Lins Lima de Brito, known as just Lins, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a striker or

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Club career

After many loan-stints around Brazil, he found more space going into

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, where he played for

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, even winning a treble with the club in 2014. He collected the strange nickname of ''Linswandowski'' in his time in Osaka, before leaving in early 2016. In February 2019, Lins transferred to

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side Beijing BSU.

Career statistics

Club statistics

''Updated 31 December 2019''.Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社
"J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 2014 (NSK MOOK)"
14 February 2014, Japan, (p. 133 out of 290)

Honours

Club

;Gamba Osaka *

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References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lins 1987 births Living people Brazilian footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players Mirassol Futebol Clube players Criciúma Esporte Clube players Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players ABC Futebol Clube players Gamba Osaka players Ventforet Kofu players FC Tokyo players Itumbiara Esporte Clube players Figueirense FC players Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate footballers in Japan J1 League players J2 League players Beijing Sport University F.C. players China League One players Expatriate footballers in China Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China People from Camaçari Association football wingers Association football forwards Sportspeople from Bahia