Mineiro
Carlos Luciano da Silva, nicknamed Mineiro (born on 2 August 1975, in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for English Premier League team Chelsea F.C.. He was brought on for the last 20 minutes and scored his first goal for Berlin, a spectacular game-winning goal (2:1), shooting from more than 25 yards, in the last seconds of injury time.
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Mineiro biography
Carlos Luciano da Silva, nicknamed Mineiro (born on 2 August 1975, in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for English Premier League team Chelsea F.C.. He was brought on for the last 20 minutes and scored his first goal for Berlin, a spectacular game-winning goal (2:1), shooting from more than 25 yards, in the last seconds of injury time.
On 24 September 2008, it was announced that Mineiro had signed for Chelsea F.C. as a back up for Essien until the end of the 2008-09 in English football season.
Trivia
His nickname "Mineiro" means somebody from the state of Minas Gerais, even though he's from the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. This nickname was given to him because he resembles a former player of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista called Mineiro.
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Luciano_da_Silva
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