Luis Oliveira
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Luis Oliveira | ||
Personal information | ||
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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 |
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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 |
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.
Belgium squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup | ||
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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 |
Categories: Belgian football biography stubs | 1969 births | Living people | Belgian footballers | Belgium international footballers | R.S.C. Anderlecht players | Cagliari Calcio players | Fiorentina players | Bologna F.C. 1909 players | Como Calcio 1907 players | Calcio Catania players | U.S. Foggia players | S.S.C. Venezia players | FIFA World Cup 1998 players | Belgians of Brazilian descent | Afro-Brazilians