Luís Lourenço
Angolan footballer
Luís Carlos Lourenço da Silva (born 5 June 1983), known as Lourenço, is a former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Sporting CP
Lourenço was born in Luanda, Angola. A Sporting CP youth graduate, he made his professional debut in England, serving two brief loan spells first at Bristol City then at Oldham Athletic, both in the Football League One. Additionally, he played and scored regularly for Sporting's reserves.
Lourenço made three appearances and scored once for Sporting in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup, making his Primeira Liga debut on 16 August 2003 in a 2–1 away win against Académica de Coimbra and scoring in the game (he found the net in the season's first three official matches). However, he gradually lost his importance in the squad, and spent the next years on loan to several clubs in the country.
Later career
Lourenço left Sporting in summer 2006, signing for Vitória de Setúbal. In the following January transfer window he moved countries again, joining Greek side Panionios FC, initially on loan. He hardly received any playing time after agreeing to a permanent two-year contract, being released on 1 July 2009.
Following a short and unassuming spell back in Portugal, Lourenço moved abroad again, signing with UD Alzira of the Spanish Segunda División B in January 2011.
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