Luis Oliveira

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Luis Oliveira
Personal information
Full name Luis Airton Barroso Oliveira
Date of birth March 24, 1969 (age 38)
Place of birth    São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
Height 176 cm
Nickname Lulù, Il Falco
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Nuorese
Youth clubs
1984
1985-1988
Tupan
Anderlecht
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
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 team2
1992-1999 Belgium 31 (7)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of June 1, 2006.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 2005.
* Appearances (Goals)

Luis Airton Barroso Oliveira (born 24 March 1969 in São Luis, Maranhão, Brazil) is a Brazilian-Belgian football 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.


Flag of Belgium Belgium squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup Flag of Belgium

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