Portuguese international winger who became Alan Curbishley's first signing as West Ham United manager when he moved from Fulham for an undisclosed fee on 5 January 2007. Boa Morte began his professional career with his hometown club, Sporting Lisbon, in 1996, but spent just one season there before moving to England at the age of 19 to join Arsenal in June 1997 for a fee of 1.75million.

In two seasons at Highbury, he made 40 league and cup appearances under Arsene Wenger but, after growing frustrated at his lack of first-team opportunities, was allowed to join Southampton in a £500,000 deal in August 1999. After spending just one season with the Saints, he moved to Fulham in a season-long loan deal in the summer of 2000 and helped the Londoners win the old First Division Championship in May 2001, scoring the goal against Huddersfield that clinched promotion to the Premiership, before completing a permanent £1.7million transfer to Craven Cottage that summer.

In the same year he won a call-up to Portugal’s national team, making his international debut in a 4-0 defeat against France, and has since gone on to win 28 caps for his country, scoring one goal. He was a member of the Portuguese squad that reached the semi-finals of the World Cup in Germany in 2006.

After establishing himself as a firm favourite among the Fulham supporters, Boa Morte was appointed the club’s captain in 2006, and has earned a reputation as one of the Premiership’s most exciting attackers, making 166 appearances and 26 goals.

After completing his move to Upton Park just days after the 2007 January transfer window had opened, Luis made an impressive debut in the FA Cup third round win over Brighton & Hove Albion, creating the first two goals in a 3-0 victory. On 29 July 2009, Boa Morte picked up a serious injury in the pre-season friendly against Tottenham Hotspur. West Ham were playing in the Barclays Asia Trophy in Beijing when Boa Morte’s studs stuck in the ground, twisting his knee and suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

Boa Morte made his comeback from injury on 13 April 2010, playing 45 minutes in a reserve team 4–1 defeat by Wolves reserves. Making an appearance in the first team for the first time since the end of 2008/09 season he opened the scoring for West Ham against Manchester City in a 1–1 draw on 9 May 2010. It was his first goal for West Ham for over three years.

On 3 August 2011 Boa Morte's contract with the Hammers was cancelled by mutual consent. Later played for Larissa (Greece) and Olando Pirates (South Africa) and Chesterfield. Later went into a coaching career.