Luís Airton Barroso "Lulù" de Oliveira (born 24 March 1969) is a
football
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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
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, Brazil, he was signed by Belgian club
Anderlecht
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, where he started his career and played until 1992.
He moved to Italy in 1992, where he played for
Cagliari
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,
Fiorentina
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,
Bologna
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,
Como
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,
Catania
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,
Foggia
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,
Venezia
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and
Lucchese, becoming famous in his early years at Cagliari and Fiorentina as a prolific and effective
Serie A
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striker.
In 2006, he accepted to play
Nuorese of
Serie C2/A, also in order to get closer to his family (his wife in
Sardinia
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). In 2008, following the disbandment of his club, he agreed for a move to
Serie D
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team
Derthona.
In July 2009, Oliveira moved back to Sardinia, joining
Eccellenza
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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
caps
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for
Belgium
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and played for his adoptive country at the
1998 FIFA World Cup
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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
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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
Floriana
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, however his tenure lasted less than two months and was replaced by
Guido Ugolotti.
Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Oliveira goal.''
Honours
Anderlecht
*
Belgian First Division
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:
1990–91
*
Belgian Cup
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:
1988–89, 1989–90
*
European Cup Winners' Cup
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runner-up:
1989–90
*
Bruges Matins: 1988
Fiorentina
*
Supercoppa Italiana
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:
1996
1996 was designated as:
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Como
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Serie B
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:
2001–02
Individual
*
Man of the Season (Belgian First Division): 1990–91
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Oliveira, Luis
1969 births
Living people
Footballers from São Luís, Maranhão
Belgian people of Brazilian descent
Men's association football forwards
Belgian men's footballers
Brazilian men's footballers
Belgian football managers
Belgian expatriate men's footballers
Belgium men's 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 FC 1909 players
Como 1907 players
Catania FC players
Calcio Foggia 1920 players
Venezia FC players
Lucchese 1905 players
1998 FIFA World Cup players
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
ASD HSL Derthona players
USD Nuorese Calcio 1930 players
Floriana F.C. managers
Maltese Premier League managers
20th-century Brazilian sportsmen
20th-century Belgian sportsmen