Luís Carlos Lourenço da Silva (born 5 June 1983), known as Lourenço, is a former professional
footballer
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who played as a
forward.
Club career
Sporting CP
Lourenço was born in
Luanda
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,
Angola
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Sporting CP
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youth graduate, he made his professional debut in England, serving two brief loan spells first at
Bristol City
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then
Oldham Athletic
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, both in the
Football League One. Additionally, he played and scored regularly for
Sporting's reserves.
Lourenço made three appearances and scored once for Sporting in the
2003–04 UEFA Cup
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, making his
Primeira Liga debut on 16 August 2003 in a 2–1 away win against
Académica de Coimbra and scoring in the game (he found the net in
the season's first three official matches). However, he gradually lost his importance in the squad, and spent the next years on loan to several clubs in the country.
Later years
Lourenço was released by Sporting in the summer of 2006, signing for
Vitória de Setúbal
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. In the following January
transfer window
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he moved countries again, joining
Greek
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side
Panionios FC, initially on loan. After signing permanently for two years he hardly received any playing time, being released on 1 July 2009.
After a short and unassuming spell back in Portugal, Lourenço moved abroad again, signing in January 2011 with
UD Alzira
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in the Spanish
Segunda División B. He reunited at the club with former Sporting teammate
Beto, and both were released in June after the team's
relegation
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, having appeared in a combined total of three games.
International career
Lourenço was picked for the
Portuguese under-21 squads at two
UEFA European Championships
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,
2004 and
2006. Additionally, he
represented the nation at the
2004 Summer Olympics and the 2005 Vale do Tejo International Tournament (
B team
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).
Lourenço eventually switched allegiance to
Angola
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, earning his only
cap
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on 10 August 2011 by coming on as an 85th-minute
substitute for
Manucho
Mateus Alberto Contreiras Gonçalves (born 7 March 1983), commonly known as Manucho, is an Angolan former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Manucho moved from Petro Atletico to Manchester United in January 2008. Before playing ...
in a 0–0
friendly in
Liberia.
Honours
Sporting CP
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Taça de Portugal
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:
2001–02
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1983 births
Living people
Portuguese sportspeople of Angolan descent
Portuguese men's footballers
Angolan men's footballers
Footballers from Luanda
Men's association football forwards
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Segunda Divisão players
Sporting CP B players
Sporting CP footballers
C.F. Os Belenenses players
U.D. Leiria players
Vitória F.C. players
Moreirense F.C. players
S.C. Farense players
C.D. Pinhalnovense players
Atlético Clube de Portugal players
English Football League players
Bristol City F.C. players
Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
Super League Greece players
Football League (Greece) players
Panionios F.C. players
A.O. Kerkyra players
Segunda División B players
UD Alzira footballers
Liga I players
CSM Corona Brașov (football) players
Portugal men's youth international footballers
Portugal men's under-21 international footballers
Portugal men's B international footballers
Angola men's international footballers
Olympic footballers for Portugal
Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
Angolan expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Portuguese football managers
Angolan football managers
C.D. Fátima managers