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) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Left back | ||||||||||||||
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Current team | Lazio | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| Fluminense | |||||||||||||||
| 2009–2013 | Cruzeiro | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Cruzeiro | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2013– | Lazio | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | → Padova (loan) | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | → Perugia (loan) | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | → FC Zürich (loan) | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Brazil U21 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 June 2016. | |||||||||||||||
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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 Lazio.
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.
Then on 28 August, he was again loaned out, this time to Perugia.
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]
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 (Portuguese)
- ↑ 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 (Portuguese)
- ↑ 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 (Portuguese)
- ↑ Il brasiliano Vinícius al Padova in prestito dalla Lazio (Brazilian Vinícius to Padova on loan from Lazio); Padova's official website, 30 January 2014 (Italian)
- 1 2 "Lugano 0 - 1 Zürich". www.us.soccerway.com. Soccerway. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
External links
- Vinícius Freitas profile at Soccerway
- Ogol profile (Portuguese)
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