Luiz Antonio Ribeiro, better known as Luizão (Sâo Paulo, 22 October 1968), is a football manager and a former Brazilian footballer who used to play as a
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 ...
.
Career
During the 1990s he played for several traditional Brazilian clubs such as
C.A Juventus,
Cruzeiro,
Portuguesa,
A.D. São Caetano,
Comercial-RP and
Vila Nova.
After finishing his career as a football player, he started a career as a football coach. From 2015 until 2019 he was the
Brazil women's national under-17 football team
The Brazil U-17 women's national football team is an international youth football team. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the Brazil women's national football team.
Fixtures and results
;Legend
2018
20 ...
coach in the
2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
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and
2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the 6th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its in ...
.
In 2020 he became the
Juventus u-20 coach.
References
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Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Clube Atlético Juventus managers
Clube Atlético Juventus players
1968 births
Living people
Brazilian footballers
Association football midfielders