Luís Lourenço

Luís Lourenço
Personal information
Full name	Luís Carlos Lourenço da Silva
Date of birth	5 June 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Luanda, Angola
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1992–2000	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2003	Sporting B
2001	→ Bristol City (loan)
2002	→ Oldham Athletic (loan)
2003–2006	Sporting CP
2004–2005	→ Belenenses (loan)
2005–2006	→ União Leiria (loan)
2006–2007	Vitória Setúbal
2007	→ Panionios (loan)
2007–2009	Panionios
2009–2010	Kerkyra
2010	Moreirense
2011	Alzira
2012–2013	Farense
2013	Corona Brașov
International career
2001–2003	Portugal U20
2003–2005	Portugal U21
2011	Angola
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 December 2013

Luís Carlos Lourenço da Silva (born 5 June 1983 in Luanda, Angola), known as Lourenço, is a footballer who plays as a forward.

Club career

A Sporting Clube de Portugal youth graduate, Lourenço made his professional debuts in England, serving two brief loan spells, first at Bristol City^[1] then Oldham Athletic,^[2] both in the Football League One. Additionally, he played and scored regularly for Sporting's reserves.

Lourenço made three appearances and scored once for Sporting in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup, making his league debut on 16 August 2003 in a 2–1 away win against Académica de Coimbra and scoring in the game (he found the net in the season's first three official matches). However, he gradually lost his importance in the squad, and spent the next years on loan to several clubs in the country.

Lourenço was released by Sporting in the 2006 summer, signing for Vitória de Setúbal. In the following January transfer window he moved countries again, joining Greek team Panionios FC, initially on loan. After he signed permanently for two years he hardly received any playing time, being released on 1 July 2009.^[3]

After a short and unassuming spell back in Portugal, Lourenço moved abroad again, signing in January 2011 with UD Alzira in the Spanish third division. He reunited at the club with former Sporting teammate Beto, and both were released in June after the team's relegation, having appeared in a total of three games combined.

International career

Lourenço was picked for the Portuguese under-21 squads at two UEFA European Championships, 2004 and 2006. Additionally, he represented the nation at the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Lourenço eventually switched allegiance to Angola, gaining his first and only cap on 10 August 2011 by coming on as an 85th minute substitute for Manucho in a 0–0 friendly in Liberia.

References

^ Bury 0–1 Bristol City; BBC Sport, 7 April 2001
^ Oldham sign Lisbon striker; BBC Sport, 24 July 2002
^ Αποδεσμεύσεις – Λύσεις Συμβολαίων (in Greek). Panionios F.C. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)
^ Luís Lourenço – FIFA competition record (archived)

External links

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Luís Lourenço at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Luís Lourenço at Soccerbase
Luís Lourenço at Soccerway
Luís Lourenço at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] Bury 0–1 Bristol City; BBC Sport, 7 April 2001

[2] Oldham sign Lisbon striker; BBC Sport, 24 July 2002

[3] Αποδεσμεύσεις – Λύσεις Συμβολαίων (in Greek). Panionios F.C. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)

[4] Luís Lourenço – FIFA competition record (archived)

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