Luan Vieira  Luan Guilherme de Jesus Vieira (born 27 March 1993) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Corinthians. Luan was born in São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo. After starting it out at futsal and playing for amateur clubs in his native state, he joined [[Tanabi essa: Luan até pensou em desistir do futebol|trans-title=From a humble beginnings to a pearl: Luan even thought about quitting football|publisher=[[Globo Esporte]]|language=pt|date=1 May 2014|accessdate=6 December 2015}}  Luan scored two goals in nine appearances for Tanabi, being also a teammate of [[Túlio Maravilha]]. He subsequently represented his hometown club [[América Futebol Clube (SP)|América-SP]] in 2013 [[Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior]], while still owned by Tanabi. On 8 February 2013, Luan joined [[Grêmio Catanduvense de Futebol|Catanduvense]] until the end of the year, for a fee of [[Brazilian real|R$]]120,000. He made his maiden appearance for the club eight days later, coming on as a second-half [[Substitute (association football)|substitute]] in a 1–3 home loss against [[Esporte Clube Santo André|Santo André]]. Shortly after making his debut for Catanduvense, Luan moved to [[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]] and returned to youth football; he later had 50% of his federative rights bought for just [[Brazilian real|R$]] 300,000. He was promoted to the first team in December 2013, mainly as a backup to [[Kléber Giacomance de Souza Freitas|Kléber]] and [[Hernán Barcos]]. Luan made his first team debut for "Tricolor" on 19 January 2014, starting in a 0–1 [[Campeonato Gaúcho]] away loss against [[Esporte Clube São José|São José]]. His debut club goal was ten days later, netting the equalizer in a 1–1 draw at [[Grêmio Esportivo Brasil|Brasil de Pelotas]].