Luiz Henrique Vieira (born 4 February 1972), known as Luizinho Vieira, is a Brazilian

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and former player who played as an

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. He is the current head coach of Confiança.

Playing career

Vieira was born in

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, Santa Catarina, and was a youth product of hometown side

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, making his first team debut in 1992. After being rarely used, he moved to

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in 1995, where he started to score in a regular basis. In 1997, Vieira signed for

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, but was loaned to Chinese club

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in the following year. He joined Japanese

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club

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in summer 1999, making his debut for the club on 7 August in a match against

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. He played all 15 matches as midfielder and scored 6 goals in 2nd stage. After leaving Gamba end of 1999 season, Vieira returned to ''Furacão'', but ended the 2000 campaign back at Brasil de Pelotas. In May 2001, after a brief spell at

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, he moved to Santa Cruz along with teammate Pintado, and was their top scorer in the 2001 Série A with 12 goals. In 2002, Vieira moved to Saudi club

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, but returned to

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and helped in their promotion from the Série C with six goals. He was later loaned out to Ponte Preta, and was in the squad of

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during the

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. Vieira was a part of the 15 de Novembro squad which finished second in the

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, scoring in the second leg of the final against

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. He later had brief spells at

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and Oeste before retiring with the latter in 2008, aged 36.

Coaching career

After retiring, Vieira worked as an assistant of Leandro Machado at

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in 2010, before being named head coach of

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in March 2011. In August, he moved to

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; initially an under-20 coach, he was appointed at the helm of the main squad in September, but just led the side for one match after accepting an offer from his former club Brasil de Pelotas. Sacked by Brasil on 23 April 2012, Vieira subsequently returned to Farroupilha in the following year before taking over the under-20 team of

in September 2013. The following February, he was named interim head coach of the latter's main squad, replacing sacked

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. Vieira returned to his previous role after the appointment of

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on 27 February 2014, but was again named interim on 20 November, in the place of

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. Despite being unable to avoid relegation in the Série A, he was permanently appointed the Criciúma's head coach for the 2015 campaign on 18 December. In April 2015, Vieira was demoted to the assistant role of ''Tigre'', after the arrival of

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as head coach, but was again an interim in October, after

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was dismissed. He left the club in the end of 2016, after being named

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head coach. Vieira left Itumbiara on 6 February 2018, and took over Luverdense on 2 April. He was sacked from the latter on 16 July, as they were battling relegation in the 2018 Série C. Vieira was announced as head coach of

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on 27 October 2018, but only lasted four matches before being relieved of his duties on 23 January of the following year. He agreed to become

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's head coach on 16 October 2019, but resigned roughly one year later. On 29 January 2021, Vieira took over

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also in the third division, but was sacked on 9 March, after 12 matches. He was named Retrô head coach on 29 April, but was dismissed on 31 August. Vieira was named at the helm of

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on 14 September 2021, but left the club on 25 November to take over Ypiranga-RS. Sacked by the latter on 11 July 2023, he took over fellow third-level side Confiança six days later, but left the latter on 11 September to take over Amazonas in the same division. Vieira led Amazonas to their first-ever promotion to the second division as champions, but was sacked on 16 April 2024. On 20 May, he replaced Luizinho Lopes as Brusque head coach, but was also dismissed on 8 September. On 24 September 2024, Vieira agreed to take over Caxias for the 2025 season. The following 22 April, after 14 matches, he was sacked, and returned to Confiança six days later.

Club statistics

Honours

Player

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: 1993 Atlético Paranaense *

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: 1998, 2000

Coach

Amazonas *

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