Luisao will offer a more rugged, physical presence to the other centre-halves available to Carlos Alberto Parreira. The 25-year-old also has added height to list as one of his attributes, while he is comfortable on the European stage, having spent the last three years in Portugal with Benfica. He is poised to move to a bigger arena after the action in Germany, having agreed a deal to join Italian giants Internazionale, having previously been linked with Real Madrid.