Luizão (footballer, born 1968)

Luiz Antonio Ribeiro, better known as Luizão (Sâo Paulo, 22 October 1968), is a football manager and a former Brazilian footballer who used to play as a midfielder.

Luizão
Personal information
Full name Luiz Antonio Ribeiro
Date of birth (1968-10-22) 22 October 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth São Paulo
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Juventus U-20 (manager)
Number 8
Youth career
1988-1992 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992-1995 Juventus
1995 Portuguesa
1996-1998 Cruzeiro
1999 Vila Nova
2000 São Caetano
Managerial career
2004-2015 Juventus (youth squads)
2015-2019 Brazil Women's U-17
2019 Juventus U-20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career edit

During the 1990s he played for several traditional Brazilian clubs such as C.A Juventus, Cruzeiro, Portuguesa, A.D. São Caetano, Comercial-RP and Vila Nova.[1]

After finishing his career as a football player, he started a career as a football coach. From 2015[2] until 2019 he was the Brazil women's national under-17 football team coach in the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup[3] and 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[4]

In 2020 he became the Juventus u-20 coach.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Luizão Player Profile" (in Portuguese). oGol. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Luizão é o novo técnico da seleção feminina sub-17" (in Portuguese). CBF. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Feminino sub-17: Luizão define jogadoras para Mundial da Jordânia".
  4. ^ "Seleção feminina Sub-17 convocada para o Mundial do Uruguai" (in Portuguese). CBF. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Luizão é o novo treinador do Sub 20". 7 October 2020.