Lourenço da Silva

Infobox Football biography
playername = Lourenço


fullname = Luís Carlos Lourenço da Silva
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|6|5
cityofbirth = Luanda
countryofbirth = Angola
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nickname =
position = Striker
currentclub = Panionios
clubnumber = 10
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2000 2001 Mar.-May 2001-2002 2002 Aug.-Dec. 2003 Jan.-Jun 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006 Jul.-Dec. 2007-
clubs = Sporting B Bristol City (on loan) Sporting B Oldham (on loan) Belenenses (on loan) Sporting Clube de Portugal Belenenses (on loan) U.D. Leiria (on loan) Vitória Setúbal (on loan) Panionios
caps(goals) = - (-) 3 (1) - (-) 7 (1) 4 (0) 0 (0) 26 (4) 23 (6) - (-) ? (4)
nationalyears = ? - 2006
nationalteam = Portugal U-21
nationalcaps(goals) =
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Luís Carlos Lourenço da Silva (born June 5, 1983 in Luanda, Angola) is a Portuguese football (soccer) striker. He currently plays for Panionios. He was previously with Sporting Clube de Portugal and had been loaned out to U.D. Leiria, and to England with Bristol City and Oldham Athletic.

Due to injuries problem, he made three appearances and scored a goal for Sporting in UEFA Cup 2003-04.

He played two more for Vitória Setúbal in UEFA Cup 2006-07.

He moved to Greece in January 2007 to Panionios on-loan until the end of the season. He signed a permanent deal with the club for two years in June 2007.

International career

He was in the Portugal squad at the 2004 & 2006 UEFA Under-21 Championship and 2004 Summer Olympics.

References

* [http://www.portugoal.net/PortAbroad0607/Lourenco-Panionios.htm]

External links

* [http://www.lpfp.pt/default.aspx?SqlPage=pessoa&PessoaId=11986 Profile at Portuguese FA] pt icon
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* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/players/player=41622/index.html Profile at UEFA.com]