Luís Airton Barroso "Lulù" de Oliveira (born 24 March 1969) is a

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manager and former player. A striker, he spent most of his playing career in Italy. Born in Brazil, Oliveira was an international footballer for Belgium.

Playing career

Club

Born in 1969 in a ''favela'' in

São Luís, Maranhão São Luís (, ''Saint Louis'') is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Maranhão. The city is located on São Luís Island, Upaon-açu Island (Big Island, in Tupi language, Tupi Language) or São Luís island, Ilha de São Luís ...

, Brazil, he was signed by Belgian club

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, where he started his career and played until 1992. He moved to Italy in 1992, where he played for

Cagliari Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...

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Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

Como Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label=Comasco dialect, Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; french: Côme) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como. Its proximity to Lake Como and ...

Catania Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...

Foggia Foggia (, , ; nap, label= Foggiano, Fògge ) is a city and former ''comune'' of Apulia, in Southern Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. In 2013, its population was 153,143. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also known ...

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and Lucchese, becoming famous in his early years at Cagliari and Fiorentina as a prolific and effective

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striker. In 2006, he accepted to play Nuorese of

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, also in order to get closer to his family (his wife in

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...

). In 2008, following the disbandment of his club, he agreed for a move to

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team

Derthona Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica HSL Derthona, also known as Derthona, is a football club based in Tortona, Piedmont, Italy. Derthona currently plays in Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the coun ...

. In July 2009, Oliveira moved back to Sardinia, joining

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club Muravera, a club from his wife's hometown. He retired in 2010 at the age of 41.

International

A naturalized Belgian citizen, he earned 31

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for

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and played for his adoptive country at the

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Coaching career

During his final season as a footballer, Oliveira also served as player/manager for the last few months of the 2009–10 season, and then stated his interest in a coaching career in the next future. He successfully passed the category 2 (UEFA A) coaching exam in June 2011 in Italy. In March 2012 he returned to Muravera, this time as head coach for the remaining four games of the season. He was confirmed as Muravera coach also for the 2012–13 season, in which he led his small club to triumph in the Coppa Italia Eccellenza. On 1 August 2014, it was announced Oliveira would become the new head coach of

Lega Pro The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

club Pro Patria with immediate effect, but he was dismissed on 4 November 2014 after managing just one win in 11 matches. On 13 June 2015, Oliveira was appointed as new head coach of Maltese Premier club

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, however his tenure lasted less than two months and was replaced by

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Career statistics

Club

International goals

Honours

Anderlecht *

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: 1990–91 *

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: List of Belgian Cup finals, 1988–89, 1989–90 * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup: 1989–90 (

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) *

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: 1988 Fiorentina *

Supercoppa Italiana The Supercoppa Italiana ( en, Italian Super Cup) is an annual football match contested by the winners of the Serie A and the Coppa Italia in the previous season. If the same team wins both the Serie A and Coppa Italia titles in the previous seaso ...

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Como *

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: 2001–02

Individual

* Man of the Season (Belgian First Division): 1990–91

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oliveira, Luis 1969 births Living people People from São Luís, Maranhão Belgian people of Brazilian descent Association football forwards Belgian footballers Brazilian footballers Belgian football managers Belgian expatriate footballers Belgium international footballers Belgian Pro League players Naturalised citizens of Belgium Brazilian emigrants to Belgium Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players R.S.C. Anderlecht players Cagliari Calcio players ACF Fiorentina players Bologna F.C. 1909 players Como 1907 players Catania S.S.D. players Calcio Foggia 1920 players Venezia F.C. players S.S.D. Lucchese 1905 players 1998 FIFA World Cup players Expatriate footballers in Italy A.S.D. HSL Derthona players Nuorese Calcio players Floriana F.C. managers Maltese Premier League managers Sportspeople from Maranhão