Luizão (footballer, born 1975)

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

For other people named Goulart, see Goulart (disambiguation).
This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Bombonato and the second or paternal family name is Goulart.

Luizão
Personal information
Full name Luiz Carlos Bombonato Goulart
Date of birth (1975-11-14) 14 November 1975
Place of birth Rubinéia, Brazil
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
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 13 (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)
National team
1996–2002 Brazil 12 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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,[1] but has not played in any match for them.

Career statistics

Club

[2]

Club performance League
Season Club League AppsGoals
Brazil League
1992GuaraniSérie A00
1993Paraná60
1994Guarani279
1995107
1996Palmeiras2210
19972413
Spain League
1997–98Deportivo La CoruñaLa Liga134
Brazil League
1998Vasco da GamaSérie A168
1999Corinthians Paulista2017
2000103
200175
2002Grêmio00
Germany League
2002–03Hertha BSCBundesliga192
2003–0472
Brazil League
2004BotafogoSérie A159
2005São Paulo52
Japan League
2005Nagoya Grampus EightJ1 League64
Brazil League
2005SantosSérie A50
2006Flamengo2111
2007São CaetanoSérie B52
CountryBrazil 18390
Spain 134
Germany 264
Japan 64
Total 228102

International
Brazil national team
YearAppsGoals
199611
199700
199800
199900
200010
200132
200271
Total124

Honours

Club

Paraná

Palmeiras

Vasco da Gama

Corinthians

São Paulo

Flamengo

International

Brazil

Individual

References
  1. "Luizão vai jogar no Guaratinguetá" (in Portuguese). globoesporte.globo.com. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  2. "Luizão". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
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