Luis Oliveira

Personal information
Luis Oliveira
Full name	Luis Airton Barroso Oliveira
Date of birth	24 March 1969
Place of birth	São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
Nickname	Lulù, Il Falco
Position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Nuorese
Youth clubs
1984 1985-1988	Tupan Anderlecht
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1988-1992 1992-1996 1996-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2004 2004-2005 2005 2005-2006 2006-	Anderlecht Cagliari Fiorentina Cagliari Bologna Como Catania Foggia Venezia Lucchese Nuorese	95 (36) 121 (42) 95 (27) 24 (4) 17 (1) 38 (23) 74 (28) 14 (0) 17 (5) 20 (3)
National team**
1992-1999	Belgium	31 (7)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 1, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 2005.

Luis Airton Barroso Oliveira (born 24 March 1969 in São Luis, Maranhão, Brazil) is a Brazilian-Belgian football (soccer) player, who spent most of his playing career in Italy.

Oliveira played for Anderlecht in Belgium, before moving to Italy, where ha has played for Cagliari, Fiorentina, Bologna, Como, Catania, Foggia, Venezia and Lucchese. In 2006, he accepted to play Nuorese of Serie C2/A, also in order to get closer to his family (his wife in Sardinia).

A naturalized Belgian citizen, he has earned 31 caps for Belgium and played for his adopted country in the 1998 World Cup.

	Belgium squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 De Wilde \| 2 Crasson \| 3 Staelens \| 4 Vidović \| 5 Borkelmans \| 6 Van Der Elst \| 7 Wilmots \| 8 Oliveira \| 9 M. Mpenza \| 10 Nilis \| 11 Van Kerckhoven \| 12 Vande Walle \| 13 Verlinden \| 14 Scifo \| 15 Clement \| 16 De Boeck \| 17 Verstraeten \| 18 Verheyen \| 19 Van Meir \| 20 E. Mpenza \| 21 Boffin \| 22 Deflandre \| Coach: Leekens