Luanzinho

Luanzinho
Personal information
Full name	Luan Martins Pereira
Date of birth	21 April 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Ariquemes, Brazil
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sharjah
Number	11
Youth career
2014–2017	Avaí
Senior career*
Years	Team
2017–2020	Avaí
2020–	Sharjah
International career‡
2017	Brazil U17
2025–	United Arab Emirates
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:02, 24 December 2023 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2025

Luan Martins Pereira (born 21 April 2000), commonly known as Luanzinho or simply Luan, is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Sharjah. Born in Brazil, he represents the country at youth level before switching to play for United Arab Emirates at senior level.

Club career

Born in Ariquemes, Rondônia, Luanzinho joined Avaí's youth setup in August 2014.^[1] In July 2017, he was promoted to the main squad by manager Claudinei Oliveira.

On 3 August 2017, Luanzinho made his first team – and Série A – debut, coming on as a second-half substitute for Wellington Simião in a 0–5 away loss against Atlético Paranaense. In September, he extended his contract until 2021.^[2]

Personal life

His father Edson Pereira was a Vilhena former footballer, while his brother Renan was also a footballer and a midfielder;^[3] the latter was also groomed at Avaí, but died from a brain tumor in 2017.^[4]

Career statistics

As of 4 April 2024^[5]

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Avaí	2017	Série A	19	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		19	0
	2018	Série B	17	1	13	0	5	2	—		—		35	2
	2019	Série A	17	0	10	1	4	0	—		—		31	1
	2020	Série B	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
Total			53	1	24	1	9	2	0	0	0	0	86	4
Sharjah	2019–20	UPL	4	1	—				—		—		4	1
	2020–21		20	1	1	0			6	1	—		27	2
	2021–22		22	3	3	1			2	0	—		27	4
	2022–23		25	6	7	3			—		1	0	33	9
	2023–24		19	7	1	0	1	2	4	2	—		19	8
Total			84	15	12	4	1	2	12	3	1	0	110	24
Career total			137	16	36	5	10	4	12	3	1	0	196	28

Honours

Avaí

Campeonato Catarinense: 2019

References

^ "Luanzinho de Ariquemes é convocado para a Seleção Brasileira Sub-17" [Luanzinho from Ariquemes is called up for the Brazilian under-17 national team] (in Portuguese). RO Esportes. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
^ "De contrato renovado, Luanzinho faz planos no Avaí: "Sonho é ganhar títulos"" [With a renewed contract, Luanzinho makes his plans at Avaí: "Dream is to win titles"] (in Portuguese). Diário Catarinense. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
^ Avaí repassa recursos para compra da casa de Renanzinho (Avaí transfer resources for the purchase of Renanzinho's house); Avaí FC, 10 August 2017 (in Portuguese)
^ Renanzinho, jogador do Avaí, morre aos 20 anos em Florianópolis (Renanzinho, Avaí player, dies aged 20 in Florianópolis); Diário Catarinense, 21 December 2017 (in Portuguese)
^ Luanzinho at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 December 2017.

External links

Luanzinho at Soccerway

[1] "Luanzinho de Ariquemes é convocado para a Seleção Brasileira Sub-17" [Luanzinho from Ariquemes is called up for the Brazilian under-17 national team] (in Portuguese). RO Esportes. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.

[2] "De contrato renovado, Luanzinho faz planos no Avaí: "Sonho é ganhar títulos"" [With a renewed contract, Luanzinho makes his plans at Avaí: "Dream is to win titles"] (in Portuguese). Diário Catarinense. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.

[3] Avaí repassa recursos para compra da casa de Renanzinho (Avaí transfer resources for the purchase of Renanzinho's house); Avaí FC, 10 August 2017 (in Portuguese)

[4] Renanzinho, jogador do Avaí, morre aos 20 anos em Florianópolis (Renanzinho, Avaí player, dies aged 20 in Florianópolis); Diário Catarinense, 21 December 2017 (in Portuguese)

[5] Luanzinho at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 December 2017.

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