Luiz Carlos Ferreira

Luiz Carlos Ferreira, best known as Luisinho (born in Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brasil, October 22, 1958) is a former association football player in defender role.

During his career (1975–1996) he played for Vila Nova, (in 2003 another footballer named Luizinho played for Vila Nova, Luiz Antônio de Oliveira) Atlético Mineiro, Cruzeiro and in Portugal with Sporting Clube de Portugal. He won nine Campeonato Mineiro, five consecutive (1978–1982, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1994).

For the Brazil national football team he played 32 international matches, from August 1980 to June 1983, scored two goals and participated at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.^[1]

References

^ Luizinho Statistics FIFA. Retrieved February 4, 2010.

Brazil squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup

1 Valdir Peres 2 Leandro 3 Oscar 4 Luizinho 5 Toninho Cerezo 6 Júnior 7 Paulo Isidoro 8 Sócrates 9 Serginho 10 Zico 11 Éder 12 Paulo Sérgio 13 Edevaldo 14 Juninho 15 Falcão 16 Edinho 17 Pedrinho 18 Batista 19 Renato 20 Roberto Dinamite 21 Dirceu 22 Carlos Coach: Telê Santana

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Name	Ferreira, Luiz Carlos
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