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Luisinho (footballer, born 1911)

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Luisinho
Personal information
Full name Luís Mesquita de Oliveira
Date of birth (1911-03-29)29 March 1911
Place of birth Brazil
Date of death 27 December 1983(1983-12-27) (aged 72)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Anglo Brasileira
Paulistano
Estudantes São Paulo
–1935 São Paulo 545 (145)
1935–1941 Palmeiras 232 (123)
National team
1933-1944 Brazil 11 (4)
Honours
Representing  Brazil
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1938 France
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Luís Mesquita de Oliveira, best known as Luisinho, (29 March 1911, in Rio de Janeiro – 27 December 1983, in São Paulo)[1] is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team.He was son of Ernesto Luiz de Oliveira and Cecilia Mesquita de Oliveira, and was the fifth of seven brothers and one sister. One brother, Carlos, was football player, but for short time, because become a doctor. Luiz Mesquita de Oliveira was a lawyer for many years for the São Paulo government

References

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  1. CBF profile Archived 22 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine