Luís Henrique Farinhas Taffner (born 17 March 1998), known as Luís Henrique, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for Italian

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club

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Club career

Born in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Luís Henrique began his professional career at

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. He made his debut on 3 July 2015, at the age of 17, starting in a Série B against Sampaio Corrêa at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, scoring two goals in the first half of a 5–0 victory which kept his team at the top of the table. Away to title rivals

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twenty-two days later, he opened a 1–1 draw. After finishing the year with four goals in 15 appearances and a subsequent promotion, Luís Henrique featured regularly during the

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, but only scored two goals. He made his Série A debut on 22 May of that year, coming on as a late substitute for

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in a 1–1 away draw against

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. On 3 January 2017, after being rarely used, Luís Henrique rescinded his contract – which was due to expire in May – and signed a two-year contract with

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. On 16 May 2019, Henrique joined Finnish club Helsinki IFK. On 15 January 2020 it was confirmed, that Helsinki's cooperation club, Vejle Boldklub from Denmark, had signed Henrique. The Brazilian, however, would stay at Helsinki for the 2020 season on loan. HIFK confirmed on 8 September 2020, that Vejle had recalled Henrique. However, he only played 82 minutes in the league and therefore, he was loaned out once again on 24 January 2021, this time to HJK Helsinki. On 9 March 2022, Henrique joined Japanese

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club

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International career

Luís Henrique was part of the Brazil squad at the

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in Chile. In the last 16, against New Zealand at the Estadio Sausalito in

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, he won an added-time penalty when fouled by

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, and converted it for the only goal of the game.

Honours

;Botafogo *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Henrique, Luis 1998 births Living people People from Vila Velha Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Primeira Liga players Veikkausliiga players J3 League players Serie D players Club Athletico Paranaense players C.D. Feirense players Nacional Atlético Clube (SP) players Grêmio FBPA players Oeste Futebol Clube players HIFK Fotboll players Vejle Boldklub players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Kataller Toyama players US Livorno 1915 players Brazil men's youth international footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Footballers from Espírito Santo