Luis Francisco Grando (born 2 February 1987), known as Chico, is a Brazilian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who most recently played as a

defensive midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

or defender. He can also play as a

left back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

. Chico made professional his debut with

Atlético-PR Club Athletico Paranaense (commonly known as Athletico and formerly known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The team ...

in 2–3 home defeat to Grêmio in the Campeonato Brasileiro on 12 November 2006. He scored first professional goal with Atlético-PR in a 3–3 away draw with

Londrina Londrina (, literally "Little London") is a city located in the north of the state of Paraná, South Region, Brazil, and is away from the state capital, Curitiba. It is the second largest city in the state and fourth largest in the southern regi ...

in the

Campeonato Paranaense Campeonato Paranaense, which has been contested since 1915, is the top-flight football league of the state of Paraná, Brazil. Format The format has changed in 2014. 12 teams are together in a single group. They play against each other once, ...

on 1 February 2007.

Honours

Atlético Paranaense *

: 2009 Coritiba *Campeonato Paranaense:

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References

External links

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1987 births Living people Brazilian footballers Association football defenders Association football midfielders Club Athletico Paranaense players Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Goiás Esporte Clube players FC Cascavel players Gaziantepspor footballers Antalyaspor footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Süper Lig players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Turkey People from Pato Branco Sportspeople from Paraná (state) {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub