Luizão (footballer, born 2002)
Brazilian footballer
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Luiz Gustavo Oliveira da Silva (born 8 March 2002), or simply Luizão, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for São Bernardo
| 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 | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | São Bernardo | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2017–2022 | São Paulo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | São Paulo | 14 | (1) |
| 2023–2025 | West Ham United | 0 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Pogoń Szczecin (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Pogoń Szczecin II (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2025 | Criciúma | 3 | (0) |
| 2026- | São Bernardo | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:45, 20 August 2025 (UTC) | |||
Career
Luizão made his professional debut with São Paulo at the 2022 Copa Sudamericana 0–0 draw against Everton, on 5 May 2022.[1][2]
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.[3]
On 21 February 2025, he was sent on loan to Polish club Pogoń Szczecin for the remainder of the season.[4]
In August 2025, Luizão left West Ham by mutual consent without having played a first–team for the club.[5] He signed on 19 September with the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B club Criciúma.[6]
After only three matches he left Criciúma, and for the 2026 season he signed with São Bernardo to compete in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.[7]
Career statistics
- As of match played 24 May 2025[8]
| 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pogoń Szczecin II (loan) | 2024–25 | III liga, gr. II | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 40 | 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
