Luiz Alberto (footballer, born 1977)

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Personal information
Full name Luiz Alberto da Silva Oliveira
Date of birth (1977-12-01) 1 December 1977 (age 45)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1993–1996 Flamengo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1999 Flamengo 56 (2)
2000–2001 Saint-Étienne 10 (0)
2001–2005 Real Sociedad 75 (6)
2002 → Internacional (loan) 20 (3)
2003 → Atlético Mineiro (loan) 39 (3)
2005–2006 Santos 47 (5)
2007–2009 Fluminense [1] 81 (3)
2010 Boca Juniors 7 (0)
2011 Duque de Caxias 0 (4)
2012 Boavista 11 (2)
2012–2014 Atlético Paranaense 44 (2)
2014–2015 Náutico 7 (0)
2015–2016 São Gonçalo EC
2016– Boavista 6 (0)
International career
1999 Brazil 1 (0)
2000 Brazil U-23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 October 2016

Luiz Alberto da Silva Oliveira (born 1 December 1977 in Rio de Janeiro), more commonly Luiz Alberto, is a Brazilian former football defender who last played for Boavista.

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Career

Luiz Alberto was 16 years old when he first played for Flamengo but it was only in 1997 when he clinched a place in the club's first eleven. He played alongside the likes of Júnior Baiano and Juan in a partnership that led the club to Campeonato Carioca and Copa Mercosur titles in 1999. In 2000, however, he lost his place in the starting eleven for new signing Carlos Gamarra and was transferred to Saint-Étienne.

After one season with the French team, he moved to Real Sociedad in Spain, where he played first between 2001 and 2002 and also from 2004 to 2005. Between his stints at Spanish club, Luiz Alberto also played for Internacional and Atlético Mineiro.

Luiz Alberto came back to Brazil in 2005 after signing for Santos, later returning to Rio de Janeiro in 2007 to play for Fluminense in where he has won 2007 Copa do Brasil and finished runner-up at 2008 Copa Libertadores after losing the final to LDU Quito on penalties.

In 2010, after leaving Fluminense, Luiz Alberto joined Argentine club Boca Juniors. On 20 April 2010 Boca Juniors released the Brazilian central defender by mutual consent. [2]

International career

Alberto has had one international appearance for Brazil under Vanderlei Luxemburgo in a 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup match against New Zealand on 30 July 1999.

Honours

Club

Flamengo
Santos
Fluminense

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References

  1. ↑ "Luiz Alberto Facts". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
  2. ↑ Argentina: Luiz Alberto terminates Boca contract Archived 2010-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
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