Luiz Alberto (footballer, born 1977)

Luiz Alberto
	Luiz Alberto, 2017
Personal information
Full name	Luiz Alberto da Silva Oliveira
Date of birth	1 December 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
1993–1996	Flamengo
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1999	Flamengo
2000–2001	Saint-Étienne
2001–2005	Real Sociedad
2002	→ Internacional (loan)
2003	→ Atlético Mineiro (loan)
2005–2006	Santos
2007–2009	Fluminense
2010	Boca Juniors
2011	Duque de Caxias
2012	Boavista
2012–2014	Atlético Paranaense
2014–2015	Náutico
2015–2016	São Gonçalo EC
2016–	Boavista
International career
1999	Brazil
2000	Brazil U-23
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 October 2016

Luiz Alberto da Silva Oliveira (born 1 December 1977 in Rio de Janeiro), more commonly Luiz Alberto, is a Brazilian former football defender who last played for Boavista.

Career

Luiz Alberto was 16 years old when he first played for Flamengo but it was only in 1997 when he clinched a place in the club's first eleven. He played alongside the likes of Júnior Baiano and Juan in a partnership that led the club to Campeonato Carioca and Copa Mercosur titles in 1999. In 2000, however, he lost his place in the starting eleven for new signing Carlos Gamarra and was transferred to Saint-Étienne.

After one season with the French team, he moved to Real Sociedad in Spain, where he played first between 2001 and 2002 and also from 2004 to 2005. Between his stints at Spanish club, Luiz Alberto also played for Internacional and Atlético Mineiro.

Luiz Alberto came back to Brazil in 2005 after signing for Santos, later returning to Rio de Janeiro in 2007 to play for Fluminense in where he has won 2007 Copa do Brasil and finished runner-up at 2008 Copa Libertadores after losing the final to LDU Quito on penalties.

In 2010, after leaving Fluminense, Luiz Alberto joined Argentine club Boca Juniors. On 20 April 2010 Boca Juniors released the Brazilian central defender by mutual consent.^[2]