André Luciano da Silva

André Luciano da Silva, known as Pinga, (born 27 April 1981 Fortaleza ) is a Brazilian football player, he plays at the position of midfielder.

Pinga played spent his early career years in his native Brazil, before joining the 1999/2000 season for Torino Calcio in the Italian Serie A. In the first season Turin rose to Serie B from, but remained with the club and now Pinga was also regularly used. Turin and failed to re-emergence, though Pinga was loaned to second division side AC Siena. In Siena he played ( with a small interruption) for two seasons in stem formation, before he returned for the season 2003/ 04 for now back second-rate Torino Calcio. Here he stayed for two more years before he went to the surprising Erstligaaufsteiger FBC Treviso. After re- direct descent of the club, he moved back to Brazil to SC Internacional. In 2007, he accepted an offer from Abu Dhabi and is now playing at Al Wahda.