João Carlos Ferreira (born 24 August 1980) is a retired

Luxembourgian Luxembourgish ( ; also ''Luxemburgish'', ''Luxembourgian'', ''Letzebu(e)rgesch''; Luxembourgish: ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide. As a standard form of th ...

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. A

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, he played twenty times for the

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Club career

Ferreira began his career in 2000 playing for

Etzella Ettelbruck Foussballclub Etzella Ettelbréck, abbreviated to either FC Etzella or Etzella Ettelbruck, is a football club, based in Ettelbruck, in north-eastern Luxembourg. History In the 2005–06 season, Etzella finished third in the National Division, ...

. In the same season he won the 2000–01 Luxembourg Cup. In 2014 Ferreira joined

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International career

Ferreira first played for Luxembourg in a defeat against

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in 2005 and went on to earn twenty caps.

Honours

Luxembourg Cup The Luxembourg Cup () is the national knockout cup competition in Luxembourgian football. It was first held in 1922, and has been held annually since, with the exception of the four seasons during the German occupation during Second World War. W ...

: 1 :: 2000–01

References

1980 births Living people Luxembourgian men's footballers Luxembourg men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Etzella Ettelbruck players People from Ettelbruck {{Luxembourg-footy-bio-stub