Early years and Kitchee Born in
Las Palmas,
Canary Islands, Luzardo came through local
UD Las Palmas' youth system, but never represented the senior team. During his early spell in his country, he played only in
Tercera División or lower. In July 2009, Luzardo signed a three-year contract with Hong Kong side
Kitchee SC. He appeared in 36
First Division games with seven goals over his first two seasons,
winning the national championship in the latter and qualifying to the
2011 Premier League Asia Trophy, where he scored an own goal against
Chelsea in the semi-finals and missed a
penalty kick in the third-place play-off 0–3 loss to
Blackburn Rovers. Luzardo scored straight
off the bench to make it 3–2 for Kitchee against
Tai Po FC, before reverting to his usual
centre back position.
Melbourne Victory In January 2012, Luzardo was invited to trial with
Melbourne Victory FC in the
A-League. Coach
Jim Magilton said: "I like what I saw. I saw a few games pre-season, he played against Chelsea and Blackburn and I like what I see". On 8 February, he signed a loan deal with the club until the end of
the campaign. On 10 March 2012, in the match against
Sydney FC, Luzardo was adjudged to have brought down
Bruno Cazarine in a 32nd-minute off-the-ball tussle in the box. The conceded penalty resulted in Sydney's 1–0 win, which put an official end to Victory's finals hopes. He subsequently returned to Kitchee only to be released, and went on to play professionally in Sweden and Portugal, with a brief amateur spell with
Ebbsfleet United in between. Luzardo alternated between the Portuguese
Segunda Liga and his country's lower leagues in the following years. ==References==