Florentino Luís

Florentino Luís has one of those backstories that quietly tells a bigger story about modern football. Born in Lobito, Angola, he came up through Benfica and chose to represent Portugal at youth level, which speaks to how interconnected the Lusophone football world really is. As a defensive midfielder, he plays the kind of role that rarely makes highlight reels but that managers obsess over, the player who breaks up play and lets others shine. After a Premier League loan spell at Burnley, his 2026 move to Ipswich Town reads to me as a chance to prove himself in English football's physical grind. I'm curious whether this is the stage where he finally turns promise into a settled, defining role.

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Name (English)

Florentino Luís

Name (Japanese)

フロレンティーノ・ルイス

Reading

ふろれんてぃーの・るいす

Born

August 19, 1999 (age 27)

Origin

Lobito, Benguela Province, Angola

Height

183 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rabbit

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/florentino_luis61/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florentino%20Lu%C3%ADs
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26924424

Tags

• Benguela Province
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.