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 Ligue 1 club Lyon and the Brazil national team.
 Abner with Lyon in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Abner Vinícius da Silva Santos | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 27 May 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Presidente Prudente, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | 45 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Brazil U23 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Brazil | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 November 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editPonte Preta
editAbner 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
editOn 19 July 2019, Abner joined Athletico Paranaense.[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
editOn 15 January 2023, Abner joined Real Betis.[4] The transfer fee paid to Athletico Paranaense was €7 million.[4]
Olympique Lyonnais
editAbner's transfer to Olympique Lyonnais was announced on 5 July 2024. He signed a five-year contract and the transfer fee paid to Real Betis was €8 million.[5]
International career
editIn 2021, Abner was included on the roster of the 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
editClub
edit- As of match played 17 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | State league | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| 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 | 19 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 6[e] | 1 | — | 27 | 2 | ||
| 2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 26 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 7[e] | 1 | — | 36 | 5 | |||
| Total | 45 | 4 | — | 5 | 1 | 13 | 2 | — | 63 | 7 | ||||
| Career total | 182 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 267 | 13 | ||
- 1 2 Appearances in Copa Libertadores
- ↑ Appearance in Supercopa do Brasil
- ↑ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
- ↑ Appearances in Recopa Sudamericana
- 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
editAthletico Paranaense
Brazil U23
References
edit- ↑ "Abner". admesporte.com.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ↑ "Lateral-esquerdo Abner é o novo reforço do Athletico Paranaense". athletico.com.br (in Portuguese). 19 July 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ↑ "Abner Vinicius estreou pelo Furacão". athletico.com.br (in Portuguese). 27 July 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- 1 2 Lagos, Daniel (16 January 2023). "Oficial: Abner Vinicius firma hasta 2029 con el Betis". AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ↑ "Official | Abner Vinicius joins Lyon in €8m deal - Get French Football News". 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ↑ "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]. Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ↑ "Brazil 2 Spain 1". BBC Sport. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Chile v Brazil game report". ESPN. 10 October 2024.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Abner Vinícius at Soccerway
- 1 2 Abner Vinícius at BDFutbol
External links
edit- Abner Vinícius at WorldFootball.net (archive)
- Abner Vinícius at Soccerway (archive)
- Abner at Olympedia
- Abner at Olympics.com
- Abner Vinícius at the Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (in Portuguese) (archive)
- Abner Vinícius on Instagram
