Luís Fernando Peixoto Gonçalves Sobrinho (born 5 May 1961) is a Portuguese retired

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Setúbal Setúbal (, , ; cel-x-proto, Caetobrix) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2014 was 118,166, occupying an area of . The city itself had 89,303 inhabitants in 2001. It lies within the Lisbon metropolitan area. In the ti ...

, Sobrinho started playing professionally with local Vitória F.C. after graduating from the club's youth system. After a solid second season in the

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the 21-year-old signed with

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

, but failed to appear in any league matches, returning to his previous team after one year. After two more campaigns with Vitória, Sobrinho joined

C.F. Os Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known as Os Belenenses (), is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 25,000-seat Estádio do Rest ...

, experiencing some of his best professional years: after helping the

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side to the third position in 1987–88, he played in both legs as they subsequently ousted

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holders

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in the competition's first round (2–0 on aggregate). The following domestic league brought a sixth place, and the season finished with a 2–1 win against

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in the

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. In the 1989 summer, Sobrinho moved to

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in France, teaming up with compatriot Jorge Plácido and a young

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. After the club's

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from

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, he returned to his country for a third stint with Setúbal, meeting the same fate in his first year. Sobrinho returned briefly to the top flight with

F.C. Paços de Ferreira Futebol Clube Paços de Ferreira () is a Portuguese football club based in Paços de Ferreira, Porto district. Founded in 1950, the club competes in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at the 9,077-seater Estádio da Mata Real, a municipal s ...

, moving shortly after to the second level with F.C. Felgueiras. He retired at the age of 36 after playing amateur football with Clube Desportivo Artístico Grandolense, where he teamed up with former Vitória teammate

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International career

Sobrinho earned eight senior

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for

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, and was picked for the squad that appeared at the

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, being an unused player in an eventual group stage exit.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sobrinho, Luis 1961 births Living people Sportspeople from Setúbal Portuguese footballers Association football defenders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Vitória F.C. players FC Porto players C.F. Os Belenenses players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players F.C. Felgueiras players Ligue 1 players Racing Club de France Football players Portugal under-21 international footballers Portugal international footballers 1986 FIFA World Cup players Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in France