Luizão

Personal information
Full name	Luiz Carlos Bombonato Goulart
Date of birth	(1975-11-14) 14 November 1975
Place of birth	Rubinéia, Brazil
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993	Guarani	1	(3)
1993	Paraná	6	(0)
1994–1995	Guarani	37	(16)
1995–1997	Palmeiras	46	(23)
1997–1998	Deportivo La Coruña	14	(4)
1998–1999	Vasco da Gama	16	(8)
1999–2002	Corinthians	109	(76)
2002	Grêmio	8	(7)
2002–2004	Hertha BSC	26	(4)
2004	Botafogo	15	(9)
2005	São Paulo	5	(2)
2005	Nagoya Grampus	6	(4)
2005–2006	Santos	5	(0)
2006–2007	Flamengo	21	(11)
2007–2008	São Caetano	5	(2)
Total		237	(108)
International career
1996–2002	Brazil	12	(4)
Medal record Men's Football Representing  Brazil FIFA World Cup Winner 2002 Korea & Japan Olympics Games 1996 Atlanta Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luiz Carlos Bombonato Goulart, known as Luizão (born 14 November 1975), is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer, who played as a forward.

He was capped 12 times by Brazil, scoring two goals in the last game of the 2002 FIFA World Cup Qualification vs Venezuela, a 3–0 Brazilian victory. This victory classified Brazil to the World Cup and confirmed Luizão as part of the victorious squad coached by Luiz Felipe Scolari, conquering the fifth world title for Brazil.

Career

Luizão was born in Rubinéia. He is one of the few players, alongside Antônio Carlos, Müller, Neto and César Sampaio that played for the four major clubs of São Paulo: Santos Futebol Clube, Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, Sport Club Corinthians Paulista and São Paulo Futebol Clube. He managed to be the top goalscorer of at least one tournament for each one of them, except for Santos, where he underachieved.

Luizão bloomed at Guarani Futebol Clube, playing alongside close friends Djalminha and Márcio Amoroso. Luizão (with Djalminha) was then transferred to Palmeiras, where he won many titles, including a São Paulo State Championship under the command of Vanderlei Luxemburgo, where he scored 22 of 102 squad goals.

He then followed Djalminha to La Liga's Deportivo de La Coruña, but unlike the talented playmaker, Luizão failed to settle. He returned to Brazil to Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama. In July 2002, he had another unsuccessful abroad stint, with German Bundesliga side Hertha BSC, leaving the side in January 2004.

The 35-year-old forward (as of 2010), who was a free agent after terminating his contract with São Caetano. He came to sign with other teams as Guaratinguetá,^[2] but has not played in any match for them.

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Honours

References

External links

• Luizão at National-Football-Teams.com
• Luizão at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)