Adriano de Lima

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Vieira and the second or paternal family name is De Lima.
Adriano De Lima
Personal information
Full name Adriano Vieira De Lima
Date of birth (1981-07-30) July 30, 1981
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position
Youth career
1988–1990 Pequeninos do Jóquei
1990–1996 Itaguá F.C.
1996-1999 SC Corinthians Paulista (youth)
1999–2000 Cypress College
2000-2002 Cal State Fullerton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Atlas F.C.
2003 San Diego Sockers
2003 Flamengo
2004-2010 LA Blues | Orange County SC 35 (26)
2011-2013 Anaheim Bolts 56 (95)
International career
2012-2013 US Beach Soccer Team 5
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adriano Vieira De Lima (born 30 July 1981 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian retired footballer who last played for Los Angeles Blues in the USL Professional Division.[1][2]

Career

Youth, College and Amateur

Adriano De Lima played in many youth clubs in Brazil, including Itaguá and Pequeninos do Jóquei, Sport Club Corinthians Paulista Sub-16 team, and briefly played professionally in Brazil for Itaguá, before moving to the United States in 1999 to play college soccer at Cypress College in Cypress, California. He transferred to California State University, Fullerton in 2001, and played two more seasons there.

Professional

After playing professional indoor soccer for the San Diego Sockers in the MISL in 2003, De Lima returned to Brazil to join Flamengo. After returning to the United States, Adriano De Lima played professional beach soccer for SoCal Beach in Oceanside, California, and in 2007 participated in the Futsal World Club Championship in the Algarve in Portugal for World United.

Adriano De Lima signed with the Los Angeles Blues in the USL Professional Division in 2011; he made his debut for the Blues on May 1, 2011, in a 1–0 defeat to Antigua Barracuda[3]

Adriano De Lima signed with Anaheim Bolts Professional Indoor Team for the 2012–13 Professional Arena Soccer League and 2013–14 Professional Arena Soccer League seasons. Adriano de Lima made the All-Professional Arena Soccer League team, the only first-team selection not from PASL Pro titlist San Diego or runner-up Detroit.

Personal

Adriano De Lima coaches soccer and owns Culture FC Sports, a community club, soccer school and travel organization that provides soccer players and teams with opportunities in the USA and around the world.[4][5][6][7][8]

Adriano De Lima was also part of the Nike skills team as a sponsored athlete, promoting and helping develop the game in the United States. He traveled all over the country and the world as an ambassador of the sport, entertaining and influencing soccer players of all ages and levels. He also participated in many soccer ads and campaigns, and in the video game FIFA Street 2.

References

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  1. ^ "Bolts Ready to". OurSports Central. 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  2. ^ "Bolts Bounce Back with Dominant 10-2 Win in Sacramento". OurSports Central. 2012-12-02. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  3. ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  4. ^ "L.A. BLUES: Gaitan gone, Blues struggling". ESPN.com. 2011-06-27. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  5. ^ https://www.espn.com/blog/los-angeles/soccer/post/_/id/15264/indoor-de-lima-is-all-pasl-pick
  6. ^ "2011 Los Angeles Blues Stats, All Competitions". FBref.com. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  7. ^ "INDOOR: Bolts advance in Open Cup". ESPN.com. 2011-12-04. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  8. ^ "INDOOR: De Lima is All-PASL pick". ESPN.com. 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  9. ^ "INDOOR: De Lima is All-PASL pick". ESPN.com. 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
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