. ↑ (English) Figueirense vs Cruzeiro
  3. ↑ (Portuguese) Problemas na Zaga? Luizão é Solução
  4. ↑ (Portuguese) Vasco Ccontrata Zagueiro Luizão, Volante Xavier e Meia-Atacante Leandro Bonfim
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