David Luiz Moreira Marinho is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Premier League club Arsenal and the Brazil national team. Primarily a centre back, he can also be deployed as a defensive midfielder.
After starting out at Vitoria, he moved to Benfica, remaining with the club for five seasons (three complete). He joined Chelsea in January 2011, winning the UEFA Champions League during the 2011–12 season. In the following season he won the UEFA Europa League. In June 2014, he transferred to Paris Saint-Germain for a fee of £50 million, a world record transfer for a defender, and won all four domestic competitions over his two seasons in French football. He returned to Chelsea in August 2016 in a £30 million transfer deal.
David Luiz made his full international debut for Brazil in 2010 and has since earned over 50 caps for his country. 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, and has also represented his nation in two editions of the Copa America.<\/P>","58D6F117B0E852FD":"189cm","3653565C44D0522B57B14E876735C3FA":"Arsenal,Chelsea FC,Paris Saint-Germain,SL Benfica,Vitoria Salvador BA,SL Benfica[on loan]","556D73B2C9A2AD6A1BFA53519B08D73A":"23","249186B187931B83":"84kg","B30DC6D2B47145B0561823D5497E0EB0F2ED3572A53AF87A":"1","0FA2227E78AF1E09":"David Luiz","B13BBD17F9E21D375893DBD6F2FC7F72":"2","32F0494A6A8D9C00F8184D20C089D458":"1987-4-22","5B991257A722E1E0F74ECF7A8C1C2945":"","2A56C1DBE121525F":"CR Flamengo (RJ)","A16C626949206183":"51182","F8A44A36F46FF4E4":"David Luiz","07457F0B881B82B22AE30767A70DD3E1":"
CLUB
<\/U><\/STRONG>Benfica<\/STRONG>
Primeira Liga: 2009–10
Taca da Liga: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
Chelsea<\/STRONG>
Premier League: 2016–17
FA Cup: 2011–12, 2017–18; runner-up: 2016–17
UEFA Champions League: 2011–12
UEFA Europa League: 2012–13, 2018–19
FIFA Club World Cup runner-up: 2012
EFL Cup runner-up: 2018–19
Paris Saint-Germain
<\/STRONG>Ligue 1: 2014–15, 2015–16
Coupe de France: 2014–15, 2015–16
Coupe de la Ligue: 2015–16
Trophee des Champions: 2015, 2016
Arsenal<\/STRONG>
FA Cup: 2019–20
FA Community Shield: 2020
INTERNATIONAL
<\/U><\/STRONG>Brazil<\/STRONG>
FIFA Confederations Cup: 2013
INDIVIDUAL
<\/U><\/STRONG>LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2009–10
Premier League Player of the Month:
<\/STRONG>March 2011
FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball:
<\/STRONG>2012
FIFA World Cup Dream Team:
<\/STRONG>2014
FIFA FIFPro World XI:
<\/STRONG>2014
FIFA FIFPro World XI 2nd team:
<\/STRONG>2013
FIFA FIFPro World XI 3rd team:
<\/STRONG>2015, 2017
Ligue 1 Team of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2014–15, 2015–16
PFA Team of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2016–17 Premier League
ESM Team of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2016–17
UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season:
<\/STRONG>2018–19<\/P>","07FC4394D7BF000AA5BFC85E2D0D6D63":"Portugal,Brazil","72FFC7073AEDD99FBC6698239F961CC0":"2021-9-11","e_index":0};