Luís Loureiro

Luis Fernando da Graça Loureiro (born 4 December 1976) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and the current manager of S.C.U. Torreense.

Luís Loureiro
Personal information
Full name Luis Fernando da Graça Loureiro
Date of birth (1976-12-04) 4 December 1976
Place of birth Sintra, Portugal
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Torreense (coach)
Youth career
1990–1992 Mucifalense
1992–1995 Sintrense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1999 Sintrense 56 (14)
1999–2000 Portimonense 31 (3)
2000–2001 Nacional 30 (7)
2001–2004 Gil Vicente 85 (10)
2004 Braga 17 (1)
2005 Dynamo Moscow 4 (0)
2005–2007 Sporting CP 9 (1)
2006–2007 → Estrela Amadora (loan) 18 (2)
2007 Anorthosis 2 (0)
2008 Boavista 13 (1)
2008–2009 Portimonense 14 (1)
2010–2011 Sintrense 16 (5)
Total 295 (45)
National team
2003 Portugal 6 (0)
Teams managed
2011–2012 Sintrense
2012–2013 Fátima
2015–2016 Sintrense
2017 1º Dezembro
2019 Casa Pia
2020– Torreense
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 142 matches and 15 goals over seven seasons, representing mainly Gil Vicente. He also competed professionally in Russia and Cyprus.

In 2011, Loureiro started working as a coach.

Playing career

Club

Loureiro was born in Sintra, Lisbon. Having started his footballing career with hometown's S.U. Sintrense, he went on to represent Portimonense SC, C.D. Nacional, Gil Vicente FC (making his Primeira Liga debut in the 2001–02 season), S.C. Braga, Sporting CP and C.F. Estrela da Amadora, also serving uneventful abroad stints with FC Dynamo Moscow in Russia (February–July 2005)[1] and Cyprus's Anorthosis Famagusta FC (August–December 2007).

Arguably, Loureiro's biggest career moment came with Sporting: a spectacular goal, topping a great performance in a 2–1 home win against S.L. Benfica during the 2005–06 campaign.[2] However, he was never more than a utility player there, collecting only 14 appearances all competitions comprised.

On 1 November 2007, Anorthosis coach Temuri Ketsbaia called him lazy and said that he was 'still on vacation', implying that the midfielder had not yet displayed the calibre of football he was brought to the club for. Eventually, in January 2008, Loureiro and Anorthosis parted ways, and the player returned to Portugal, signing until the end of the season with northern Boavista FC.

In July 2008, after Boavista's top flight relegation, Loureiro also dropped down a level, returning to Algarve's Portimonense and being released at the end of the campaign. After one year out of football he re-joined his first professional team Sintrense, in the fourth division.

International

Loureiro earned six caps for Portugal, all in 2003 and as a Gil Vicente player. His first came in the 0–2 loss to Italy on 12 February in a friendly match,[3] and he last played in a 4–0 win over Bolivia on 10 June, in another exhibition game.[4]

Coaching career

Starting in 2011, Loureiro managed Sintrense, C.D. Fatima, S.U. 1º de Dezembro and Casa Pia AC, all in the third tier. He was appointed at the last of them in February 2019, and won promotion on the away goals rule against S.C. Praiense before taking the championship title on 23 June with a penalty shootout win over U.D. Vilafranquense at the Estádio Nacional.[5]

For ending Casa Pia's 55-year absence from the LigaPro, Loureiro was given another year on his contract.[6] In his first match managing in the competition, on 10 August 2019, the team lost 3–1 at S.C. Farense.[7] He was dismissed on 24 September with the side second from bottom, just after winning for the first time in the season.[8]

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References
  1. Sidney settles for Braga; UEFA, 8 July 2005
  2. A hora de Loureiro (Loureiro's time); Record, 24 March 2006 (in Portuguese)
  3. Portugal frente à Itália: Muito tempo a ver jogar (Portugal against Italy: Too much time watching others play); Record, 13 February 2003 (in Portuguese)
  4. Portugal frente à Bolívia: Cabeças no ar arrasaram (Portugal against Bolivia: Heads in the air the destroyers); Record, 11 June 2003 (in Portuguese)
  5. "Casa Pia vence Vilafranquense nas grandes penalidades e conquista Campeonato de Portugal de futebol" [Casa Pia defeat Vilafranquense on penalties and win the Campeonato de Portugal] (in Portuguese). Rádio Alfa. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  6. "Luís Loureiro mais uma época no Casa Pia" [Luís Loureiro at Casa Pia for one more season] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  7. "Farense vence Casa Pia por 3–1 e entra com o pé direito no campeonato" [Farense defeat Casa Pia 3–1 and start the championship on the right foot] (in Portuguese). Barlavento. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  8. "Luís Loureiro deixa de ser o treinador do Casa Pia" [Luís Loureiro no longer manager of Casa Pia] (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
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