Orlando Francisco Pires Júnior (born 17 February 1984), commonly known as Lincom, is a Brazilian

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Club career

Born in

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Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul () is one of the Midwestern states of Brazil. Neighboring Brazilian states are (from north clockwise) Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná. It also borders the countries of Paraguay, to the southwest, and ...

, Lincom moved to

Birigui Birigui is a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city is located on the northwest of the state and has 124,883 inhabitants (IBGE/2020) and 530.9 km2 of area. The name ''Birigui'' comes from the Tupi–Guarani language and means "l ...

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at the age of two. After graduating with

Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Série A, the first division of the Brazilian league, as well as in Campeonat ...

, he made his debuts as a senior with Lemense, a club he already represented as a youth, in 2003. After representing

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, Araçatuba and

Sertãozinho Sertãozinho is a Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo. The population in 2020 was about 127,142. Its area is 403 km2. The municipality consists of Sertãozinho city and two districts: Cruz das Posses and Vila Garcia. Sertãozi ...

, Lincom moved to

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side

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in January 2007. He made his debut in the category on 17 March, coming on as a late substitute for

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in a 1–0 home win against

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. Lincom appeared rarely and subsequently returned to Brazil in the 2007 summer, with

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. In 2009, while at Rio Branco, he scored 20 goals in

Campeonato Paulista Série A2 Campeonato Paulista Série A2 is the second level of the São Paulo state professional football championship, one of the Brazilian state championships. This tournament is played by 16 teams, in which the two best teams are promoted to Série A1 ...

, and subsequently moved to Série A club

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. Lincom made his debut in the main category of Brazilian football on 16 August 2009, playing the last 18 minutes in a 1–2 home loss against

. On 17 November, after appearing in only three matches, he rescinded his contract and moved to Ituano. Lincom subsequently moved to

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, scoring three goals as his side achieved promotion to Série B. On 4 July 2011 he moved to

Bragantino Red Bull Bragantino, commonly known as Bragantino, is a Brazilian football club based in Bragança Paulista, São Paulo. It competes in the Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Paulista ...

, also in the second division. Lincom scored 20 goals during the year's Série B, being the second best goalscorer in the category. He continued to appear regularly for ''Massa Bruta'' until March 2014, when he was loaned to Chinese side

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. Lincom returned to Bragantino in July, and appeared regularly until the end of the year. After a short spell at Penapolense, he was loaned to

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until the end of 2015, still owned by ''Braga''. Lincom left Bragantino at the end of the 2016 season, citing delays in wages being paid. He subsequently joined São Caetano for the 2017

season, and helped them win the title. He moved on for the second half of the season, joining

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on 29 May 2017, three games into the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B season.

Honours

;Corinthians *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian"), and also known as Brasileirão Assaí due to sponsorship with Assaí Atacadista, is a Br ...

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;São Caetano *

: 2017

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