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Luiz Bombonato Goulart

Luizão
Personal information
Full name Luiz Carlos Bombonato Goulart
Date of birth (1975-11-14) November 14, 1975 (age 41)
Place of birth Rubinéia, Brazil
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position 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 37 (25)
2002 Grêmio 8 (7)
2002–2004 Hertha BSC 26 (4)
2004 Botafogo 15 (9)
2005 São Paulo 5 (2)
2005 Nagoya Grampus Eight 6 (4)
2005–2006 Santos 5 (0)
2006–2007 Flamengo 11 (1)
2007–2008 São Caetano 5 (2)
Total 237 (108)
National team
1996–2002 Brazil 11 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Luiz Carlos Bombonato Goulart, known as Luizão (born November 14, 1975 in Rubinéia), is a footballer who played striker. He has been capped 17 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.

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 golscorer 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 an São Paulo State Championship under the command of Vanderlei Luxemburgo, where he scored 22 of 102 squad goals.


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