Vinícius Freitas

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is De Freitas and the second or paternal family name is Ribeiro.
Vinícius Freitas
Personal information
Full nameVinícius de Freitas Ribeiro
Date of birth7 March 1993
Place of birthRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionLeft back
Club information
Current team
Perugia
Number33
Youth career
Fluminense
2009–2013Cruzeiro
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2012–2013Cruzeiro0(0)
2013–Lazio0(0)
2014→ Padova (loan)10(1)
2014–→ Perugia (loan)14(0)
National team‡
2014–Brazil U214(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 November 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ 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 for Perugia, on loan from Lazio, as a left back.

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 Italian Serie A side Lazio on a free transfer.[3] After only appearing in 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.

References

  1. ↑ 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)
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ 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)

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