Luiz Bombonato Goulart

Football player infobox
playername = Luizão
fullname = Luiz Carlos Bombonato Goulart
height = height|meter=1.78
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|11|14
cityofbirth = Rubinéia
countryofbirth = Brazil
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Striker
years = 1993 1993 1994–1995 1995–1997 1997–1998 1998–1999 1999–2002 2002 2002–2004 2004 2005 2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008
clubs = Guarani Paraná Guarani Palmeiras Deportivo La Coruña Vasco da Gama Corinthians Grêmio Hertha Berlin Botafogo São Paulo Nagoya Grampus Santos Flamengo São Caetano
caps(goals) = 00 0(0) 60 0(0) 37 (16) 46 (23) 13 0(4) 16 0(8) 37 (25) 00 0(0) 26 0(4) 15 0(9) 50 0(2) 60 0(4) 50 0(0) 11 0(1) 50 0(2)
nationalyears = 1996–2002
nationalteam = Brazil
nationalcaps(goals) = 17 (3)
pcupdate = June 22, 2008

Luiz Carlos Bombonato Goulart, known as Luizão (big Luiz) (born November 14, 1975 in Rubinéia), is a Brazilian football striker, currently with Associação Desportiva São Caetano.

He is one of the few players, alongside Antônio Carlos, Müller, Neto and César Sampaio that played on the four major clubs of São Paulo: Santos Futebol Clube, Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, Sport Club Corinthians Paulista and São Paulo Futebol Clube. He managed to be the top golscorer of at least one tournament for each one of them, except for Santos, where he underachieved.

Luizão bloomed at Guarani Futebol Clube, playing alongside close friends Djalminha and Márcio Amoroso. Luizão (with Djalminha) was then transferred to Palmeiras, where he won many titles, including an undefeated São Paulo State Championship under the command of Vanderlei Luxemburgo.

He then followed Djalminha to Spain's Deportivo de La Coruña, but unlike the talented playmaker, Luizão failed to settle. He returned to Brazil to Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama. On July 2002, he had another unsuccessful abroad stint, with German Bundesliga side Hertha BSC Berlin, leaving the side on January 2004.

Honours

;Club
*Paraná State Championship: 1993
*São Paulo State Championship: 1996, 1999, 2001, 2005
*Rio de Janeiro State Championship: 1998
*Rio-São Paulo Tournament: 1999
*Brazilian Championship: 1999
*FIFA Club World Cup: 2000
*Libertadores Cup: 1998, 2005
*Brazilian Cup: 2006

;International
*FIFA World Cup: 2002
*Summer Olympics: 1996 - Bronze medal

;Individual
*Bola de Prata (Brazilian Silver Ball): 1994
*Brazilian Cup top scorer: 1996, 1998
*Libertadores Cup top scorer: 2000

External links

* [http://www.sambafoot.co.uk/players/1578_Luizao.html Sambafoot profile]