Luan Viana Patrocínio

Luan Viana Patrocínio (born 14 January 1996), simply known as Luan, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Luan
Personal information
Full name Luan Viana Patrocínio
Date of birth (1996-01-14) January 14, 1996
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2008–2014 Portuguesa
2015–2016 Grêmio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Portuguesa 9 (1)
2017–2018 Grêmio 0 (0)
2018 Shabab Al-Ahli 0 (0)
2018 → Paraná (loan) 1 (0)
2018–2019 Levski Sofia 1 (0)
2019 → Tsarsko Selo (loan) 5 (1)
National team‡
2013–2016 Brazil U20 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:43, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 June 2013

Club career

Born in São Paulo, Luan graduated from Portuguesa's youth setup, and made his first-team debut on 13 February 2013, coming on as a late substitute in a 2–0 win at São José, for the Campeonato Paulista Série A2 championship.[1]

On 8 August, Luan was definitely promoted to the main squad in Série A.[2] However, he failed to appear during the rest of the year.

On 26 April 2014 Luan made his league debut for Lusa, playing the last 19 minutes of a 1–1 home draw against Santa Cruz, for the Série B championship.[3] He scored his first professional goal on 8 November, netting the game's only through a header in a 1–0 home win over Luverdense, as his side were already relegated to Série C.[4]

On 9 January 2015 Luan left the club, after having unpaid wages.[5] He joined Grêmio in March, returning to youth setup.

On 6 September 2018 Luan signed a longterm contract with the Bulgarian 26 times champions Levski Sofia [6] After failing to make it into the first team in the first half of the season, in January 2019 he was send on loan to the Second League leaders Tsarsko Selo.[7] He scored 2 goals in a friendly match against the Macedonian team FK Belasica played on 5 February.[8] After spending first 3 matches from the league on the bench, Luan made his debut for the team in the league match against Chernomorets Balchik and scored a goal for the 3:1 win.[9]

Honours
International

References
  1. Portuguesa vence o São José e sobe para quarto lugar na A2 (Portuguesa defeats São José and goes to fourth place in A2) Archived 2014-05-02 at the Wayback Machine; Diário Lance!, 13 February 2013 (in Portuguese)
  2. Atacante Luan é promovido ao time profissional da Portuguesa (Forward Luan is promoted to Portuguesa's main squad) Archived 2014-05-02 at the Wayback Machine; Diário Lance!, 8 August 2013 (in Portuguese)
  3. Portuguesa joga 90 minutos e empata com o Santa Cruz em casa (Portuguesa plays 90 minutes and draws with Santa Cruz at home); Globo Esporte, 26 April 2014 (in Portuguese)
  4. Após 14 jogos, rebaixada Portuguesa bate o Luverdense e volta a vencer (After 14 games, relegated Portuguesa defeats Luverdense and returns to win); Globo Esporte, 8 November 2014 (in Portuguese)
  5. Com salários atrasados, atacante Luan deixa a Portuguesa (With unpaid wages, forward Luan leaves Portuguesa) Archived 2015-01-10 at the Wayback Machine; Lusa News, 9 January 2015 (in Portuguese)
  6. Луан Виана подписа с "Левски"
  7. Левски даде под наем Луан Виана на Царско село и Алекс Боримиров на Славия
  8. Левскари блестят при успех на Царско село срещу македонци
  9. Царско село мина успешно и през Балчик, Добруджа шокира Монтана
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