| Preto | |
| Fullname: | João Luiz Ferreira da Silva |
| Birth Date: | 12 June 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Novo Hamburgo, Brazil |
| Height: | 1.70NaN0 |
| Position: | Forward |
| Clubs1: | Vila Nova |
| Years2: | 2000–2001 |
| Clubs2: | TSV Schwieberdingen |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2001–2002 |
| Clubs3: | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| Caps3: | 2 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2001–2002 |
| Clubs4: | Stuttgarter Kickers II |
| Caps4: | 7 |
| Goals4: | 3 |
| Years5: | 2003 |
| Clubs5: | São José EC |
| Years6: | 2003–2004 |
| Clubs6: | Zagłębie Lubin |
| Caps6: | 4 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2004–2005 |
| Clubs7: | EC Novo Hamburgo |
| Years8: | 2006 |
| Clubs8: | → AD São Caetano (loan) |
| Years9: | 2006 |
| Clubs9: | → Portuguesa de Desportos (loan) |
| Caps9: | 12 |
| Goals9: | 2 |
| Years10: | 2007–2009 |
| Clubs10: | Portuguesa de Desportos |
| Caps10: | 62 |
| Goals10: | 2 |
| Years11: | 2010 |
| Clubs11: | Guarani FC |
| Caps11: | 18 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Years12: | 2011 |
| Clubs12: | AC Goianiense |
| Caps12: | 2 |
| Goals12: | 0 |
| Years13: | 2011 |
| Clubs13: | EC Vitória |
| Caps13: | 13 |
| Goals13: | 0 |
| Years14: | 2012 |
| Clubs14: | EC Novo Hamburgo |
| Years15: | 2012 |
| Clubs15: | Vila Nova |
| Caps15: | 1 |
| Goals15: | 0 |
| Years16: | 2012–2013 |
| Clubs16: | CA Bragantino |
| Caps16: | 34 |
| Goals16: | 0 |
| Years17: | 2014 |
| Clubs17: | EC Novo Hamburgo |
| Years18: | 2014 |
| Clubs18: | Caxias |
| Caps18: | 2 |
| Goals18: | 0 |
| Years19: | 2014 |
| Clubs19: | Ypiranga |
| Caps19: | 8 |
| Goals19: | 0 |
| Years20: | 2016–2018 |
| Clubs20: | EC Novo Hamburgo |
| Caps20: | 18 |
| Goals20: | 1 |
João Luiz Ferreira da Silva (born 12 June 1981), known as Preto, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He appeared in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A for Portuguesa, Guarani and Goianiense.[1]
Preto had worked with manager Vágner Benazzi at Portuguesa in 2009 before re-uniting with him at Bragantino in 2012.[2]