Henrique Luvannor

Luvannor Henrique de Sousa Silva (born 19 May 1990), commonly known as Luvannor, is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Arabian club Al-Bukiryah. Born in Brazil, he played for the Moldova national team until rulled out as ineligible by FIFA.

After a few successful seasons with Sheriff Tiraspol in the Moldovan National Division, Luvannor obtained Moldovan citizenship, and in November 2013 he made his debut for Moldova national team in the friendly match against Lithuania on 18 November, in which he played a major role in the equalizing goal in the 72nd minute. His brother, Klysman also played for Sheriff Tiraspol.

Club career
Luvannor began his career with Paranoá Esporte Clube in 2009, playing in the third division of the Campeonato Brasiliense.

Luvannor signed with Moldovan club Sheriff Tiraspol in 2011. Contract is until 2016. In first 2 seasons Luvannor played as a defender and score only 5 goals. The season 2013-2014 was extremely successful for Luvannor. In the first part of Moldavian Football League he scored 18 goals in 18 matches. Also, his team qualified for the Europa League Group Stage. At home, with Anzhi, he scored from a cross. He put in a spectacular performance against Tottenham Hotspur in Tiraspol the best player.

On 1 July 2021, Luvannor returned to FC Sheriff Tiraspol.

On 28 August 2021, Luvannor joined Al-Taawoun. On 8 February 2022, Luvannor was released by Al-Taawoun.

On 3 July 2023, Sheriff Tiraspol announced the return of Luvannor. On 10 January 2024, Sheriff announced the departure of Luvannor alongside Maksym Koval.

On 31 January 2024, Luvannor joined Saudi First Division side Al-Bukiryah.

International career
In 2013, he acquired Moldovan citizenship and expressed his desire to play for Moldovan national team. In 2012, he married a Moldovan woman. In the third match for the Moldova against Sweden, he scored a goal. He also scored in a friendly match against Andorra.

In the summer of 2014, FIFA announced that Luvannor would not be able to play for the national team of Moldova in qualifying for the European Championship 2016. The reason is the lack of a five-year period of residence in Moldova. However, the Moldova Football Federation sent an official letter to FIFA with a request to make an exception to the rule and has not yet received a reply, football player can not play for the national team.

International

 * Scores and results list Moldova's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Moldova goal.

Honours

 * Sheriff Tiraspol
 * Moldovan National Division: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
 * Moldovan Super Cup: 2013


 * Cruzeiro
 * Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2022


 * Ceará
 * Copa do Nordeste: 2023


 * Individual
 * Moldovan National Division — Best Goalscorer (1) : 2013–14 (26 goals)