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Adriano
	Adriano
Personal information
Full name	Adriano Vieira Louzada
Date of birth	January 3, 1979 (age 30)
Place of birth	Rio Branco, Brazil
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Braga
Number	81
Senior career1
	1 Senior club appearances and goals; counted for the domestic league only and; correct as of 24 August 2009.; * Appearances (Goals)

For other Brazilian footballers named Adriano, see Adriano#Brazilian footballers.

Adriano Vieira Louzada, simply Adriano (born January 3, 1979 in Rio Branco), is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays with Sporting de Braga, as a striker.

[edit] Football career

Adriano started playing in 1998 for Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, and went on to represent, in Brazil, Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras.

Switching to Portugal in 2002, he began playing with Madeira's C.D. Nacional. After a quick return stint in Brazil with Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, Adriano joined F.C. Porto in January 2006, and gradually made his way into the starting eleven, helping to the national league, and also scoring the winning goal in that year's Portuguese Cup final.

After Lisandro López's conversion into the striker position, Adriano lost his starting job, but was often brought in from the bench. In August 2008, he was due for a transfer to fellow first division outfit C.F. Os Belenenses. However, he refused, choosing to stay at Porto and fight for a place, but did not appear in a single competitive game throughout 2008–09.

In late August 2009, with his chances to play for Porto virtually none, Adriano arranged for a release from his contract, and soon moved to fellow league side S.C. Braga.