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30. MARINHO DAVID LUIZ
Defender
Born: Sao Paulo, Brazil
- 22/04/1987
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 11st 7lbs
Previous Clubs: Vitoria, Benfica, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain
International: Brazil
Signing Date: Aigust2016
Chelsea Appearances
Chelsea Goals Scored
Primarily a central defender, he can also be deployed as a defensive midfielder.
On 31
January 2011 he completed a £21.3 million move to Chelsea, with Nemanja
Matić joining Benfica at the end of the season after his loan spell away at
Vitesse.
While at Chelsea he
won
the Champions League and the FA Cup in the following season. In June 2014,
he transferred to Paris Saint-Germain for a fee of £50 million (€62
million), a world record transfer for a defender, and won all four domestic
competitions in his first season in French
football.
David Luiz played with Brazil's under-20 team at
the 2007 FIFA World Cup, with the team being ousted in the Round of 16.
Courtesy of his solid season at Benfica, he was first
picked for the full side for a friendly with the United States on 10 August
2010, after the national team's coaching change, with Mano Menezes replacing
Dunga, playing in the 2–0 away win.
He has since earned over 50 caps. He was a member of the Brazilian teams
which won the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and reached the semi-finals of
the 2014 FIFA World Cup.