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Gabriel
Gabriel with Lille in 2019
Personal information
Full name Gabriel dos Santos Magalhães
Date of birth (1997-12-19) 19 December 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Arsenal
Number 6
Youth career
2012–2016 Avaí
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Avaí 21 (1)
2017–2018 Lille B 7 (0)
2017–2020 Lille 39 (2)
2017–2018 → Troyes (loan) 1 (0)
2017 → Troyes B (loan) 5 (0)
2018 → Dinamo Zagreb (loan) 1 (0)
2018 → Dinamo Zagreb II (loan) 10 (0)
2020– Arsenal 0 (0)
International career‡
2017 Brazil U20 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:00, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 March 2019

Gabriel dos Santos Magalhães (born 19 December 1997), known as Gabriel, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as defender for Premier League club Arsenal and the Brazil national team.

Club career

Avaí

Gabriel was born in the Pirituba District of São Paulo. At age 13, Gabriel took a 12-hour bus ride to Florianopolis to begin his career at Avaí but returned to São Paulo after a week due to homesickness. However, Gabriel reconsidered his decision and returned to Avaí after two weeks, eventually going on to earn his first professional contract at age 16.[1] He went on to be part of the team that won promotion to Brasileiro Série A in 2017.[2]

Lille

On 31 January 2017, Gabriel joined Ligue 1 side Lille, signing a four and a half year contract. When he arrived, Gabriel taught himself French and went on to conduct most of his interviews in the language.[3] After playing several matches for Lille B, he was loaned to fellow Ligue 1 side Troyes by then head coach Marcelo Bielsa,[4] before joining Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb, where he made just one league appearance for each club's senior team.[5] Gabriel returned to Lille in 2018, starting his first match on 10 February 2019 against relegation-threatened Guingamp in a 2–0 win. He went on to make 14 appearances over the course of the season, scoring his first goal for Lille in a 5–1 win against Paris Saint-Germain on 14 April 2019.[6]

The following season, Gabriel began to play more regularly, forming a centre-back partnership with José Fonte. Gabriel was a starter in all six of Lille's Champions League group stage matches.[7] Lille manager Christophe Galtier spoke about the defender's patience, saying "I saw he had great potential and he was able to seize the first opportunity he got. He was hungry to play, and while he bided his time, he worked a lot. He's an example for other youngsters to follow. It's a sort of intelligence to behave like that. How often nowadays do you see players not working if they're not in the squad?"[8]

Arsenal

On 1 September 2020, Arsenal announced the signing of Gabriel on a long-term contract.[9]

International career

Gabriel represented Brazil at under-20 level at the 2017 South American U-20 Championship.[10] Gabriel was scheduled to be part of Brazil's under-23 national team at the 2020 Summer Olympics; however, the event was postponed to 2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Style of play

Gabriel is a left-footed centre-back who normally plays on the left side of a centre-back partnership. However, Gabriel can also play as part of a back three.[8] Despite his height, Gabriel is known for being pacey. Christophe Galtier spoke about Gabriel, saying “He has a lot of character for a 22-year-old boy. Despite his ninety meters, he is super fast and covers his side well. He is the player who has won the most aerial duels in the first part of the season."[11] Gabriel is also known for his distribution ability, generally looking to play the ball forward or to the left-back. In the 2019–20 season, Gabriel had completed the most passes into the opposition half in all of Ligue 1.[12] According to his Lille teammate and mentor José Fonte, Gabriel "has to keep defending well by being aggressive, being well positioned, and not taking risks."[8]

Career statistics

As of matches played 28 August 2020[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League Cup League Cup Continental[i] Others[ii] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Avaí 2016 Série B 21 1 4 0 — — 14 1 39 2
Lille 2016–17 Ligue 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2018–19 14 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
2019-20 24 1 1 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 34 1
Total 39 2 3 0 4 0 6 0 0 0 52 1
Troyes 2017–18 Ligue 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 — 0 0 4 0
Dinamo Zagreb 2017–18 1. HNL 1 0 0 0 — — 0 0 1 0
Arsenal 2020–21 Premier League 0 0 0 0
Career total 62 3 9 0 5 0 6 0 14 1 96 4
  1. ^ UEFA Champions League.
  2. ^ Including Campeonato Catarinense and Primeira Liga (Brazil).

Honours

Avaí

Dinamo Zagreb

References

  1. ^ "PROSPECT | Gabriel Magalhães | Get French Football News". www.getfootballnewsfrance.com. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Avaí Futebol Clube » Gabriel". web.archive.org (in Portugese). 25 April 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b "Gabriel Magalhaes: Who is Arsenal's new signing? Why is he so highly rated?". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  4. ^ "How Lille's Gabriel became one of Europe's most coveted young centre-backs". Unibet. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Gabriel dos Santos Magalhães" (in French). Lille OSC. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Brazil - Gabriel - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Meet the towering Lille defender on his way to Arsenal". inews.co.uk. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  8. ^ a b c "Gabriel: 5 things on Lille's up-and-coming Brazilian defende". Ligue1. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Gabriel is a Gunner! | Defender joins Arsenal". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  10. ^ "CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO SUB-20 - ECUADOR 2017. LISTA DE JUGADORES. País: Brasil" (PDF). CONMEBOL. Retrieved 23 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Gabriel a changé de dimension et le LOSC est aux anges". LA VDN (in French). 11 January 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Gabriel Magalhães: Who is Arsenal's Latest Signing?". Pundit Feed. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
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