Luís Loureiro
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Fernando da Graça Loureiro | ||
| Date of birth | 4 December 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Sintra, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
|
1º Dezembro (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1992 | Mucifalense | ||
| 1992–1995 | Sintrense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1999 | Sintrense | 56 | (14) |
| 1999–2000 | Portimonense | 31 | (3) |
| 2000–2001 | Nacional | 30 | (7) |
| 2001–2004 | Gil Vicente | 85 | (10) |
| 2004 | Braga | 17 | (1) |
| 2005 | Dynamo Moscow | 4 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Sporting CP | 9 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | → Estrela Amadora (loan) | 18 | (2) |
| 2007 | Anorthosis | 2 | (0) |
| 2008 | Boavista | 13 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Portimonense | 14 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Sintrense | 16 | (5) |
| Total | 295 | (45) | |
| National team | |||
| 2003 | Portugal | 6 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2011–2012 | Sintrense | ||
| 2012–2013 | Fátima | ||
| 2015–2016 | Sintrense | ||
| 2017– | 1º Dezembro | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Luis Fernando da Graça Loureiro (born 4 December 1976 in Sintra, Lisbon) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and the current manager of S.U. 1º de Dezembro.
He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 142 games and 15 goals over the course of seven seasons, representing mainly in the competition Gil Vicente.
Having started his footballing career with hometown's S.U. Sintrense, Loureiro went on to represent Portimonense SC, C.D. Nacional, Gil Vicente FC (making his Primeira Liga debuts in the 2001–02 season), S.C. Braga, Sporting Clube de Portugal and C.F. Estrela da Amadora, also serving uneventful abroad stints with FC Dynamo Moscow in Russia (February–July 2005) and Cyprus's Anorthosis Famagusta FC (August–December 2007).
Arguably, his biggest career moment came with Sporting: a spectacular goal, topping a great game in a 2–1 home win against S.L. Benfica during the 2005–06 campaign. However, he was never more than a utility player there, collecting only 14 appearances all competitions comprised.
On 1 November 2007, Anorthosis coach Temuri Ketsbaia called him lazy and said that he was 'still on vacation', implying that the midfielder had not yet displayed the calibre of football he was brought to the club for. Eventually, in January 2008, Loureiro and Anorthosis parted ways, and the player returned to Portugal, signing until the end of the season with northern Boavista FC.
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