Luis Henrique Tomaz de Lima (born 14 December 2001), commonly known as Luis Henrique, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Ligue 1 Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...

club

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

. Despite being born in the city of João Pessoa, Luis Henrique grew up in the interior of the state of

Paraíba Paraíba ( Tupi: ''pa'ra a'íba''; ) is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Paraíba ...

, in the city of

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Career

Henrique started his career at

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, before moving to

Botafogo Botafogo (local/standard alternative Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: ) is a beachfront neighborhood (''bairro'') in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of M ...

due to a partnership between the two clubs. His promising debut attracted interest notably from

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

and

Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...

. Henrique joined French club

Olympique Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; oc, Olimpic de Marselha, ), also known simply as Marseille or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional men's football club based in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Founded in 1899, the club pl ...

in a deal reportedly worth around €8 million on 25 September 2020, and chose the number 11 shirt. On 22 July 2022, Henrique was loaned back with a buy option to Botafogo in a 18 months deal.

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Marseille profile
* 2001 births Living people Footballers from Paraíba Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Ligue 1 players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Olympique de Marseille players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France {{Brazil-footy-forward-2000s-stub