Luizão (footballer, born 2002)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luiz Gustavo Oliveira da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | 8 March 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Pogoń Szczecin (on loan from West Ham United) | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2017–2022 | São Paulo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | São Paulo | 14 | (1) |
| 2023– | West Ham United | 0 | (0) |
| 2025– | → Pogoń Szczecin (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:41, 21 February 2025 (UTC) | |||
Luiz Gustavo Oliveira da Silva (born 8 March 2002), or simply Luizão, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ekstraklasa club Pogoń Szczecin, on loan from Premier League club West Ham United.
Professional career
[edit]Luizão made his professional debut with São Paulo at the 2022 Copa Sudamericana 0–0 draw against Everton, on 5 May 2022.[1]
On 18 December 2022, it was announced that Luizão would be joining English Premier League club West Ham United when the English transfer window opened on 1 January 2023, after an undisclosed transfer fee was agreed. However, as of December 2024, he has not yet made a senior appearance for West Ham.[2]
On 21 February 2025, he was sent on loan to Polish club Pogoń Szczecin for the remainder of the season.[3]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 7 January 2025[4]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| São Paulo | 2022 | Série A | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 5[b] | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| West Ham United U21 | 2022–23 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2023–24 | — | — | — | 5[c] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 2024–25 | — | — | — | 6[d] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Total | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Pogoń Szczecin (loan) | 2024–25 | Ekstraklasa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 34 | 1 | ||
- ^ Includes Copa do Brasil
- ^ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
- ^ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
- ^ Three appearances in EFL Trophy, three appearances in National League Cup
References
[edit]- ^ "Lineups for Everton 0-0 Sao Paulo". Sports Mole. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "West Ham sign Brazilian defender Luizao". BBC Sport. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ Pawlik, Luka (21 February 2025). "Pogoń wypożyczyła obrońcę z West Hamu United". goal.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ Luizão at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
External links
[edit]- Luizão at playmakerstats.com (English version of ogol.com.br)
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