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Abner Vinícius

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is Santos.

Abner Vinícius
Abner in 2022
Personal information
Full name Abner Vinícius da Silva Santos
Date of birth (2000-05-27) 27 May 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Presidente Prudente, Brazil
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Lyon
Number 16
Youth career
Grêmio Prudente
Mogi Mirim
2017–2019 Ponte Preta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Ponte Preta 9 (1)
2019–2023 Athletico Paranaense 105 (4)
2023–2024 Betis 36 (0)
2024– Lyon 8 (1)
International career‡
2019–2021 Brazil U23 3 (0)
2024– Brazil 2 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:08, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024

Abner Vinícius da Silva Santos (born 27 May 2000), known as Abner Vinícius or simply Abner, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for French Ligue 1 club Lyon and the Brazil national team.

Club career

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Ponte Preta

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Abner began his career playing at youth level for his hometown club Grêmio Desportivo Prudente. He then had a brief spell at Mogi Mirim, before joining Ponte Preta in 2017.[1] He was promoted to the senior team in 2019 and made his professional debut on 16 March 2019, in a Derby Campineiro match against Guarani in the 2019 Campeonato Paulista, which Ponte Preta won 3–0. He scored his first professional goal on 25 May 2019, which was Ponte's third in a 4–2 league win over Paraná.

Athletico Paranaense

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On 19 July 2019, Abner joined Athletico Paranaense on a five-year contract for a club record fee.[2] He made his Série A debut with the club eight days later, coming off the bench in a 2–0 away win over Cruzeiro.[3]

Betis

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On 15 January 2023, Abner joined La Liga club Real Betis having agreed a contract until 2029.[4] The transfer fee paid to Athletico Paranaense was reported as under €10 million.[4] He joined as a replacement for Álex Moreno.[4]

Olympique Lyonnais

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On 5 July 2024 his purchase by the french club Olympique Lyonnais was made official with whom he signed a five-year contract, the fee is reported to be around 8 million euros.[5]

Betis have a 20% sell-on percentage included in the deal.[5]

International career

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In 2021, Abner featured in Brazil Olympic squad for the Tokyo Olympics.[6] He appeared in one game during the tournament as Brazil won the gold medal.[7]

In October 2024, Abner received his first call up to the Brazil national team for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification games against Chile and Peru.[8] He made his debut on 10 October 2024 against Chile, as a starter.[9]

Career statistics

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As of match played 7 November 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ponte Preta 2019[10] Série B 9 1 4 0 — — — 13 1
Athletico Paranaense 2019[10] Série A 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2020[10] Série A 34 3 7 0 2 0 3[a] 0 1[b] 0 47 3
2021[10] Série A 24 0 0 0 6 0 11[c] 1 — 41 1
2022[10] Série A 28 1 5 0 5 0 12[a] 0 2[d] 0 41 1
Total 93 4 12 0 13 0 26 1 3 0 147 5
Betis 2022–23[11] La Liga 13 0 — 1 0 2[e] 0 — 16 0
2023–24[11] La Liga 23 0 — 1 0 5[e] 0 — 29 0
Total 36 0 — 2 0 7 0 — 45 0
Lyon 2024–25 Ligue 1 8 1 — 0 0 1[e] 1 — 9 2
Career total 145 6 16 0 15 0 34 2 3 0 213 8
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  2. ^ Appearance in Supercopa do Brasil
  3. ^ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  4. ^ Appearances in Recopa Sudamericana
  5. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

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Athletico Paranaense

Brazil U23

References

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  1. ^ "Abner". admesporte.com.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Lateral-esquerdo Abner é o novo reforço do Athletico Paranaense". athletico.com.br (in Portuguese). 19 July 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Abner Vinicius estreou pelo Furacão". athletico.com.br (in Portuguese). 27 July 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Lagos, Daniel (16 January 2023). "Oficial: Abner Vinicius firma hasta 2029 con el Betis". AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Official | Abner Vinicius joins Lyon in €8m deal - Get French Football News". 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  6. ^ "André Jardine define substitutos e quatro novos atletas para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio" [André Jardine defines replacements and four new athletes for the Tokyo Olympic Games] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Brazil 2 Spain 1". BBC Sport. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Seleção Brasileira é convocada para jogos contra Chile e Peru pelas Eliminatórias" [Brazilian national team called up for games against Chile and Peru in the Qualifiers]. cbf.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Chile v Brazil game report". ESPN. 10 October 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d e Abner Vinícius at Soccerway
  11. ^ a b Abner Vinícius at BDFutbol
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