Luizão (footballer, born 1998)

Luiz Gustavo Novaes Palhares (born 20 February 1998), commonly known as Luizão, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Polish club Radomiak Radom.^[1]

Luizão

Personal information
Full name	Luiz Gustavo Novaes Palhares
Date of birth	(1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Radomiak Radom
Number	8
Youth career
2013–2017	São Paulo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2020	Porto B	64	(3)
2019–2020	→ Vorskla Poltava (loan)	20	(1)
2021–2022	Vorskla Poltava	12	(0)
2021–2022	→ Bahia (loan)	7	(0)
2022–	Radomiak Radom	36	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 February 2024

Club career

Luizão transferred from São Paulo FC to FC Porto in July 2017.^[2]

In 2019, Luizão went on loan from FC Porto to Vorskla Poltava.^[3]

In September 2021, Luizão joined Bahia on loan from Vorskla Poltava, where he played six matches in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.^[1][4] His contract with Bahia, due to expire in December 2022, was terminated in February 2022.^[5]

On 18 February 2022, Luizão signed a contract with Radomiak Radom in Poland until 30 June 2025.^[6]

References

1. Luizão at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
2. "'Última parcela' de Maicon, volante Luizão se despede do SP e vai ao Porto". UOL Esporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Universo Online. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
3. "Volante brasileiro celebra estreia na Ucrânia: 'Uma noite maravilhosa'". Lance! (in Brazilian Portuguese). 14 August 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
4. "Meio, lateral e ataque: conheça Luizão, novo reforço do Bahia". Correio (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rede Bahia. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
5. "Bahia rescinde o contrato com o volante Luizão". Lance! (in Brazilian Portuguese). 9 February 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
6. "Luizao piłkarzem Radomiaka!" (Press release) (in Polish). Radomiak Radom. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

External links

• at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Luizão at UAF and (in Ukrainian)
• Luizão at Soccerway