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who plays as a

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for Liga 1 club RANS Nusantara.

Club career

Long An

In 2017, Luiz signed for Long An and was given jersey number 79. He made his league debut on 24 June 2017 against

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. On 10 September, Luiz scored his first goal for the club, scoring in a 2–3 lose over Quảng Nam in the

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Quảng Nam

In 2018, Luiz left Long An for Quảng Nam. He made his league debut on 10 March 2018 against

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. He only made two appearances with the club.

XSKT Cần Thơ

After leaving Quảng Nam, Luiz joined XSKT Cần Thơ. He made his league debut on 22 March 2018 against

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. On 15 April, Luiz scored his first two goals for the club in a 3–3 draw over

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Becamex Bình Dương

In 2019, Luiz signed for

. He made his league debut on 21 February 2019 against

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. On 12 March, Luiz scored his first international goal for the team, scoring in a 1–3 lose over Philippines Football League club Ceres-Negros in the

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. On 3 April, he scored in a 1–2 win over

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club Shan United in the AFC Cup. Five days later, he scored his league goal for the club, scoring in a 1–0 win over Viettel in the

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Persib Bandung

On 10 February 2020, Luiz moved to Indonesia and signed one-year contract with Liga 1 club Persib Bandung. He made his league debut for Persib Bandung on 1 March in a win 3–0 against Persela Lamongan. He also scored his first goal for Persib with scored a brace in

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, where he scored in the 54th and 70th minutes. On 8 March, Luiz scored in a 1–2 win over Arema, and on 15 March he scored in a 2–1 over PSS Sleman; the latter result saw Persib Bandung move to 1st position in the league table, the first time under

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. And then, this season was suspended on 27 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season was abandoned and was declared void on 20 January 2021.

2021 season

On 4 September, Luiz made his debut of the new league season match against

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at the

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, Tangerang. On 22 October, Luiz scored his first league goals of the season with scored two goals in a 4–2 win over PSS Sleman at the

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. Eight days later, Luiz scored a brace in a 3–0 win against Persipura Jayapura, the latter result saw Persib Bandung move to 1st position in the league table. On 16 December, PT Persib Bermartabat revealed that Luiz would leave the club at the end of the first round of Liga 1 in December.

PSS Sleman

On 26 December 2021, Luiz signed a contract with PSS Sleman. On 13 January 2022, Luiz made his league debut in 0–2 lose against Arema at the Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium.

Honours

Club

Quảng Nam *

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* 1992 births Living people Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Association football forwards Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Persib Bandung players PSS Sleman players RANS Nusantara F.C. players V.League 1 players Becamex Binh Duong FC players Can Tho FC players Quang Nam FC players Long An FC players Associação Atlética Santa Rita players Esporte Clube Primeiro Passo Vitória da Conquista players Expatriate footballers in Vietnam Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam Expatriate footballers in Indonesia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia {{Brazil-footy-forward-1990s-stub