Luan Viana Patrocínio (born 14 January 1996), sometimes known simply as Luan, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Mixto.

Luan Viana
Personal information
Full name Luan Viana Patrocínio
Date of birth (1996-01-14) January 14, 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Mixto
Youth career
2008–2014 Portuguesa
2015–2016 Grêmio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Portuguesa 9 (1)
2017–2018 Grêmio 0 (0)
2018 Shabab Al-Ahli 0 (0)
2018Paraná (loan) 1 (0)
2018–2019 Levski Sofia 1 (0)
2019Tsarsko Selo (loan) 5 (1)
2020 Portuguesa 1 (0)
2021 CEOV Operário 7 (5)
2022 Nova Iguaçu 1 (0)
2022 CEOV Operário 6 (0)
2022– Mixto 11 (7)
International career
2013–2016 Brazil U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:42, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Club career edit

Born in São Paulo, Luan Viana graduated from Portuguesa's youth setup, and made his first-team debut on 13 February 2013, coming on as a late substitute in a 2–0 win at São José, for the Campeonato Paulista Série A2 championship.[1]

On 8 August, Luan Viana was definitely promoted to the main squad in Série A.[2] However, he failed to appear during the rest of the year.

On 26 April 2014 Luan Viana made his league debut for Lusa, playing the last 19 minutes of a 1–1 home draw against Santa Cruz, for the Série B championship.[3] He scored his first professional goal on 8 November, netting the game's only through a header in a 1–0 home win over Luverdense, as his side were already relegated to Série C.[4]

On 9 January 2015 Luan Viana left the club, after having unpaid wages.[5] He joined Grêmio in March, returning to youth setup.

On 6 September 2018 Luan Viana signed a longterm contract with the Bulgarian 26 times champions Levski Sofia [6] After failing to make it into the first team in the first half of the season, in January 2019 he was sent on loan to the Second League leaders Tsarsko Selo.[7] He scored 2 goals in a friendly match against the Macedonian team FK Belasica played on 5 February.[8] After spending first 3 matches from the league on the bench, Luan made his debut for the team in the league match against Chernomorets Balchik and scored a goal for the 3:1 win.[9]

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