Luisão
Luisão ( born February 13, 1981 in Amparo; actually Ânderson Luís da Silva ) is a Brazilian footballer. He is currently at SL Benfica under contract and usually plays on the position of central defender.
- 2.1 club
- 2.2 national team
- 2.3 Custom
Career
Association
Luisão began his career in 2000 at CA Juventus from the city of São Paulo. A year later, he joined the Brazilian giants Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte, where he remained for three years. He quickly caught on and became the regular players. With Cruzeiro, he won the 2000 and 2003 Copa do Brasil, 2002 Copa Sul - Minas and 2003 Campeonato Mineiro the.
After good performances in Brazil, scouts European clubs were aware of him. In January 2004, he joined the Portuguese giants SL Benfica. He immediately came to the starting line and convinced. Also in 2004 /05 and 2005/ 06, he defended his position. With Benfica he won the 2005 both the championship and the Super Cup. In July 2005 he extended his contract for another six years. Only at the beginning of the 2006 /07 came to Luisão less inserts. During this time he was in the meantime, due to the failures of Nuno Gomes and Petit to the captain of the team. Because of minor injuries he got in the season 2008/2009 only to a few uses. 2009/10 Benfica dominated the Portuguese League and the defender was the second time after 2005, the double of Bundesliga and the Taça da Liga, which has also been brought in the preseason to Lisbon, win. At the end of the first round of the defender his contract extended for the second time, by two years.
Incidents
In January 2008, the defensive player and his teammate Kostas Katsouranis caused a scandal when both wanted were hostile during the game and go at each other. Players separated the brawlers and coach José Antonio Camacho joined shortly thereafter both off. The club eventually decided to suspend both players. Soon after, Katsouranis Luisão and apologized for the gaffe.
On August 11, 2012, the Benfica captain stretched his team 's friendly against Fortuna Dusseldorf in Düsseldorf's ESPRIT arena the referee Christian Fischer 43 minutes to the ground. Then the referee had to leave the field and broke the game between the Bundesliga and the Portuguese top club finally starting. Luisão later rejected any blame from himself and spoke of a " clear conscience ". Referee Fischer filed a little later filed a lawsuit against the Brazilians. The prosecution Dusseldorf initiated an an investigation against him for assault.
National
Luisão made his debut for the Brazilian national football team on 23 July 2001 against the selection Honduras in the quarterfinals of the Copa América 2001. Then he stood together with Cris in the starting lineup of the team that lost the game 0-2 and was eliminated. On his next chance the center-back had to wait two years before him coach Carlos Alberto Parreira began on 12 February 2003 in a friendly against China. Shortly thereafter, in the summer, he was called into the squad for the Gold Cup tournament in Mexico and the United States.
He missed a minute and moved with the team to a final against Mexico, Brazil lost 0-1 after extra time. Among his greatest successes with the Brazilian National team includes the victory in the Copa América 2004., Where he formed together with Juan 's central defense, the Seleção. Even with the success in the Confederations Cup in 2005 and 2009 Luisão was in the squad.
In 2010, he was first nominated for the World Cup finals in the banns of his home country. The team reached the quarterfinals, where she was eliminated against the Netherlands. As the only outfield player next to Thiago Silva Luisão did not play during the tournament. Still in the qualifying, he played in eight of the eighteen kinds of games. In the summer of 2011, he was nominated for the Copa America in Argentina.
Achievements
Association
- Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte Copa Sul - Minas: 2002
- Campeonato Mineiro: 2003
- Copa do Brasil: 2003
- SL Benfica Taça de Portugal: 2004
- Portuguese Cup: 2005, 2010
- Portuguese Super Cup: 2005
- Taça da Liga: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
- UEFA Europa League: Final attendance in 2013
National
- Copa América: 2004
- Confederations Cup: 2005, 2009
Individually
- Benfica Player of the Year: 2008
Trivia
- Luisão he is the older brother of Alex Silva, who was standing at Hamburger SV under contract. Another brother, Andrei Silva is also footballer and since 2009 in the junior squad by Benfica
- In addition to the Brazilian citizenship Luisão also owns the Portuguese