Vinícius Freitas
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| Full name | Vinícius de Freitas Ribeiro | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 March 1993 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | AEK Athens | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Fluminense | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2013 | Cruzeiro | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Cruzeiro | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2017 | Lazio | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | → Padova (loan) | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | → Perugia (loan) | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | → FC Zürich (loan) | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017– | AEK Athens | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Brazil U21 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:01, 31 May 2017 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
Vinícius de Freitas Ribeiro, commonly known as Vinícius Feitas or simply Vinícius (born 7 March 1993), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a left back for AEK Athens.
Career
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Vinícius started his youth career at Fluminense, but moved to Cruzeiro in October 2009. In September 2012 he was promoted to the latter's first team,[1] but failed to make an appearance and was demoted back to the youth squad in January 2013.[2]
On 5 July 2013 Vinícius moved to Serie A side Lazio on a free transfer.[3] After only appearing on the bench for the Biancazzurri, he was loaned to Serie B side Padova until June.[4]
On 15 March 2014 Vinícius made his professional debut, starting in a 3–0 success at Varese.[citation needed]
Then on 28 August, he was again loaned out, this time to Perugia.[citation needed]
During the next campaign, Vinícius spent time on loan at Swiss Super League side FC Zurich, managing a total of 20 league appearances for the Swiss club, and a further four appearances in the 2015–16 Swiss Cup, as Der Stadtclub won 0–1 away to FC Lugano in the final of the Schweizer Cup.[5]
AEK Athens
On 30 January 2017, AEK have agreed terms with Lazio left-back as they start negotiations with Lazio hoping to clinch a deal before the end of the January transfer window. Vinicius's contract runs out at the end of the season and AEK have already agreed terms with the Brazilian left-back. [6] A day later he signed a 2,5 years contract with AEK for an undisclosed fee. On 6 April 2017 he opened the score in a 2-0 away win against Platanias, in a match that he also received the MVP award. [7]
Honours
Club
- FC Zürich[5]
References
- ^ Ex-juniores, Mayke e Vinícius Freitas começam a treinar nos profissionais (Former youth players, Mayke and Vinícius Freitas start training with the professionals); Cruzeiro's official website, 4 September 2012 Template:Pt icon
- ^ Promovido ano passado por Roth, lateral Vinícius Freitas retorna à base do Cruzeiro (Promoted last year by Roth, full-back Vinícius Freitas returns to Cruzeiro's youth squad); UOL Esporte, 9 January 2013 Template:Pt icon
- ^ Revelação do Cruzeiro, lateral Vinícius é aguardado no Lazio para exames (Cruzeiro's pearl, full-back Vinícius is awaited in Lazio for medical examinations); Globo Esporte, 5 July 2013 Template:Pt icon
- ^ Il brasiliano Vinícius al Padova in prestito dalla Lazio (Brazilian Vinícius to Padova on loan from Lazio); Padova's official website, 30 January 2014 Template:It icon
- ^ a b "Lugano 0 - 1 Zürich". www.us.soccerway.com. Soccerway. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Επίσημο: Ανακοινώθηκε από την ΑΕΚ ο Βινίσιους". www.sport24.gr. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ "Νίκη για την ΑΕΚ στα Χανιά!" (in Greek). Retrieved 2017-04-06.
External links
- Vinícius Freitas at Soccerway
- Ogol profile Template:Pt icon
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Brazilian footballers
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Brazilian expatriates in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players
- S.S. Lazio players
- Calcio Padova players
- A.C. Perugia Calcio players
- FC Zürich players
- AEK Athens F.C. players
- Serie B players
- Swiss Super League players
- Superleague Greece players
- Association football defenders
- Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city)
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games medalists in football