Brazilian footballer
Luiz Carlos Bombonato Goulart , known as Luizão (born 14 November 1975), is a Brazilian football pundit and retired forward .
He was capped 12 times for Brazil , scoring two goals in the last match of the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification against Venezuela , a 3–0 victory overall. This performance confirmed Luizão as part of the World Cup-winning squad coached by Luiz Felipe Scolari .
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[update] ), 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.
Career statistics
Club
International
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Brazil
1996
1
1
1997
0
0
1998
0
0
1999
0
0
2000
1
0
2001
3
2
2002
7
1
Total
12
4
Honours
Club
Paraná
Palmeiras
Vasco da Gama
Corinthians
São Paulo
Flamengo
International
Brazil
Individual
References
External links
Awards
1989: Gérson
1990: Bizu
1991: Gérson
1992: Gérson
1993: Gilson
1994: Paulinho McLaren
1995: Sávio
1996: Luizão
1997: Paulo Nunes
1998: Romário
1999: Romário & Petković
2000: Oséas
2001: Washington
2002: Deivid
2003: Nonato
2004: Dauri
2005: Fred
2006: Valdiram
2007: André Lima , Dênis Marques , Dimba & Victor Simões
2008: Edmundo , Romerito & Wellington Paulista
2009: Taison
2010: Neymar
2011: Alecsandro , Adriano , Rafael Coelho , Kléber & William
2012: Luís Fabiano
2013: Hernane
2014: Bill , Gabriel Barbosa & Léo Gamalho
2015: Gabriel Barbosa
2016: Marinho
2017: Barrios , Léo Gamalho & Rafael Sóbis
2018: Gabriel Barbosa , Neilton & Rômulo
2019: Guerrero , Luciano & Pipico
2020: Brenner , Léo Gamalho , Nenê & Rodolfo
2021: Hulk
2022: Cano & Giuliano
2023: Lorran , Manga , Pedro & Tiquinho
2024: Vegetti
1960 : Spencer
1961 : Panzutto
1962 : Coutinho , Raymondi & Spencer
1963 : Sanfilippo
1964 : Rodríguez
1965 : Pelé
1966 : Onega
1967 : Raffo
1968 : Tupãzinho
1969 : Ferrero
1970 : Bertocchi & Más
1971 : Artime & Castronovo
1972 : Cubillas , Ramírez , Rojas & Toninho Guerreiro
1973 : Caszely
1974 : Morena , Rocha & Terto
1975 : Morena & Ramírez
1976 : Palhinha
1977 : Scotta
1978 : La Rosa & Scotta
1979 : Miltão & Oré
1980 : Victorino
1981 : Zico
1982 : Morena
1983 : Luzardo
1984 : Tita
1985 : Sánchez
1986 : de Lima
1987 : Gareca
1988 : Iguarán
1989 : Aguilera & Amarilla
1990 : Samaniego
1991 : Gaúcho
1992 : Palhinha
1993 : Almada
1994 : Rivas
1995 : Jardel
1996 : de Ávila
1997 : Acosta
1998 : Sérgio João
1999 : Bonilla , Fernando Baiano , Gauchinho , Morán & Sosa
2000 : Luizão
2001 : Lopes
2002 : Rodrigo Mendes
2003 : M. Delgado & Ricardo Oliveira
2004 : Luís Fabiano
2005 : Salcedo
2006 : Aloísio , F. Borja , Calderón , A. Delgado , Ereros , Farías , Fernandão , Marcinho , Nilmar , Montenegro , Pavone , Quinteros , Urrutia & Washington
2007 : Cabañas
2008 : Cabañas & Moreno
2009 : Boselli
2010 : Thiago Ribeiro
2011 : Nanni & Wallyson
2012 : Alustiza & Neymar
2013 : Jô
2014 : Dos Santos & Olivera
2015 : Bou
2016 : Calleri
2017 : Sand
2018 : M. Borja & Morelo
2019 : Gabriel
2020 : Martínez
2021 : Gabriel
2022 : Pedro
2023 : Cano
2024 : Jr. Santos