Luizão | |
Birth Date: | 22 October 1968 |
Fullname: | Luiz Antonio Ribeiro |
Birth Place: | São Paulo |
Position: | Midfielder |
Clubnumber: | 8 |
Currentclub: | Juventus U-20 (manager) |
Height: | 1.89 m |
Youthclubs1: | Juventus |
Youthyears1: | 1988-1992 |
Clubs1: | Juventus |
Years1: | 1992-1995 |
Clubs2: | Portuguesa |
Years2: | 1995 |
Clubs3: | Cruzeiro |
Years3: | 1996-1998 |
Clubs4: | Vila Nova |
Years4: | 1999 |
Clubs5: | São Caetano |
Years5: | 2000 |
Manageryears1: | 2004-2015 |
Managerclubs1: | Juventus (youth squads) |
Manageryears2: | 2015-2019 |
Managerclubs2: | Brazil Women's U-17 |
Manageryears3: | 2019 |
Managerclubs3: | Juventus U-20 |
Luiz Antonio Ribeiro, better known as Luizão (Sâo Paulo, 22 October 1968), is a football manager and a former Brazilian footballer who used to play as a midfielder.
During the 1990s he played for several traditional Brazilian clubs such as C.A Juventus, Cruzeiro, Portuguesa, A.D. São Caetano, Comercial-RP and Vila Nova.[1]
After finishing his career as a football player, he started a career as a football coach. From 2015[2] until 2019 he was the Brazil women's national under-17 football team coach in the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup[3] and 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[4]
In 2020 he became the Juventus u-20 coach.[5]