Luís Augusto Martins Rocha (born 27 June 1993) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays mainly as a

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for

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club A.E. Kifisia.

Club career

Born in the village of Gavião in

Vila Nova de Famalicão Vila Nova de Famalicão (), also known as Famalicão, is a Portuguese town in the Braga District and the sub-region of Ave (intermunicipal community), Vale do Ave. The population of ''Vila Nova'' was created in 1205 with the charter given by the K ...

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, Rocha began his development at hometown club

F.C. Famalicão Futebol Clube de Famalicão, commonly known as Famalicão, is a Portuguese professional association football, football club from Vila Nova de Famalicão. Founded on 21 August 1931, its senior team currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top tie ...

and concluded it at

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. He made his professional debut for the latter's reserves on 12 July 2012 as they began their history with a Segunda Liga goalless home draw against

S.C. Covilhã Sporting Clube da Covilhã, commonly known as just Sporting da Covilhã or Sp. Covilhã, is a Portuguese association football, football club from the city of Covilhã that plays in the third-tier Liga 3 (Portugal), Liga 3. The club was founded on ...

, as an 80th-minute substitute for Diogo Lamelas. He also took part that season for the first team in the

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, and made one appearance in their

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of the

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, the 2–0 semi-final away victory over

C.F. Os Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses (), commonly known as Os Belenenses or simply 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 19,856 ...

. Rocha extended his contract on 25 July 2013, until 2017. He scored his first goal on 14 February 2015 to open a 4–0 home rout of

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for the reserves, and his first in the top flight was the following 6 January in a 4–3 win at

Moreirense FC Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaqui ...

. On 27 May 2016, Rocha ended his 13-year association with Vitória and signed a three-year deal with

Panetolikos F.C. Panetolikos Football Club (), or with its full name officially romanized as Panaitolikós Gymnastikós Filekpaideftikós Sýllogos (''; Pan- Aetolian Gymnastic and Educational Club''), is a Greek professional football club. It is based in Agrinio ...

in Greece. After two and a half years in

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, he switched countries again to

Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning a record 15 champions titles, a record 2 ...

of Poland, managed by compatriot

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. He and fellow Portuguese André Martins were

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champions at the end of the 2019–20 campaign.

Honours

Vitória de Guimarães *

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Legia Warsaw *

: 2019–20,

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