Luciano de Souza, simply Luciano (born August 21, 1972 in Volta Redonda

Volta Redonda

Volta Redonda is the name of a city in the Rio de Janeiro state of Brazil with 182.81 km² of area, located from 350m to 707m from the sea level and with a population of 259,811 inhabitants . The area around the city has nearly 700,000...

), is a former Brazilian

Brazil

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 football

Football (soccer)

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 player and currently the football manager

Football Manager

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 of Kalloni which competes in Greek

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 Football League. His main strengths were his technique and free kick

Direct free kick

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 ability, along with long distance shots.

After beginning in Brazil with Santos FC, Luciano spent his entire playing career in Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 (save for two seasons in neighbours Cyprus

Cyprus

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), at one point playing for Olympiacos FC from 1998 to 2001, where he won three Greek League

Super League Greece

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 titles and one Cup

Greek football Cup

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.

He also represented Skoda Xanthi

Skoda Xanthi

Skoda Xanthi F.C. , or F.C. Skoda Xanthi Athletic Club, is a Greek football club, based in the city of Xanthi. The club currently competes in the Super League Greece.-History:...

, Kastoria FC, PAOK FC

PAOK FC

P.A.O.K. F.C. is a Greek association football club based in Thessaloniki, Greece. It is the largest supported football club in Macedonia.PAOK FC is the football department of Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans , a multi-sport club. Since its formation in 1926 the football club...

, AEL Limassol

AEL Limassol

Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou , commonly known as AEL Limassol , is a Greek Cypriot multisport club based in the city of Limassol, the port of Cyprus....

, Panionios FC, Atromitos F.C., PAS Giannina F.C., Panachaiki

Panachaiki

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 and Kalloni, where he ended his career in order to be their head coach.

Honours

Olympiacos

• • Greek Championship: 1999, 2000, 2001
  • Greek Cup
    Greek football Cup
    The Greek Football Cup , commonly known as the Greek Cup or for sponsorship reasons the Football Cup OPAP, is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation....
    
    : 1999

PAS Giannina

• • Greek Second Division
    Beta Ethniki
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    : 2009

External links

• Official Website