Luisão
Luisão before a match with Brazil in 2006
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ânderson Luís da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | 13 February 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Amparo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Benfica | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999 | Juventus-SP | 18 | (1) |
| 2000–2003 | Cruzeiro | 62 | (7) |
| 2003– | Benfica | 306 | (25) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2001 | Brazil U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2001– | Brazil | 44 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 January 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 January 2017 |
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Ânderson Luís da Silva (born 13 February 1981), known as Luisão, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Portuguese club Benfica.
Most of his professional career has been spent with Benfica, for which he has appeared in more than 490 official matches, having won 17 major titles. Luisão is the longest-serving captain in Benfica history.
A Brazilian international on 44 occasions, Luisão appeared for the country in two World Cups and three Copa América tournaments.
Born in Amparo, São Paulo, Luisão represented Clube Atlético Juventus and Cruzeiro Esporte Clube in his country, scoring a career-best six goals in 24 matches in his third season with the latter.
In the 2003 summer Luisão moved to Europe, signing with Benfica of Portugal for £890,000. He faced a tough period of adaptation, during which he performed somewhat below his capabilities and even considered traveling back to his home country; he did manage, however, to score in his league debut, a thrilling 3–3 home draw against C.F. Os Belenenses on 14 September, and ended his first season with the Portuguese Cup conquest, helping defeat FC Porto 2–1.
In 2004–05 Luisão featured regularly in Benfica's central defense, alongside Ricardo Rocha, appearing in 29 games and contributing heavily for Benfica's first league title in 11 years: on 24 April 2005, in a 2–1 away victory over G.D. Estoril-Praia, he netted his first goal of the season, the game's equaliser. On 14 May he found the net with his head against city rivals Sporting Clube de Portugal, scoring the game's only goal and ousting the opponents from the title race.
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