Lima (footballer, born 1996)

Lima
Personal information
Full name	Vinícius Moreira de Lima
Date of birth	11 June 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Araçatuba, Brazil
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Ceará (on loan from Grêmio)
Number	45
Youth career
	Tanabi
2013–2015	Grêmio
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–	Grêmio
2015–2016	→ Mallorca B (loan)
2017	→ Ceará (loan)
2018–2019	→ Al-Wasl (loan)
2019–	→ Ceará (loan)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:56, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Vinicius Moreira de Lima (born 11 June 1996), known as Lima, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Ceará on loan from Grêmio as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Born in Araçatuba, São Paulo, Lima joined Grêmio's youth setup in 2013, after starting it out at Tanabi. On 17 July 2015 he was loaned to Spanish Segunda División side RCD Mallorca, in a season-long deal.^[1]

Initially assigned to the main squad, Lima was not registered by the Balearics' main squad,^[2] and was only assigned to the reserves in Tercera División in January 2016.^[3] He made his senior debut on 31 January of that year by starting in a 0–0 home draw against CE Constància, and scored his first goal on 13 February in a 2–0 home win against UD Alaró.

Lima subsequently returned to Grêmio (which refused a € 1 million offer from Mallorca) in July 2016,^[4] and was included in the first team by manager Roger Machado. He only made his first team debut on 2 March of the following year, starting in a 1–1 Primeira Liga home draw against Ceará.

Lima made his Série A debut on 28 May 2017, coming on as a second-half substitute for fellow youth graduate Careca in a 3–4 loss at Sport.^[5]

Honours

Grêmio

Recopa Sudamericana: 2018

References

^ "El Mallorca consigue la cesión de Lima" [Mallorca get the loan of Lima] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 17 July 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
^ "El club solo inscribe a Hugo Gómes en el primer equipo" [The club only register Hugo Gomes in the first team] (in Spanish). Diario de Mallorca. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
^ "Dos fichajes y muchas salidas" [Two signings and many departures] (in Spanish). El Mundo. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
^ "Conheça o jovem meia que veio da Espanha e é alternativa no Grêmio" [Know the young midfielder who came from Spain and is the alternative at Grêmio] (in Portuguese). Torcedores. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
^ "Em noite de André, Sport vira para cima de reservas e tira Grêmio da liderança" [In André's night, Sport complete comeback over the reserves and take Grêmio out of the leadership] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

External links

Lima profile^{[permanent dead link]} at Grêmio's official website (in Portuguese)
Lima at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
Lima at Soccerway

[1] "El Mallorca consigue la cesión de Lima" [Mallorca get the loan of Lima] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 17 July 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.

[2] "El club solo inscribe a Hugo Gómes en el primer equipo" [The club only register Hugo Gomes in the first team] (in Spanish). Diario de Mallorca. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

[3] "Dos fichajes y muchas salidas" [Two signings and many departures] (in Spanish). El Mundo. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

[4] "Conheça o jovem meia que veio da Espanha e é alternativa no Grêmio" [Know the young midfielder who came from Spain and is the alternative at Grêmio] (in Portuguese). Torcedores. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

[5] "Em noite de André, Sport vira para cima de reservas e tira Grêmio da liderança" [In André's night, Sport complete comeback over the reserves and take Grêmio out of the leadership] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

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