Luiz Gustavo Silva de Aviz

Luiz Gustavo
Personal information
Full name Luiz Gustavo Silva de Aviz
Date of birth (1972-02-23) 23 February 1972
Place of birth Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
1989−1990 Cruzeiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1991 Cruzeiro
1991−1995 Belenenses 88 (18)
1995−1996 Benfica 14 (0)
1996−1997 Internacional
1997 Vitória
1998 Brasil de Pelotas
1999 Mogi Mirim
2000 União Barbarense
2000 Fluminense
2001 São José (PA)
2002 Joinville
2005−2006 Novo Hamburgo
2007 Remo
National team
1989 Brazil U20 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Luiz Gustavo Silva de Aviz (born 23 February 1972), commonly known as Luiz Gustavo is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Born in Belo Horizonte, Gustavo is a youth product of Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, where he spent one year, alongside Ramon.

In 1991, at age 19, Gustavo moved to Portugal to play for C.F. Os Belenenses, at the time competing in the second tier. He scored nine goals in 23 games, helping the Lisbon-side promote to the Primeira Divisão. In the next three years, Gustavo was a regular starter at Belenenses, with his best season being in 1994-95 with 4 goals.[1]

In 1995, he moved to S.L. Benfica, debuting on 9 September 1995, in a home draw with S.C. Salgueiros.[2] With only two starts in the season, he moved to Internacional to regain more playing time.[3] He then represented nearly ten other clubs, the larger being Fluminense FC, retiring in 2007 at age 35.[4]

International career

He represented Brazil U20 in the 1989 FIFA U20, which ended in a semi-finals loss against Portugal U20.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "O que é feito de... Luiz Gustavo?" [What happened to Luis Gustavo?]. Belenenses Blogspot (in Portuguese). 23 July 2008.
  2. ↑ "Benfica 0-0 Salgueiros". ForaDeJogo.
  3. ↑ "Flops Benfiquistas? Luíz Gustavo I - 14J 0G" [Benfica Flops? Luis Gustavo]. Flops do Benfica (in Portuguese). 23 December 2006. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Luiz Gustavo no Fluminense" [Luis Gustavo signs with Fluminense]. Record (in Portuguese). 30 April 2000. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Luiz Gustavo". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 September 2014.

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