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Luis Fernando da Graça Loureiro (born 4 December 1976) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, currently the manager of Real SC.

Luís Loureiro

Personal information
Full name	Luis Fernando da Graça Loureiro
Date of birth	(1976-12-04) 4 December 1976 (age 45)
Place of birth	Sintra, Portugal
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Real Massamá (coach)
Youth career
1990–1992	Mucifalense
1992–1995	Sintrense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1999	Sintrense	56	(14)
1999–2000	Portimonense	31	(3)
2000–2001	Nacional	30	(7)
2001–2004	Gil Vicente	85	(10)
2004	Braga	17	(1)
2005	Dynamo Moscow	4	(0)
2005–2007	Sporting CP	9	(1)
2006–2007	→ Estrela Amadora (loan)	18	(2)
2007	Anorthosis	2	(0)
2008	Boavista	13	(1)
2008–2009	Portimonense	14	(1)
2010–2011	Sintrense	16	(5)
Total		295	(45)
National team
2003	Portugal	6	(0)
Teams managed
2011–2012	Sintrense
2012–2013	Fátima
2015–2016	Sintrense
2017	1º Dezembro
2019	Casa Pia
2020	Torreense
2021–	Real Massamá
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 142 matches and 15 goals over seven seasons, representing mainly Gil Vicente. He also competed professionally in Russia and Cyprus.

In 2011, Loureiro started working as a coach.

Playing career

Club

Loureiro was born in Sintra, Lisbon. Having started his footballing career with hometown's S.U. Sintrense, he went on to represent Portimonense SC, C.D. Nacional, Gil Vicente FC (making his Primeira Liga debut in the 2001–02 season), S.C. Braga, Sporting CP and C.F. Estrela da Amadora, also serving uneventful abroad stints with FC Dynamo Moscow in Russia (February–July 2005)[1] and Cyprus's Anorthosis Famagusta FC (August–December 2007).

Arguably, Loureiro's biggest career moment came with Sporting: a spectacular goal, topping a great performance in a 2–1 home win against S.L. Benfica during the 2005–06 campaign.[2] However, he was never more than a utility player there, collecting only 14 appearances all competitions comprised.

On 1 November 2007, Anorthosis coach Temuri Ketsbaia called him lazy and said that he was 'still on vacation', implying that the midfielder had not yet displayed the calibre of football he was brought to the club for. Eventually, in January 2008, Loureiro and Anorthosis parted ways, and the player returned to Portugal, signing until the end of the season with northern Boavista FC.[3]

In July 2008, after Boavista's top flight relegation, Loureiro also dropped down a level, returning to Algarve's Portimonense and being released at the end of the campaign. After one year out of football he re-joined his first professional team Sintrense, in the fourth division.

International

Loureiro earned six caps for Portugal, all in 2003 and as a Gil Vicente player. His first came in the 0–2 loss to Italy on 12 February in a friendly,[4] and he last played in a 4–0 win over Bolivia on 10 June, in another exhibition game.[5]

Coaching career

Starting in 2011, Loureiro managed Sintrense, C.D. Fatima, S.U. 1º de Dezembro and Casa Pia AC, all in the third tier. He was appointed at the last of them in February 2019, and won promotion on the away goals rule against S.C. Praiense before taking the championship title on 23 June with a penalty shootout win over U.D. Vilafranquense at the Estádio Nacional.[6]

For ending Casa Pia's 55-year absence from the LigaPro, Loureiro was given another year on his contract.[7] In his first match managing in the competition, on 10 August 2019, the team lost 3–1 at S.C. Farense.[8] He was dismissed on 24 September with the side second from bottom, just after winning for the first time in the season.[9]

References

External links

• Luís Loureiro at ForaDeJogo
• Luís Loureiro manager stats at ForaDeJogo
• Luís Loureiro at National-Football-Teams.com

На других языках

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- [en] Luís Loureiro

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[fr] Luís Loureiro

Luís Fernando da Graça Loureiro, né le 4 décembre 1976 à Sintra, est un ancien footballeur international portugais, jouant au poste de milieu défensif. Il est l'actuel entraîneur du Real SC.

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[it] Luís Loureiro

Luís Fernando da Graça Loureiro (Sintra, 4 dicembre 1976) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore portoghese, di ruolo centrocampista.

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[ru] Лорейру, Луиш

Луиш Фернанду да Граса Лорейру (порт. Luis Fernando da Graça Loureiro; 4 декабря 1976, Синтра, Португалия) — португальский футболист, опорный полузащитник.

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