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Luisão

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Ânderson Luís da Silva (born 13 February 1981), known as Luisão, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Luisão started his career at Juventus-SP in 1999 before moving to Cruzeiro the year later, where he spent three seasons. Then, from 2003 to 2018, the rest of his professional career was spent with Portuguese club Benfica, for which he appeared in 538 official matches, holding the club record for most international matches (127), major titles won (20) and longest-serving captain (414 matches). A Brazilian international on 44 occasions, Luisão appeared for the country in two World Cups and three Copa América tournaments, scoring three goals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Luisão is the 2,907th most popular soccer player (up from 3,102nd in 2024), the 552nd most popular biography from Brazil (up from 594th in 2019) and the 282nd most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Luisão ranks 2,908 out of 21,273. Before him are Alberto Gallardo, Arturo Torres Carrasco, Zé Maria, Héctor De Bourgoing, Juan Masnik, Víctor Espárrago, and Álvaro Negredo. After him are Carlos Lapetra, Tommy Banks, Eiji Ueda, Dinko Dermendzhiev, and Ned Zelic.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Luisão ranks 113. Before him are Joseph Morgan, Rachel Bilson, Song Ji-hyo, Cho Yeo-jeong, Joaquín, and Anja Pärson. After him are Cacau, Bitsie Tulloch, Paloma Faith, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Erick Rowan, and Michael Carrick.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Luisão ranks 553 out of 2,236. Before him are Cláudio Coutinho (1939), Josué de Castro (1908), Pedro Diniz (1970), Tarcísio Meira (1935), Graciliano Ramos (1892), Zé Maria (1949), and Edson Tavares (1956). After him are José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (1819), Warwick Estevam Kerr (1922), Nélida Piñon (1937), Cacau (1981), and Rildo da Costa Menezes (1942).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Luisão ranks 282. Before him are Joel de Oliveira Monteiro (1904), Noronha (1918), Bernardo Fernandes da Silva (1965), Hermógenes Fonseca (1908), Marco Antônio (1951), and Zé Maria (1949). After him are Cacau (1981), Rildo da Costa Menezes (1942), Batista (1955), Evair (1965), Mengálvio Pedro Figueiró (1939), and Wagner Lopes (1969).

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